British Politics

It's time Westminster put its money where its mouth is

Despite the pandemic and record waiting lists, health spending has gone up less than was promised

After an influx of ex-Labour voters, are they still the party of the climate crisis – or of Corbyn, or Gaza?

Mandrake hears that the new favoured day is November 21

Don’t believe everything you think you hear

Labour has yet to find satisfactory answers to the Brexit question

Affordable housing should be a defining election issue for Britain’s young people

The comical hypocrisy of right wing panic over new border schemes

Talk of turning a corner is premature when we’re worse off than this time last year

Our digest of the worst of Westminster looks at Suella Braverman, Robert Jenrick, Brendan Clarke-Smith and more

Labour’s embrace of a defector with a whole lot of baggage raises questions about where Keir Starmer draws the line

Scottish voters are switching from the SNP to Labour – but support for independence is holding up

Europe Day is here again – and despite the EU’s problems, it is well worth celebrating

The Tory reign will shortly come to an end, and this bunch of incompetent charlatans will not be remembered fondly

If the Bank of England is right, the reverberations will be felt around the country

Labour should scrap the Tories’ assault on PIP from day one, ending the victimisation of the long-term sick

Unlike our PM, the Greek leader listens to questions and actually answers them

Almost 2,000 restaurants went bust last year, but Rishi Sunak and co are apparently uninterested

Rishi Sunak looks safe despite new humiliation.. but only because his rivals want him to own a general election defeat

The latest scandals and gossip from Westminster and Fleet Street

Defeat is certain, a total wipe-out possible – and don’t underestimate the role of Brexit in this meltdown

London’s mayor won a third term quite easily - but only after Westminster buzzed with talk that Susan Hall was set for a stunning upset

If Rishi Sunak is ousted, should Tory MPs or members pick his replacement? The answer isn’t that simple

Sir John Curtice has laid out a convincing case for why Keir Starmer may be drawn into backing one soon

A disastrous set of elections leave the Tories facing an existential crisis

When you invite local or state police to campus to address protests, control of the situation is handed over to them

Our digest of the worst of Westminster looks at Lee Anderson, Monty Panesar, Sarah Vine and more

Newspaper reports claim that Nigel Farage is ready to return to frontline politics and stand for Reform in the general election

The Tories’ deputy chairman puts on a shameless display at PMQs

Much of the criticism the NHS receives is given by the ministers who helped create its problems