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James Heale

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Lammy’s jury reforms face an uphill battle

Lammy’s jury reforms face an uphill battle
yesterday 20

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The meaning of Lord Offord's defection

The meaning of Lord Offord's defection
saturday 6

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Will Robert Jenrick join Reform?

Will Robert Jenrick join Reform?
03.12.2025 4

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Starmer’s China policy seems stuck in the past

Starmer’s China policy seems stuck in the past
02.12.2025 10

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Lammy unveils plans to slash jury trials

Lammy unveils plans to slash jury trials
02.12.2025 5

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Richard Hughes quits as OBR chairman

Richard Hughes quits as OBR chairman
02.12.2025 2

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Starmer defends Rachel Reeves over Budget ‘lies’

Starmer defends Rachel Reeves over Budget ‘lies’
01.12.2025 9

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Zack Polanski is the real winner of the Your Party conference

Zack Polanski is the real winner of the Your Party conference
01.12.2025 20

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For all Reeves’s ‘lying’ denials, this is just the beginning

For all Reeves’s ‘lying’ denials, this is just the beginning
30.11.2025 10

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The ‘Your Party’ conference is a mess

The ‘Your Party’ conference is a mess

It used to be said that the old Liberal party had so few MPs that they could fit in the back of a taxi. At least they were willing to share the...

29.11.2025 2

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Inside Reform’s £1 million Budget blitz

Inside Reform’s £1 million Budget blitz
27.11.2025 5

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Rachel Reeves’s Klarna Budget: spend now, pay later

Rachel Reeves’s Klarna Budget: spend now, pay later
26.11.2025 4

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Rachel Reeves is running out of excuses

Rachel Reeves is running out of excuses
25.11.2025 10

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Politics / Labour may have lost the countryside forever

Politics /					 													 						Labour may have lost the countryside forever
24.11.2025 40

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Reform’s Russia problem

Reform’s Russia problem
22.11.2025 20

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Labour may have lost the countryside forever

Labour may have lost the countryside forever
21.11.2025 20

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How Nigel Farage would cut spending

How Nigel Farage would cut spending
18.11.2025 3

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Shabana Mahmood’s asylum reforms are a calculated risk

Shabana Mahmood’s asylum reforms are a calculated risk
17.11.2025 10

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Rachel Reeves rips up her Budget plans

14.11.2025 30

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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

11.11.2025 4

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Reeves set to break manifesto pledge – and hike income tax

07.11.2025 9

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Reform launches its own Research Department

04.11.2025 2

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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’?

04.11.2025 10

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Farage: Trust me with the economy

03.11.2025 3

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Politics / Which party has the crypto factor?

31.10.2025 10

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Politics / Which party has the crypto factor?

30.10.2025 10

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Revealed: how PM Farage wants to govern

28.10.2025 5

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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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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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