The City is awash with talk of an early general election Politics Every month since January 2025 we’ve run a nationwide survey of UK voters, with our polling partners Freshwater Strategy. The latest set of results, our 20th survey of voters’ attitudes, landed on Monday and I’ve been going through the data. Here’s an interesting development: For 19 consecutive months we’ve asked voters whether they felt the [...]
Brazen Burnham should call an election and put his ten year plan to the voters Politics Plenty of people were staring at their phones outside the Calais terminal of the Eurotunnel on Monday afternoon, but I sensed I was the only one watching Andy Burnham’s Downing Street address. We left for France under one Prime Minister and came back under another. That’s just how it is these days. My first reaction [...]
Senior Labour figures downplay public appetite for general election Politics Senior Labour figures have downplayed the British public’s appetite for a general election to secure any major policy shifts under a new leader and have insisted the party is united behind Andy Burnham. Talking to Sky News on Sunday, housing secretary Steve Reed suggested Keir Starmer’s possible successor would introduce “changes in emphasis” but stick [...]
The Debate: Should the resignation of the Prime Minister trigger a general election? June 24, 2026 As prime ministerial resignations have accelerated, so too have calls for consequent snap elections. We explore the pros and cons.
Tories would welcome Claire Williams to party after former F1 owner’s comments March 25, 2026 The Tories would welcome former Formula 1 team owner Claire Williams into their ranks after she expressed an interest in a political career. Williams, who once ran the eponymous Formula 1 team, which she sold for $150m in 2020, told City AM that she would be interested in going into politics once her child had [...]
Greens close gap with Labour in polls after historic by-election win March 3, 2026 The Greens are now biting at the heels of the Labour Party in national polling after its candidate Hannah Spencer stormed to a historic by-election win in Gorton and Denton last week. The latest City AM/Freshwater Strategy poll puts the Greens on 15 per cent, with Labour ahead of them by three points, a smaller [...]
Carlton Club in the red as it counts the cost of Labour’s victory September 11, 2025 The Conservative Party stronghold, the Carlton Club, has fallen into the red as it counted the cost of Labour’s victory in last year’s general election. The private members’ club, which was the original home of the party, said it lost out on revenue after “functions declined due to the cancellation of political events following political [...]
Nigel Farage: Labour government will collapse in 2027 September 5, 2025 Nigel Farage has set his sights on a General Election in 2027 due to the collapse of the Labour government as he geared up electoral planning at Reform’s party conference. Moving his speech forward three hours to deliver his response to Angela Rayner’s resignation as deputy prime minister, Farage said the government was “deep in [...]
Liz Truss: UK’s shortest-serving PM rakes in the cash May 19, 2025 Liz Truss, the UK’s shortest-serving Prime Minister, has seen her earnings rise after leaving Number 10. The former PM has raked in £112,657 in the year to 31 March, 2025, through a business she and her husband set up. The figure is up from the £104,715 the firm reported in net assets during its prior [...]
Conservatives ‘lost the confidence’ of business, Badenoch admits November 25, 2024 The Conservatives “lost the confidence of business” at the July general election and firms “knew we were going to lose”, Kemi Badenoch has admitted. Speaking at the Confederation of British Industry (CBI)’s annual conference on Monday, the Tory leader told attendees Labour’s Budget had got the diagnosis wrong, leading to an “unprecedented raid on businesses”. [...]