London mayoral candidate Sara Gezdari: Thatcher inspired me London Conservative members are voting on who they want to represent the party at the London mayor elections in 2028. Maurício Alencar spoke to Sara Gezdari, who is hoping to beat Sir James Cleverly and Festus Akinbusoye to the nomination. Sara Gezdari says she wants to give back to Britain what it gave to her following [...]
The blob: Inside the ‘arm’s-length bodies’ taking over government Opinion Successive governments have promised to contain the blob yet 15 arm's-length bodies have been created in the last two years.
Tories set out £36bn welfare cuts in push for savings Politics The Conservatives have published a plan to cut the welfare bill by more than £36bn a year as the party pledged to find spending reductions in order to support the public finances. The opposition party has published a 50-page document detailing its welfare savings plans, expanding on previous commitments that would see disability spending and [...]
Healey has left £49bn blackhole in Britain’s finances, claims Badenoch November 1, 2026 John Healey has left the UK with a £49bn black hole that will require substantial tax increases, Kemi Badenoch has claimed. The Conservative party leader said Labour would have to raise taxes by £,1,700 per household annually by the 2030/31 financial year to pay for unfunded spending promises. In particular, Badenoch accused the Chancellor of [...]
The Capitalist: Tory wonks find new way to waste time with Kemi video game October 29, 2026 Super Kemi, the London Stock Exchange's new bell and toasting the Toast Awards; catch up on the latest gossip in The Capitalist.
Budget 2026: Healey leans on private sector for defence investment drive October 28, 2026 The Chancellor has set up a new defence financing taskforce and unveiled fresh funding for investment in the arms industry amid a concerted effort to lean on the private sector to drive Britain’s rearmament push. John Healey swerved any concrete public sector defence pledges at his maiden Budget, promising to provide detail on how the [...]
‘Is that it?’: Badenoch lays into Healey Budget speech October 28, 2026 Kemi Badenoch has poured scorn on Labour’s welfare spending plans as she slammed John Healey’s inaugural Budget speech. The Conservative leader admonished the Chancellor for failing to cut levels of government spending and said the government was to blame for a fall in growth projections next year from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR). “I [...]
Healey to unveil billions in defence spending as Tories demand he resign October 25, 2026 John Healey is set to announce billions of pounds in new defence investment in Wednesday’s Budget as the Conservatives demand he resign unless he commits to spending three per cent of GDP on the military by 2030. The chancellor is expected to channel additional funding through the National Wealth Fund and British Business Bank, backing [...]
The Tories won’t win back young voters with disco nights alone October 21, 2026 The Young Conservatives have elected a new chairman but his role is utterly meaningless unless the party adopts policies that will actually help young people, like ditching the triple lock, says Oliver Dean If I asked the dutiful readers of City AM to name the most consequential election in history, their minds would likely leap [...]
Andy Haldane: This will be ‘a Budget for the backbenchers, not business’ October 20, 2026 A former Bank of England chief economist has warned he expects to see “further borrowing” and “further tax rises” in next week’s Budget as he threw his weight behind Kemi Badenoch’s plan on the UK economy. Speaking at an Ipsos event, Andy Haldane said the Budget has been a “less lengthy and a less leaky [...]