US capitalism casts millions of citizens aside, yet Badenoch and Farage still laud it Rightwing parties want to follow in US’s footsteps of minimal government intervention, but at what cost? The Guardian - UK · Dec 27, 2025
Heavy Labour losses in May could decide Starmer’s future – expert Gains in London councils such as Westminster or Barnet could help shore up Kemi Badenoch’s position as Conservative leader, an expert said. The Independent UK · Dec 27, 2025
The key moments that could ‘decide fate of Keir Starmer’ next year Lord Robert Hayward has warned of a number of heavy Labour defeats in 2026 The Independent UK · Dec 27, 2025
Tories: Farmers’ personal cost not forgotten despite inheritance tax change Labour’s watered-down plans will see the relief threshold for farmers raised from £1 million to £2.5 million. Evening Standard · Dec 24, 2025
Keir Starmer encourages Britons to ‘reach out’ to others this Christmas Prime minister calls on people to show kindness to friends or family as leaders broadcast their festive messages The Guardian - UK · Dec 24, 2025
Keir Starmer admits many ‘still struggling with cost of living’ in Christmas message The Prime Minister urged Britons to ‘do our bit’ over the festive period and ‘reach out’ to others Evening Standard · Dec 24, 2025
Starmer says many ‘still struggling with cost of living’ in Christmas message The prime minister urged Britons to ‘do our bit’ over the festive period and ‘reach out’ to others The Independent UK · Dec 24, 2025
Keir Starmer focuses on high cost of living in Christmas message The prime minister said ‘we should each do our bit’ as he urged Britons to ‘reach out’ to friends, relatives and neighbours The Independent UK · Dec 23, 2025
We analysed 73,000 articles and found the UK media is divorcing ‘climate change’ from net zero In October 2024, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch declared herself a “net zero sceptic”, but “not a climate sceptic”. Most recently she doubled down, announcing plans to scrap the 2030 ban on new petrol cars in a 900-word Sunday Telegraph article that did not mention climate change once. The Conversation · Dec 23, 2025
No 10 denies dodging scrutiny after axing afternoon press briefings No 10 conceded the changes would be ‘difficult’ and kept ‘under review’ but insisted they were necessary to ‘modernise’ Government communications. Evening Standard · Dec 22, 2025
UK car industry ‘on track’ to meet 2025 EV sales target The mandate requires at least 28 per cent of cars sold to be zero-emission The Independent UK · Dec 22, 2025
Starmer will ‘absolutely’ still be prime minister by next Christmas, says Labour chair – as it happened Anna Turley says people will start to ‘see and feel’ change in public services and cost of living from next year The Guardian - UK · Dec 21, 2025
What the year in polls tells us about Reform’s growth – and Labour and Tory losses In the year and a half since Labour won a landslide in the 2024 general election, over 400 polls have been published. Combined, these polls tell a story of a government and its traditional opposition party losing support and fringe parties gaining ground. The big question this poses is whether… The Conversation · Dec 19, 2025
Fury as millions of voters face elections being delayed for another year as government plans hit setback Ministers have written to 63 councils scheduled to hold elections in May 2026 Evening Standard · Dec 19, 2025
The Guardian - UK · Dec 19, 2025 Merry Christmas, Keir Starmer: despite everything, you’re still the best man for the job Rumours of the prime minister’s demise are premature. Yes, the polls look bad – but these days they reflect little more than voters’ passing whims, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
The Guardian - UK · Dec 18, 2025 UK government strategy to protect women and girls from violence ‘seriously underfunded’ Campaigners welcome plans but say poor funding means Labour’s ambitions unlikely to be met
Evening Standard · Dec 18, 2025 How support for Labour crumbled in Britain in 2025 with Rachel Reeves' popularity plunging Backing for the Tories also fell, went up slightly for Reform UK, was unchanged for the Liberal Democrats while the biggest gainers this year were the Greens
The Guardian - UK · Dec 18, 2025 From Keir as Eliot Ness to Radon Liz on YouTube – the 2025 alternative politics awards With the Christmas recess stopping our politicians causing more havoc, it’s time for the Guardian’s parliamentarian of the year awards
The Guardian - UK · Dec 18, 2025 Badenoch accused of making ‘deeply inaccurate’ claims about violence against women Tory leader says Labour should focus on migrants ‘from cultures that don’t respect women’ rather than tackling misogyny in schools
Evening Standard · Dec 18, 2025 Young won’t fight for Britain if country only offers unemployment, says Badenoch The Tory leader has unveiled her plan to divert green spending into a new defence fund.
The Guardian - UK · Dec 17, 2025 A black swan event: Keir actually cracked a good joke at PMQs MPs from most corners of Commons laughed at the festive gag – but stony-faced Farage failed to see the funny side
Evening Standard · Dec 17, 2025 Starmer’s Cabinet branded ‘bunch of turkeys’ in final PMQs before Christmas The Prime Minister said Kemi Badenoch is going to be left home alone, following the number of Tory defections to Reform UK.
The Independent UK · Dec 17, 2025 Watch live: Starmer faces off against Badenoch in final PMQs of 2025 Watch live as Sir Keir Starmer faces off against Kemi Badenoch for the final time this year at Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday (17 December).
The Independent UK · Dec 16, 2025 Ex-Labour donor should apologise for social media post after Bondi Beach terror attack, minister says Vince posted later to say his words ‘were not intended to excuse or legitimise terrorism, or any form of racism’
Evening Standard · Dec 16, 2025 Minister urges Labour donor Dale Vince to apologise for Bondi attack social media post The founder of Ecotricity and previous Labour donor faced criticism for his social media posts in the wake of the Bondi Beach terror attack