8 min read18 min Exclusive: Lord Hermer is a defendant in a civil suit he drafted and represented until weeks before the 2024 election, which implicates the previous Labour government in complicity in torture. The Attorney General for England and Wales is a defendant in a major civil lawsuit from a Libyan civil … Read more
Nigel Farage and Richard Tice outside the Bank Of England | Alamy 4 min read4 min With the budget looming next month, Reform has a point to prove that they are the party voters can trust on the economy. Consistently leading in the polls, Reform has come under intense scrutiny for … Read more
A new report from the Tony Blair Institute has said the government should drop its 2030 clean energy target. (Alamy) 4 min read2 hr The Director of Green Alliance, Shaun Spiers, has criticised the Tony Blair Institute for calling on the government to drop its 2030 clean power target in a … Read more
Campaigners outside No 10 (L-r) William Hotham, Scott Arthur MP, Pip Harding, Georgie Maynard, Charlie Maynard MP, Sarah Bainbridge, Dawn Emerton, Sam Suriakumar 8 min read4 min Investment in brain cancer research has been pitiful, but the new Rare Cancers Bill may finally change this. Sophie Church speaks to the team … Read more
Labour MPs are “cautiously optimistic” about the Gaza ceasefire but say the UK must play a role in making sure it lasts. (Alamy) 4 min read10 October Labour MPs say they are cautiously optimistic about the Gaza ceasefire but want the government to play a leading role in making sure it leads to lasting peace. The … Read more
Shafik has inhabited the upper reaches of elite institutions on both sides of the Atlantic for decades (Illustration by by Tracy Worrall) 7 min read11 October If Keir Starmer is to pull the country – and himself – from the economic mire, it will be in part because of a 63-year-old barely known … Read more
5 min read12 October The head of the University and College Union, Jo Grady, has warned that universities face a financial calamity similar to the 2008 banking crisis, accusing the government of being “asleep at the wheel”. Grady, who took over as the union’s general secretary in 2019, is alarmed by the direction politics is taking in the … Read more
Plaid Cymru’s candidate Lindsay Whittle won almost half of the vote (Alamy) 2 min read22 October Plaid Cymru has beaten Reform UK in the Welsh Parliament by-election for Caerphilly, with Labour coming in third. Plaid Cymru’s candidate Lindsay Whittle won almost half of the vote (47 per cent), while Reform came in second with … Read more
Reforms to the inspection system are due to come into effect next month (Alamy) 3 min read13 October Any tragedies that occur after changes to the school inspection system will be the responsibility of the government and Ofsted, an education union has warned. The National Association of Head Teachers told PoliticsHome that, despite risks associated … Read more
5 min read13 October Security minister Dan Jarvis has described accusations that the government interfered to collapse the China spy case as “all untrue” and defended the role of Keir Starmer’s national security adviser, Jonathan Powell. The Prime Minister and Powell have come under growing scrutiny over the role they played in the decision by the … Read more