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New year, old issue: how do you solve a problem like those facing the National Health Service? That is the question which the Prime Minister chose...
The debate over inheritance tax continues to flare. After protests over the slashing of exemptions which threatens small family farms, yesterday...
As Bashar al-Assad flees to Moscow – customary retirement home of tyrants – events in Syria may seem far away and shockingly new. But in many ways...
What are you getting for Christmas? For most of us it’s a mystery, hidden within wrapping paper, stashed somewhere around the house, or yet to be...
It shouldn’t be a surprise that Rachel Reeves had a rough ride from businesses at the CBI conference over her decision to increase employers’...
Other countries often take on a totemic role in particular public policy fields. There’s the Australian-style points-based immigration system,...
I am a supporter of the principle of legalising assisted suicide for the terminally ill. You may well know this concept by other names – assisted...
So, after ever so long, it’s Kemi. The new Leader of the Opposition has wasted no time in kicking off the construction of the Conservative...
The Conservatives are feeling remarkably chipper at the moment. At their conference in Birmingham the mood was surprisingly positive for a party...
Conservative celebrations at the departure of Sue Gray from Downing Street are premature. Yes, her demotion by Sir Keir Starmer amounts to the...
There are various ways in which entering Government has been an ice bucket to the face for the Labour Party – a sudden, shocking jolt into a new...
Whereas last year’s Labour Party Conference was filled with untrammelled optimism, this year there’s a palpable sense of trepidation amid the...
Since I wrote last week that Labour would have difficulty holding together their new political coalition behind austerity, the forthcoming vote on...
It’s always interesting when a political tagline suddenly falls out of use. For years, “austerity is an ideological choice” was a trusty go-to...
Since the general election, official economic data across numerous indicators has been remarkably positive. Inflation is down to 2 per cent, the...
Now we know. The six contenders for the leadership of the Conservative Party are Kemi Badenoch, James Cleverly, Robert Jenrick, Priti Patel, Mel...
What lies beneath Sir Keir Starmer’s dedicatedly neutral exterior? We know a little more thanks to the King’s Speech delivered on his Government’s...
Sir Keir Starmer has the benefit of a very international summer to kick off his premiership: celebrating Nato’s 75th birthday, attending the final...