A scandal for Starmer, a test for the Tories
Tali Fraser
The Conservatives may have a procedural route to wound the Prime Minister – but victory is far from straightforward.
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Barton is back – to do a far far better thing, in a tale of two Select Committees
Giles Dilnot
Barton is a straight shooter, who could finally explain that the whole Mandelson saga was not normal, not due process, and in his professional view not a good idea from the get-go.
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It was worse in the 1970s but it can certainly feel like history repeating itself
David Gauke
We know now that the country got out of its 1970s malaise thanks to a government committed to fiscal discipline and a market economy. Were matters worse in the seventies compared to today? Yes. Will matters resolve themselves as positively? Not necessarily.
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YouGov data shows Reform holding back Conservative recovery in London
Patrick English
Frustrating news for the Conservatives, our model does not currently project the party to be winning back control of either Westminster or Wandsworth. These are, naturally, the top two Borough targets for a Conservative party looking to show they can win again.
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Labour is opening the door to a whole new wave of lawfare
Katie Lam
If protecting our veterans from vexatious prosecution really isn’t compatible with ECHR membership, this only strengthens the case for leaving the ECHR altogether.
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Is there a neat solution for NEETs?
David Willetts
For many people who are not working, especially if they are young, their benefits are very low indeed. The big trend of the past decade or more has been to shift benefit spend away from young people and families towards pensioners.
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Badenoch continues to build momentum, one week at a time
James Crouch
With each set-piece moment, Badenoch appears to be persuading more voters that she might just be the right person to lead her party after all.
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The case for a deliverable Conservatism is being made right now – in Madrid
Tim Dier
Low tax policies have attracted businesses and affluent residents to the Region of Madrid from high tax regions such as Catalonia, and further afield from other countries, too. The very kind of immigration we were told our points-based system would attract to the UK.
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An innovative solution for the fiscal crisis
Mike Newton
As gilts yields head above 5 per cent, with welfare out of control and 30 per cent of young adults economically inactive, it is time for an innovative solution to the fiscal crisis.
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Council by-election results from this week and forthcoming contests
Harry Phibbs
Reform UK gained a seat from Labour in Salford.