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Rayner’s council plan isn’t a ruse — it’s about the bins, Nigel

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Sebastian Payne

Every demographic wants migration slashed - and every party is failing them

It’s been a long 14 years since the Conservative Party pledged that net migration would be reduced to “tens of thousands”. Through four general...

28.11.2024 3

Sebastian Payne

Jeremy Clarkson is the political hero the country is crying out for

Jeremy Clarkson, liked and loathed in equal measures, is impossible to ignore. His first coming as the nation’s motormouth brought him legions of...

20.11.2024 2

Sebastian Payne

Thames Water has an ocean of debt, but Labour should not throw it a lifeline

The tide is rising for Thames Water. Those who haven’t been following i ‘s reports on the saga of the UK’s largest water supply and treatment...

14.11.2024 3

Sebastian Payne

Unlike other countries, the UK could gain from a Trump presidency

The reeling from the re-election of Donald Trump is palpable both sides of the Atlantic. In the United States, there is much hand-wringing, not...

07.11.2024 1

Sebastian Payne

Rachel Reeves will be back for more taxes

Will Rachel Reeves’s big gamble work? The Chancellor’s first Budget was at least worthy of its long gestation: an audacious, high-spend, high-tax,...

31.10.2024 2

Sebastian Payne

Reeves is answering the wrong questions with this Budget

Businesses beware: Rachel Reeves is heading your way. The Godot-like wait for the Budget is almost over and we will finally (hopefully) understand...

24.10.2024 2

Sebastian Payne

Labour started HS2 - so it must finish it

Is HS2 back on the right track? After the last Conservative government’s ill-advised decision to chop back significant portions of the critical new...

17.10.2024 3

Sebastian Payne

The big tax rises Rachel Reeves has no choice but to make

Poor Rachel Reeves. It’s 20 days until her first Budget and it’s shaping up to be a nigh impossible conundrum. Having boxed herself in with a...

10.10.2024 1

Sebastian Payne

James Cleverly is right: the Tories need to be more 'normal'

Let’s be honest, no one in politics is particularly normal. People who put aside stable careers for a precarious existence where success is often...

04.10.2024 10

Sebastian Payne

Keir Starmer has two major problems

From the moment he was proclaimed “Mr Rules”, Sir Keir Starmer set himself up for an almighty fall. Just as Rishi Sunak’s pledge to lead a...

26.09.2024 1

Sebastian Payne

Sue Gray’s fate is already sealed

“This can’t go on” is one of the most grating mantras in politics. Yet it’s one that often turns out to be true. When Boris Johnson first...

20.09.2024 40

Sebastian Payne

Mel Stride will be back

Back in the David Cameron era, when the Conservatives were still in power, two battle cries were heard at the Treasury when the Government was in a...

12.09.2024 3