The Latest Breaking News from David Cameron

We Tories have no idea what an effective, modern leader looks like – that’s why we struggle to find one

Given anxiety about Badenoch, now would be a good time to find clarity about what we actually believe, says Henry Hill, deputy editor of ConservativeHome

The Guardian - UK · Jan 20, 2025

An interesting speech full of hard truths? Kemi Badenoch is clearly rattled

The Tory leader gave an address that was full of candour about her party’s failures. You can sense Nigel Farage’s delight, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK · Jan 17, 2025

Kemi Badenoch in triple lock pensions row after saying Tories would look at means testing

The Tory leader insisted that ‘means-testing is something which we don’t do properly’ after being pressed on her plans for the pensions triple lock

The Independent UK · Jan 17, 2025

Could Reform shock politics with a high-profile Tory defector?

ANALYSIS: Boris Johnson has appeared on a wishlist of disaffected Tories sought by Reform UK. Wishful thinking, writes David Maddox, but it underlines the scale of ambition of a party that wants to win a general election in 2029

The Independent UK · Jan 2, 2025

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The Independent UK · Jan 2, 2025

'No Nicola Sturgeon succession' if Scotland voted Yes in 2014, journalist claims

If Scotland had voted to become independent in 2014, Nicola Sturgeon would not have risen to prominence in politics, a journalist has claimed.

The National (Scotland) · Dec 31, 2024

Across the west, the centre right is collapsing – and with it, any notion of what is ‘too extreme’

So-called moderates are mimicking populist demagogues, with potentially disastrous consequences, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The Guardian - UK · Dec 27, 2024

Why we should beware a ‘community right to buy’

Letters: Communities shouldn’t have to buy assets they have already paid for, says Donald Stavert and Alan Hall says it mustn’t be used as a cover story for council underfunding. Plus letters from James Powney and Jeremy Cushing

The Guardian - UK · Dec 26, 2024

The Guardian view on a ‘community right to buy’: unleashing the power of the local

Editorial: After a decade and a half in which social infrastructure has been allowed to crumble, Labour is right to see bottom-up reform as part of the solution

The Guardian - UK · Dec 22, 2024

Let China build electric cars in UK, Tory ex-chancellor tells Rachel Reeves ahead of trade trip

Despite ‘spy’ scandal, Philip Hammond says Britain should now adopt a ‘pragmatic approach to Beijing’

The Guardian - UK · Dec 22, 2024