Build, Baby, Build: Will Labour be radical enough? June 20, 2024 Labour stands to win a whole host of rural and suburban seats and Starmer could face a battle with his own MPs to meet his housing targets. Yet the muddled thinking on display in his manifesto does not offer much reassurance that he’s prepared for the fight, says Will Cooling It is striking that as [...]
Election 2024: Rishi Sunak could lose seat on July 4, poll finds June 19, 2024 Rishi Sunak could become the first ever sitting Prime Minister to lose their seat at a general election, new polling analysis suggests.
Election 2024: Londoners are the biggest politicos in the country, poll finds June 19, 2024 Londoners are the most politically aware people in the UK, with over two thirds believing they are well informed about national politics, a poll has found.
Election 2024: What Jeremy Hunt’s X feed reveals about his hyper-local campaign June 19, 2024 Jeremy Hunt - who admits his Godalming and Ash seat is “on a knife edge” - is taking a different approach to his bid to hold onto the constituency.
Election 2024: Will Labour change your council tax band? June 19, 2024 Labour's position on council tax is coming under intense scrutiny, amid calls to revamp the 1991 bands. Will the party have to re-evaluate them?
August interest rate cut in doubt despite inflation falling to target June 19, 2024 Inflation dropped to two per cent, prompting champagne corks to go flying in CCHQ. But MPC members might be a bit slower to crack out the fizz.
What is industrial strategy? And why do Labour think the UK needs one? June 19, 2024 Labour believes that a well mapped out industrial strategy is crucial to delivering economic growth. But does the UK really need one?
The Notebook: The point of non-executive directors? Common sense June 19, 2024 Neil Bennett takes the notebook pen to talk about common sense, Dominic Grieve and his own idea for national service.
Cries of a ‘supermajority’ won’t have voters flocking to the Tories June 19, 2024 Voters are not stupid, and rarely appreciate being treated as such. Nor do they like being blamed for something that isn’t their fault. As such, the Conservative party’s vocal warnings about the perils of a Labour ‘supermajority’ do not necessarily strike us as a compelling political narrative. That is not to say that opposition isn’t [...]
‘Let me kill it dead’: Keir Starmer rules out Premier League transfer levy June 18, 2024 Shadow sport secretary Thangam Debbonaire appeared to suggest that Labour could introduce the transfer tax.