Some councillors in England could stay for more than extra year under shake-up plans Timetable for Angela Rayner’s devolution plans shows many new authorities may not be ready until 2027 or later The Guardian - UK · Feb 5, 2025
Reform UK to take more seats from Labour than Tories, poll shows This should be a ‘wake-up call’ Keir Starmer is warned The Independent UK · Feb 2, 2025
Tice defends convicted Reform MP amid Farage’s ‘near catastrophe’ vetting claim The deputy leader said James McMurdock was someone who had ‘got things wrong, learnt from it and has grown and succeeded’. Evening Standard · Feb 1, 2025
Farage’s deputy says Reform MP who assaulted girlfriend won’t be suspended – and would pass party’s vetting Richard Tice said James McMurdock was someone who had ‘got things wrong, learnt from it and has grown and succeeded’. The Independent UK · Feb 1, 2025
Conservatives fighting to stem loss of high-value donors to Reform UK Kemi Badenoch expected to appear at party’s London conference, where wealthy donors have been invited to evening drinks The Guardian - UK · Jan 31, 2025
The government’s borders bill must be tempered with compassion THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: There is a balance to be struck between border control and human rights, and there are too many clauses in this bill that are almost performatively draconian The Independent UK · Jan 30, 2025
Labour accused of rank hypocrisy over plans to detain child migrants and ditch slavery protections Yvette Cooper is pressing ahead with plans her party previously opposed as campaigners warn measures will only increase trafficking The Independent UK · Jan 30, 2025
Farage and Badenoch will have to agree a pact before election if neither comes out on top, says Tory peer It comes after a national opinion poll put Nigel Farage’s party out in front for the first time The Independent UK · Jan 25, 2025
The Politics of “Common Sense” Is Making Us Meaner Cutting services is treated like conventional wisdom. But it has led to a world that fails many of us The Walrus · Jan 22, 2025
Revealed: Conservatives spent £134m on never-used IT systems for failed Rwanda scheme Home Office official says data protection laws caused the cost of its forced removal programme to increase The Guardian - UK · Jan 18, 2025
Ex-Tory candidate accused of sending unsolicited image of his ‘private parts’ Jaymey McIvor, Reform UK’s first Essex councillor, was suspended from Conservatives last year amid claims The Guardian - UK · Jan 16, 2025
OPINION - Beth Rigby: Watch out Kemi, watch out Keir, Nigel Farage and Reform are coming for you Political editors of national broadcasters have two main jobs. One is to stick to the Prime Minister like glue, following them on foreign trips, covering speeches and Commons appearances to document No 10’s priorities and pitfalls for a public that will decide whether to give the PM another term. The… Evening Standard · Jan 9, 2025
Membership Of UK's Anti-immigration Reform Party Surpasses Conservatives Membership of Britain's upstart anti-immigration Reform UK party has overtaken that of the centre-right Conservative Party for the first time, the party said Thursday, as Tories disputed the numbers. International Business Times · Dec 26, 2024
Reform UK claims to be ‘real opposition’ with more members than Tories Nigel Farage heralds ‘historic moment’ as figure surpasses that of Conservatives when Kemi Badenoch took over The Guardian - UK · Dec 26, 2024
Evening Standard · Dec 20, 2024 Reform continues poll surge winning Kent seat from Labour in last local by-elections of the year Labour lost council seats to Reform in Kent and the Conservatives in Dudley but managed to cling on in Greenwich, London
The Guardian - UK · Dec 16, 2024 Tories cry foul as overhaul of English councils may delay local elections Labour’s changes to local government may postpone votes in areas Conservatives and Reform UK were hoping to win seats
The Conversation · Dec 16, 2024 The Conservatives have had a terrible few years – these are the three first steps to recovery in 2025 The Conservatives have faced a number of crises since emerging as one of the largest parties in British politics. These crises, which are well documented and analysed by historians of the party, were overcome with strong leadership, determination to shake off the pressures from outside, or ruthless determination to survive,…
The Conversation · Dec 13, 2024 Is Reform really pulling ahead of Labour? Polling expert on what to really make of Farage’s supposed lead Much has been made of the news that Reform has overtaken Labour in voting intentions in a recent poll. The poll, produced by market research agency Find Out Now, put the Conservatives on 26%, Reform on 24% and Labour on 23%.
The Guardian - UK · Dec 8, 2024 Labour’s big majority is fragile and it has weak mandate for change, says report Exclusive: Election strategy of ‘not being the Tories’ is a timebomb, says Labour-linked thinktank Compass
The Guardian - UK · Dec 7, 2024 Doctors, lawyers: we Tories have lost the professional classes to Labour. Here’s how to win them back In the past 50 years, Britain has changed and so have the voters the party once relied on. To survive, the Conservatives must adapt, says Paul Goodman of Policy Exchange
The National (Scotland) · Dec 5, 2024 Labour drop to third place in shock new poll as support plummets LABOUR have dropped to third place in a shock new Westminster poll ...
Evening Standard · Nov 28, 2024 Tories fell thousands short of 'one million homes' promise, data reveals Labour say the Conservatives ‘misled the public and under-delivered’ - but the new Government faces a huge challenge in meeting its own, higher target
The Conversation · Nov 6, 2024 What Kemi Badenoch means for the UK’s fragile consensus on climate change The UK has historically had a cross-party consensus on the need to tackle climate change among most politicians and voters. Only five MPs voted against the Climate Change Act in 2008, and both Labour and the Conservatives have committed to the targets enshrined in it at each subsequent election.
The Conversation · Nov 5, 2024 Kemi Badenoch: the three (very difficult) tasks that lie ahead for the new Conservative party leader After winning the Conservative party’s protracted post-election leadership contest, Kemi Badenoch gave a short, rather downbeat speech. It was not quite “blood, toil, tears and sweat”, but it wasn’t too far off. Badenoch said the tasks in front of the party were “tough but simple”: to oppose and scrutinise the…
The National (Scotland) · Nov 5, 2024 Kemi Badenoch appoints new shadow Scottish secretary NEW Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has appointed a new shadow secretary of state for Scotland.