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James Heale

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Rachel Reeves rips up her Budget plans

Rachel Reeves rips up her Budget plans
friday 30

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James Heale

Are the knives out for Keir Starmer?

Are the knives out for Keir Starmer?
12.11.2025 40

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Lifting the two-child benefit cap won’t save Labour

Lifting the two-child benefit cap won’t save Labour
11.11.2025 4

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Reeves set to break manifesto pledge – and hike income tax

Reeves set to break manifesto pledge – and hike income tax
07.11.2025 9

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Reform launches its own Research Department

Reform launches its own Research Department
04.11.2025 2

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Badenoch has a new favourite word: work

Badenoch has a new favourite word: work
04.11.2025 2

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What does Rachel Reeves really mean that we must all ‘do our bit’?

What does Rachel Reeves really mean that we must all ‘do our bit’?
04.11.2025 10

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Farage: Trust me with the economy

Farage: Trust me with the economy
03.11.2025 3

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Politics / Which party has the crypto factor?

Politics /					 													 						Which party has the crypto factor?
31.10.2025 10

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Politics / Which party has the crypto factor?

Politics /					 													 						Which party has the crypto factor?
30.10.2025 10

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Revealed: how PM Farage wants to govern

Revealed: how PM Farage wants to govern
28.10.2025 5

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James Heale

Lucy Powell wins Labour deputy leadership race

25.10.2025 7

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Plaid Cymru storms to victory in Caerphilly

24.10.2025 2

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The battle for Farage’s mind

23.10.2025 7

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James Heale

Prince Andrew gives up his titles

18.10.2025 4

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Politics / Why Sheridan Westlake is the Tories’ best weapon

16.10.2025 6

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Labour pains / The Tories smell blood in the China spy case saga

13.10.2025 7

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Revealed: the Lib Dems’ plan for Tory defectors

09.10.2025 3

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Badenoch’s conference speech will calm Tory jitters

08.10.2025 7

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Robert Jenrick steals the limelight at Tory conference

07.10.2025 4

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Will this be Kemi’s last conference?

05.10.2025 7

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Tipsy gossip / Inside London’s embassy parties

05.10.2025 10

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Inside London’s embassy parties

04.10.2025 3

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Politics / Starmer has bought himself time. Can he use it wisely?

02.10.2025 5

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Labour / The political climate suits Wes Streeting right now

30.09.2025 4

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Rachel Reeves takes the fight to Reform

29.09.2025 4

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Keir Starmer: Reform’s migration policy is ‘racist’

28.09.2025 10

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Kicking off / Panic and plotting inside Labour conference

28.09.2025 8

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Panic and plotting before Labour conference

27.09.2025 5

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Starmer’s Reform solution? ID cards

26.09.2025 3

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Labour unveils its Reform fightback

25.09.2025 4

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Politics / What’s really behind Reform’s rise

25.09.2025 3

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Helpful timing / Burnham fires warning shot at Starmer

24.09.2025 7

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Farage savaged in Ed Davey’s speech

23.09.2025 2

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The secret behind Ed Davey’s stunts

23.09.2025 2

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James Heale

Immigration / Reform thinks Boris Johnson is finished

22.09.2025 20

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Keir Starmer: UK recognises a Palestinian state

21.09.2025 2

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Starmer survives another Trump encounter

18.09.2025 4

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Danny Kruger / ‘There’s no going back for the Tory party’

18.09.2025 20

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Why Danny Kruger’s defection matters

15.09.2025 30

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Politics / The return of Keir vs Andy

15.09.2025 20

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Politics / The return of Keir vs Andy

15.09.2025 3

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Politics / The return of Keir vs Andy

12.09.2025 6

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Emily Thornberry drops out of Labour deputy leadership contest

11.09.2025 10

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Lord Mandelson sacked as US ambassador

11.09.2025 20

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Bridget Phillipson stands to replace Angela Rayner

09.09.2025 5

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Labour’s deputy leadership race could tear Starmer’s party apart

08.09.2025 9

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Starmer’s reshuffle has Morgan McSweeney’s fingerprints all over it

07.09.2025 5

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James Heale