Topic: Conservatives

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

Shehab Khan
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?

Shehab Khan

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
Streeting’s Reform attack signals a change in Labour — with or without Starmer

As Nigel Farage’s party continues to gain ground, the health secretary has won unusual praise for his strong words about Sarah Pochin
Tory MPs are split: is the party too close to Reform?

Conservatives under Kemi Badenoch’s leadership are itchy as a modest conference and disastrous polling highlight just how far the party has fallen