The Tories’ Fearless Four battle on to the end. Alas, that’s just the beginning | John Crace
WWelcome, my friends, to the never-ending show. At least, that's what it feels like. After weeks of nonsense and four days of the Fearless Four saying the same thing every minute, it's hard to believe that we're still a month away from the Tory leadership election. I think we need to be grateful for small […]
Lisa Nandy: Tories’ ‘violent indifference’ to the arts damaged access to culture | Arts policy
The Conservative government's “fierce disinterest” in the arts is leaving communities across the country with less access to culture, Lisa Nandy said ahead of the budget review. The Culture Secretary promised to deliver state funding to all communities and expand private charity beyond major cities, and accused her Conservative predecessors of “vandalism”. In an interview […]
The Tories have left the stage but their toxic cultural legacy is doing an encore | Stewart Lee
HHey there! It's that time of year again when the opaquely funded, Tufton Street-linked pressure group Restore Trust spends big money to inject right-wing candidates (including the evangelical Stephen Green, who denies the existence of marital rape and once supported the death penalty for gays in Uganda) onto the board of the hated “woke” National […]
Nigel Farage’s Reform Party Surpasses Tories in Support: Poll
Nigel Farage’s Reform UK Party has overtaken the Conservative Party to become second in the polls nationwide, according to a new opinion poll. Despite attempts by mainstream British politics and media to pin the blame for the UK’s recent anti-immigration riots on Prime Minister Nigel Farage, his Reform Party’s national Westminster voting intentions have risen […]
Tories Should ‘Never Be Trusted Again’ on Immigration: Lee Anderson
Lee Anderson has accused Conservative leadership candidate Tom Tugendhat of trying to shift the blame for the recent riots onto Nigel Farage and of “gaslighting” people about the party’s role in stoking social division in the UK through mass immigration. First major speech Since announcing his candidacy for the Conservative leadership race, neo-con MP Tom […]
Rachel Reeves to set out plans to fill the shortfall in public finances left by Tories | Public finance
Rachel Reeves will expose the damaging legacy the Labour government inherited from the Conservatives and set out the case for cuts to public spending, tax increases and the postponement of several major infrastructure projects. She is expected to suspend work on a range of infrastructure projects, including Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s flagship plan for 40 […]
Rachel Reeves to set out plans to fill the shortfall in public finances left by Tories | Public finance
Rachel Reeves will expose the damaging legacy the Labour government inherited from the Conservatives and set out the case for cuts to public spending, tax increases and the postponement of several major infrastructure projects. She is expected to suspend work on a range of infrastructure projects, including Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s flagship plan for 40 […]
Rachel Reeves to delay some of Tories’ ‘unfunded’ road and hospital projects | Economic policy
Finance Minister Rachel Reeves will on Monday delay several “underfunded” roads and hospital projects and promise an above-inflation public sector pay rise as part of the Treasury’s plans to plug a £20 billion spending gap left by the Conservatives. The Chancellor is expected to argue in his financial audit report to the House of Commons […]
Reform Rejects Merger With Yesterday’s Men Tories
Opinion polls suggest many Conservative supporters are considering merging their party with Reform, but Farage’s growing coalition has dismissed the idea with scorn, saying it is focused on future elections. Reform UK Party leader Richard Tice, newly elected along with four of his colleagues, appeared in good spirits when he appeared on British morning TV […]
Tories split over timeline to elect leader with Sunak hoping to quit by autumn | Conservatives
Rishi Sunak will not remain as Conservative leader beyond the summer, an ally has said, amid internal divisions within the party over how long it should take to select a new leader. The party faces the possibility of having to appoint an interim leader if the campaign continues for several more months, and senior members […]