Kneecap announce ‘biggest headline show outside of Ireland’ at London's Wembley Arena Controversial trio announce show at 12,500 capacity arena Evening Standard · Jun 3, 2025
UK politics: Yvette Cooper quizzed over immigration and prisons crisis – as it happened Home secretary appears to accept early release proposals will put more pressure on police as she is questioned at select committee The Guardian - UK · Jun 3, 2025
Robert Jenrick has been on a bizarre political journey. It’s made him incredibly dangerous Once a pro-remain Cameronite, he’s now engaging with the far right – and he’s in pole position for the Tory leadership, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones The Guardian - UK · Jun 3, 2025
Voices: Calling David Cameron a ‘man baby’ for resigning over Brexit is childish COMMENT: The personal barbs in a new, behind-the-scenes memoir offer a fittingly pathetic caricature of the Conservatives’ big beasts, says Sean O’Grady – they are also a reminder of how the party is the biggest Brexit loser of all The Independent UK · Jun 2, 2025
Robert Jenrick’s call to arm prison officers is ‘nonsense’, governors say Tory MP’s claim that officers should carry guns to stop prison violence dismissed as ‘headline-grabbing’ The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2025
Public has ‘every right to be angry’ about small boats crossings, PM says Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer suggested he was ‘angry too’, after Home Office data showed 1,194 migrants arrived in 18 boats on Saturday. Evening Standard · Jun 2, 2025
Why the feverish talk of ousting Badenoch already? Tory MPs know the future looks dire Fairly or unfairly, blame for the Tories’ backwards slide is landing squarely on its current leader, says Henry Hill, deputy editor of ConservativeHome The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2025
Ban smartphones in schools, Starmer told – by the country that’s done it Keir Starmer has resisted a national ban on mobile phones in schools, but the education minister in New Zealand who introduced the measure in her country has told The Independent that it is already proving successful The Independent UK · Jun 1, 2025
Voices: Robert Jenrick’s TfL stunt reminds us how simple politics can be COMMENT: ‘Do you want to go back and pay like everybody else?’ Jenrick’s public transport vigilante video conveyed a brilliantly effective message – and was another example of how successful political stunts can be, writes John Rentoul The Independent UK · May 31, 2025
It’s easy to dismiss Robert Jenrick’s fare-dodging stunt. But he understands something Keir Starmer doesn’t The shadow justice secretary is eyeing Kemi Badenoch’s job – but he’s released a video that highlights a weakness in our technocratic PM, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland The Guardian - UK · May 30, 2025
Voices: Oh dear, m’lud: It’s never a good idea to call people Nazis if they are not Nazis COMMENT: The attorney general Lord Harmer has compared the rise of Reform to 1930s Germany – and it’s not only a mistake but a sign that Labour may be losing its battle with Nigel Farage, writes John Rentoul The Independent UK · May 30, 2025
Reform’s threat to the mainstream parties is unique in UK political history Labour’s former shadow chancellor John McDonnell has declared that Keir Starmer’s government has driven “a knife into the heart of what I believed Labour stood for” and called for party members, unions and MPs to take back control. The Conversation · May 30, 2025
Attorney general apologises for comparing Tories and Reform to Nazis Badenoch and Farage seize on Richard Hermer’s ‘clumsy’ remark in speech made in defence of international law The Guardian - UK · May 30, 2025
Attorney General ‘regrets’ comparing calls to leave ECHR with 1930s Germany Lord Hermer faced criticism from Tory leader Kemi Badenoch for a speech he made on Thursday. Evening Standard · May 30, 2025
The Independent UK · May 30, 2025 Lord Hermer ‘regrets’ comparing Reform and Tories’ policy to Nazi Germany Attorney general acknowledges his ‘choice of words was clumsy’
The Guardian - UK · May 30, 2025 Rachel Reeves set to confirm extra money to spend on areas outside south-east – as it happened The chancellor will announce billions in regional spending after rewriting Treasury investment rules
The Independent UK · May 30, 2025 Reeves to plough tens of billions into red wall seats as Labour seeks to fend off Farage The chancellor is expected to change how the government assesses spending plans to benefit the north and Midlands
Evening Standard · May 30, 2025 Starmer and Farage in ‘race to the bottom’ on child benefit cap, says Badenoch Campaigners say the cap exacerbates child poverty and has had a minimal impact on birth rate or family size.
The Guardian - UK · May 29, 2025 ‘The brand is broken’: is there any way back from abyss for Tories? Conservative party has repeatedly proved able to adapt and reinvent itself – but this time might be different
The Independent UK · May 28, 2025 Dominic Cummings predicts Kemi Badenoch’s downfall as Tory leader: ‘She’s a goner’ Dominic Cummings described the Conservative Party leader as a ‘goner’
Evening Standard · May 28, 2025 Badenoch to go ‘probably this year’, says former No 10 adviser Dominic Cummings Boris Johnson’s former aide described Nigel Farage’s Reform UK as a ‘vehicle’ for voters to say they ‘despise’ Westminster.
Evening Standard · May 28, 2025 Nigel Farage could 'definitely' become Prime Minister in 2029 in Reform UK surge, says Dominic Cummings But the mastermind behind the Brexit campaign says Reform must become more than ‘Nigel and an iPhone’
Evening Standard · May 27, 2025 Farage fails to guarantee pensions triple lock but vows to axe benefits cap Nigel Farage says Reform UK will scrap the two-child benefit cap and reverse fuel cuts but refuses to commit to maintaining the pension triple lock.
The Independent UK · May 27, 2025 Farage declares Reform is ‘party of the workers’ as he vows to trash Starmer’s legacy Nigel Farage challenged Sir Keir Starmer to a debate in a working man’s club in former Labour ‘red wall’ heartlands
The Independent UK · May 26, 2025 Russia seizes on Badenoch’s claim Ukraine is fighting a ‘proxy war’ on behalf of Western Europe Conservative leader also controversially said Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is fighting a ‘proxy war on behalf of the UK’ in Gaza against Hamas