Topic: Conservatives

Starmer has angered Trump — but Labour MPs, for once, are on his side

The thin-skinned US president could punish the UK for refusing to let him use British military bases. But standing up to Trump has proved popular at home

Shehab Khan
Wajid Akhter: people are now the Muslim Council of Britain’s priority

The organisation’s general secretary is on a mission to empower and enfranchise UK Muslims at grassroots level

Saman Javed
Labour MPs’ verdict on Mandelson is worse than anything Tories could inflict

Arrest of former US ambassador and New Labour giant may not directly implicate the prime minister, but colleagues say his reputation is shot

Shehab Khan

Mandelson is still Starmer’s problem — and Labour MPs know it

The prime minister and his team can’t escape the fact they chose a US ambassador whose links to Jeffrey Epstein were far from secret
As the Tories lose MPs, Badenoch reckons she can beat Farage at his own game

The Conservative leader has given short shrift to a trio of big names leaving her party for Reform UK. Will her strategy work?
Netting Zahawi is a coup for Reform, but the party faces a new dilemma

As Nigel Farage’s party grows, it increasingly resembles the establishment it claims to want to replace
It’s crystal clear that our water companies aren’t working — let’s change that in 2026

Crumbling infrastructure and massive debts are costing us all dearly. It’s time the government made a new year’s resolution to fix it
Shabana Mahmood’s high-stakes gamble on immigration

The home secretary’s far-reaching reforms suggest she is determined to deliver on her border control pledges
Rightwing attacks on multiculturalism are a cynical smokescreen

Minority communities are not to blame for the UK’s problems — the likes of Robert Jenrick and Nigel Farage are