Kemi Badenoch says US action in Venezuela was ‘morally’ right Ms Badenoch said ‘what happens in Greenland has got to be up to the people of Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark’. Evening Standard · Jan 6
Worst investment levels in the G7 ‘should ring alarm bells in Downing Street’ Chancellor Rachel Reeves accused of driving down business confidence with ‘broken commitments’ The Independent UK · Dec 31, 2025
UK economy unexpectedly shrank in October in fresh blow for Rachel Reeves Economy contracted by 0.1 per cent in October, according to the Office for National Statistics The Independent UK · Dec 12, 2025
Reeves admits Budget leaks were ‘extremely damaging’ but insists she wasn’t to blame Chancellor hits out at ‘too many leaks’ and says inquiry is underway to root out the person responsible The Independent UK · Dec 10, 2025
Rachel Reeves will not be investigated over pre-budget briefing, FCA says Regulator leaves door open for follow-up as it rejects calls for formal inquiry into claims against Treasury officials The Guardian - UK · Dec 4, 2025
Budget crisis engulfs Rachel Reeves as OBR watchdog slams Treasury briefings The leading economists also predict that interest rates will fall from 4% to 3.5% by the second quarter of 2026 Evening Standard · Dec 2, 2025
Did Rachel Reeves lie to justify her £26billion Budget tax raid? The Chancellor is facing calls to resign over misleading the public and Cabinet minister over the state of Britain’s finances Evening Standard · Dec 1, 2025
Rachel Reeves denies lying about Budget black hole to justify tax hikes – UK politics live Rachel Reeves denies breaking Labour manifesto pledge not to raise taxes – but admits she is asking people to pay more The Independent UK · Nov 30, 2025
Reeves accused of misleading public on Budget black hole to justify £26bn tax raid Badenoch claims chancellor ‘lied to the public’ and was ‘bribing Labour MPs to save her own skin’ The Independent UK · Nov 28, 2025
Welcome to the half-real, half-fantasy world that is ‘the day after the budget’ This is the day when politicians and amateur commentators talk more doggybollox than on any other day of the year The Guardian - UK · Nov 27, 2025
‘Mortified’ OBR chair hopes inquiry into budget leak will report next week Reuters news agency says it obtained document after visiting URL it predicted file would be uploaded to The Guardian - UK · Nov 27, 2025
Budget 2025: Rachel Reeves to hammer London in tax grab on wealthy homeowners and millions of workers The Chancellor’s plans will also see 260,000 children in the capital benefit from the lifting of the two-child welfare cap Evening Standard · Nov 25, 2025
Tories and Reform spout imaginary numbers as they fight for attention Back-of-an envelope calculations by Kemi Badenoch, Mel Stride and Nigel Farage are nothing but political fever dreams The Guardian - UK · Nov 18, 2025
Stealth tax alert: Reeves Budget to make record 10m pay Income Tax higher rate if she freezes thresholds A further two-year freeze on Income Tax thresholds would drag 790,000 more people into paying the 40% higher rate, according to the IFS Evening Standard · Nov 14, 2025
Evening Standard · Nov 6, 2025 Motorists 'to be slapped with pay-per-mile tax by Rachel Reeves' The new scheme is intended to try to close the £30 billion financial black hole the Chancellor faces in the budget at the end of the month
The Guardian - UK · Nov 3, 2025 UK politics: MPs spar over response to Cambridgeshire train attack – as it happened Lib Dem spokesperson says Reform ‘trying to exploit incident for political gain’ and shadow home secretary’s remarks are ‘beneath contempt’
The Guardian - UK · Nov 2, 2025 Tory patience wears thin as Badenoch’s critics count down to May elections With the party adrift and Reform surging, Jenrick’s allies are sharpening their pitch for a post-election reset
The Guardian - UK · Oct 30, 2025 Kemi Badenoch smiles from the stump as she heads towards oblivion The relaxed demeanour of the Tory leader suggests she is just relieved that things aren’t worse than they could be
Evening Standard · Oct 28, 2025 Treasury urged to set out plan to ‘un-gum’ housing amid call to axe stamp duty Sir Mel Stride likened Chancellor Rachel Reeves to Captain Mainwaring from Dad’s Army.
Evening Standard · Oct 20, 2025 Fact check: National debt, fake wifi charges and the cost of rebuilding Gaza Round-up of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact.
The Independent UK · Oct 14, 2025 UK facing highest inflation in G7 in yet another pre-Budget blow for Reeves IMF also trims growth forecast for 2026 in ‘grim’ news for chancellor weeks before Commons statement
The Independent UK · Oct 13, 2025 Farage to give up Reform’s manifesto pledge for £90bn in tax cuts Reform UK leader Nigel Farage will promise not to reduce taxes before cutting spending and making savings in the civil service at a major speech next month
The Guardian - UK · Oct 7, 2025 It’s Tory conference: Boriswave goodbye to a deluded party on its way to electoral annihilation When both Reform and the Liberal Democrats are eating your lunch, and even Nadine Dorries has abandoned ship, it might just be time to call it, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
The Guardian - UK · Oct 7, 2025 Has Kemi Badenoch sounded the death knell for one nation Conservatism? The Tory leader’s shift to the right has left its centrist wing wondering if its tradition still has a future
The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2025 Video shows empty seats during key Conservative party conference speech There were several empty seats at the Conservative Party's conference on Monday, 6 October, as Sir Mel Stride laid out the opposition's economic plans if they win the next election.