How to turn the UK into “resilient Britain”
Overhauling central government and following the lead of big business will help us face complex risks.
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Among Conservatives, the mood has never been so grim
Sunak’s team can’t get themselves heard, and most of what they say vanishes forever.
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Ed Davey: “The Lib Dems and Labour aren’t fighting each other”
The Lib Dem leader on his affinity with Keir Starmer, the rise of Reform UK and what John Rawls knew.
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Downing Street cannot get a grip on Tory messaging
The shadow Conservative leadership contest is increasingly being fought in public.
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How to fix a broken Whitehall
We need a new Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet to strengthen the centre of government.
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PMQs review: Rishi Sunak’s unforced errors are destroying Tories’ faith
Keir Starmer pins the Prime Minister into hopeless contortions over Conservative scandals.
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How will Starmer run No 10?
The party leader wants an inner cabinet to help change Downing Street – but reform shouldn’t get in the way…
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Household Support Fund extended – but councils still face a “cliff edge”
Jeremy Hunt gave the emergency support scheme a stay of execution, but its future remains in doubt.
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Jeremy Hunt is right about the economy – but he can’t fix it
The Conservatives have realised too late that changing how Britain raises private investment is a good idea.
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The law that could “create areas of habitat the size of Bromley”
Biodiversity net gain regulations came into force in February. Can they reverse the UK's nature loss?
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What would Labour do differently?
The party is standing by its commitment to reconfigure the way the public finances are measured.
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Jeremy Hunt’s non-dom ploy should worry Labour
Keir Starmer’s party risks losing one of its flagship policies and key revenue raisers.
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Rishi Sunak has been trapped by the Tory realignment
The Prime Minister has discovered that once you are on the path to populism, it is hard to turn back.
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How the Israel-Gaza war broke British politics
The UK is sliding towards Trumpian divisive politics, hate not hope. Calm and proportion are badly needed.
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The Tories have become the Conspiracy Party
As more and more Conservatives disappear down the rabbit hole, their colleagues have a duty to act.
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The Tories’ self-destruction is a gift to Labour
Conservative divisions are helping to keep Keir Starmer’s party’s lead solid even as it endures its own woes.
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Local authorities warn they have “little choice” but to raise council tax
A majority of councils across England have revealed they plan to raise bills by almost 5 per cent this year.
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Revealed: the Tory peer linked to £3.8bn in government contracts
New analysis reveals the scale of spending on companies in which John Nash has declared a financial interest.
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Will Lindsay Hoyle survive as Speaker?
After the chaos of the Gaza vote, the Speaker faces a plot by MPs to oust him.
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The Cameron effect
One hundred days into the job, David Cameron has reinvigorated British foreign policy.
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