Kemi Badenoch braces Tories to lose scores of seats at 'extremely difficult' local elections Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party is expected to gain dozens of seats Evening Standard · Mar 11, 2025
EFL chair urges Badenoch to take ‘more balanced view’ on football regulator Rick Parry has written to Kemi Badenoch to request a meeting after the Conservative leader called the implementation of an independent football regulator a ‘waste of money’ The Guardian - UK · Mar 10, 2025
Princess Kate matches Angela Rayner in Labour red at Commonwealth Day Service 2025 The Princess of Wales returned to the annual Commonwealth Day Service after missing event in 2024 Evening Standard · Mar 10, 2025
Use of Human Rights Act in immigration cases ‘out of control’, Conservatives say The Tories announced they would table an amendment to the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill. Evening Standard · Mar 9, 2025
Conservatives to push for Human Rights Act to not apply to immigration decisions The party has tabled an amendment to the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill. The Independent UK · Mar 9, 2025
Gisèle Pelicot named The Independent’s most influential woman of 2025 The remarkable French grandmother and now global icon tops the 2025 Influence List of 50 exceptional women, from campaigners to politicians, businesswomen to television stars, sports champions to artists and influencers The Independent UK · Mar 6, 2025
Tory donations twice as high as Labour’s in last part of 2024 Conservatives raised nearly £2m, Labour £1m and Reform £280,000 from donors in last three months of year The Guardian - UK · Mar 6, 2025
Government should change law to overrule ‘two-tier’ justice guidance – Badenoch Kemi Badenoch called for the Justice Secretary to change the law and said the Conservatives will back her. The Independent UK · Mar 6, 2025
Kemi Badenoch Embarrassed at PMQs as SNP Outsmarts Her on Brexit Fishing Question Rachel Reeves is preparing to backtrack on pretty much every promise she’s made, with major cuts expected across various public services in just a few days. The Fashion Central · Mar 6, 2025
‘Trump said he’d have our backs’: Starmer’s magical assertions comfort Badenoch The government and opposition seem to have parked their rancour like divorcees at a parents’ evening The Guardian - UK · Mar 5, 2025
Need to ensure US, UK, Europe and Ukraine working together – Starmer Downing Street has said the UK’s stance on putting Ukraine in the ‘strongest possible position’ has not changed. The Independent UK · Mar 5, 2025
Starmer tribute to fallen British troops after Vance’s perceived slight Sir Keir Starmer’s tribute to personnel killed in Iraq and Afghanistan came after JD Vance’s comments about troops from a ‘random country’. The Independent UK · Mar 5, 2025
PM seeks to downplay fears of peacekeeping plan risking conflict with Russia Sir Keir Starmer also paid tribute to British soldiers who have died in conflict in recent years, in an apparent rebuke of US vice-president JD Vance. Evening Standard · Mar 5, 2025
Zelensky ‘ready to work’ under Trump leadership to get peace The Ukrainian president called for a ‘truce in the sky’ and a ‘truce in the sea’ if Russia agrees and said it is ‘time to make things right’. Evening Standard · Mar 4, 2025
Evening Standard · Mar 4, 2025 Sir Elton John praises Irish band Kneecap for being ‘political’ with their music Sir Elton spoke to Nick Grimshaw on BBC Radio 6 Music.
Evening Standard · Mar 4, 2025 Starmer and Trump spoke on Ukraine before White House paused military aid Sir Keir Starmer and Donald Trump spoke on Monday night, just hours before it emerged the US president was cutting off Ukraine’s arms supply.
Evening Standard · Mar 4, 2025 Farmers march on Parliament in Pancake Day protest against inheritance tax The demonstrators, accompanied by a few tractors and harvesters, met at around midday to march from Whitehall towards Parliament.
The Guardian - UK · Mar 4, 2025 Starmer welcomes Zelenskyy’s offer to work with Trump on Ukraine peace deal – as it happened PM says any deal must be ‘lasting and secure’ following fiery Trump-Zelenskyy meeting last week and UK weekend summit
The National (Scotland) · Mar 2, 2025 Kemi Badenoch says Donald Trump did not 'ambush' Volodymyr Zelenskyy Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has said her “heart went out” to Volodymyr Zelensky following his clash with Donald Trump in the Oval Office.
The Guardian - UK · Mar 2, 2025 Keir Starmer’s ‘voice coach’ says press coverage of her work was misogynistic Exclusive: Leonie Mellinger believes media storm minimised her role as key part of Labour leader’s team
Evening Standard · Mar 2, 2025 Tories will not drop opposition to Chagos deal despite US support – Badenoch The Conservative leader said it is ‘not in our national interest to give away the Chagos Islands and pay for the privilege of doing so’.
Evening Standard · Mar 1, 2025 Kemi Badenoch brands inheritance tax change ‘immoral’ as she visits NI farm The Tory leader met members of the Jackson family as she visited the Fairview dairy farm near Bangor in Co Down.
The Independent UK · Feb 28, 2025 Churchill ‘would be turning in his grave’ as Trump faces British backlash over Zelensky spray Prime minister Keir Starmer declared his “unwavering support” for Ukraine as senior Conservative MPs, including Tory leader Kemi Badenoch, leapt to the Mr Zelensky’s defence
Evening Standard · Feb 28, 2025 Ungovernable by Simon Hart review: A tale of brothels, backbiting, and Conservative politics The revelations are out from Simon Hart’s book: The Political Diaries of a Chief Whip. There’s the one about being woken at 4am by an MP who was being held in a Bayswater brothel by blackmailers, not to be confused with another MP, Mark Menzies, who found it difficult to…
The Independent UK · Feb 28, 2025 How Trump made Farage look a fool and Starmer a prime minister ANALYSIS: The Reform UK leader – who considers himself Britain’s ‘Trump whisperer’ – will have been left crestfallen after hearing the man in the Oval Office describe the prime minister as ‘a very special person’, writes David Maddox