How the politics of immigration has changed
Keir Starmer’s comments on foreign workers undercutting salaries were not criticised in the same way Gordon Brown was in 2007.
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Rishi Sunak should stop trying to appease the Tory right
Conservative MPs make impossible demands and then complain when those demands are unmet.
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Louise Casey: The Tories are done – and they need to go away for a while
The social policy fixer on the perils of "initiativitis" and how Labour can deliver in government.
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Next stop Nato for Lord Cameron?
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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PMQs today: Rishi Sunak panics as he brands the EU the enemy
Sunak’s suggestion that Keir Starmer was “backing an EU country over Britain” by meeting the Greek Prime Minister was astonishingly…
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At Cop28, the UK must be honest about UAE’s human rights record
Climate breakdown and rights abuses are intrinsically linked.
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Ten ways to wreck a country
How the Tories bungled their way through 13 years of government.
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Why the next government must bolster mutuals
Diverse business models in the finance sector can help beat the housing crisis and fight fraud.
Jeremy Hunt still doesn’t understand the childcare crisis
The Chancellor celebrated his expansion of free childcare – but without further investment the policy is set up to fail.
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The Tories’ secret workforce: record immigration
A government obsessed with sounding tough on migrants loves employing them.
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Will Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement really cut planning “red tape”?
The Chancellor has big plans for UK infrastructure, but they may not be enough to clear the planning backlog.
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The four big myths of Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement
The government hasn’t cut taxes for workers and it can’t take credit for lower inflation.
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What’s printed on Cameron’s ministerial briefs?
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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Who did Patrick Vallance think was looking after the nation’s children?
The former chief scientific adviser’s Covid diaries expose the risks of making policy without considering its effects.
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Rishi Sunak can’t escape the Tories’ recent history
The Prime Minister is fighting an election on 13 years, not 13 months.
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Exclusive poll: Voters don’t trust the Tories on childcare
Few think Jeremy Hunt will deliver on his pledges to reduce costs of nursery settings.
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Over 1,000 levelling-up projects “unlikely” to be completed by original deadline
Only 64 projects supported with levelling-up funds have been built.
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Why the Tory right keeps losing
Suella Braverman had a good hand but played it badly.
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Was “Comeback” Cameron second choice for Foreign Secretary?
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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Murder, she wrote
Nadine Dorries has been ridiculed for alleging that a treacherous “movement” controls the Tory party. But are her worst suspicions…
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