Topic: Conservatives

Labour sides with Tories in court over anti-protest laws

Home secretary Yvette Cooper to continue Conservatives’ challenge to High Court ruling that backed Liberty

Anita Mureithi
‘I can count the Muslim members on my hands’ — Muslim Tories on the state of the party

We asked a peer, a Senedd member and a councillor who should replace Rishi Sunak and whether the Conservatives could beat Islamophobia

Samir Jeraj
On the economy, Starmer has boxed himself in. That isn’t (just) the Tories’ fault

The prime minister is warning of hard times to come, but he can’t blame everything on his predecessors

Shehab Khan

UK government quietly suspends key scholarship for Afghan students

Former Tory MP Rory Stewart among critics of “devastating” decision to freeze “hugely important” Chevening programme
Sheeraz Gulsher Q&A: ‘Tackling the ethnicity pay gap is the first step to making work fair for all’

The co-founder of People Like Us on workplace inequalities and Labour’s plans to introduce mandatory reporting of companies’ pay data
By sticking to the Tory line on immigration, Labour could be walking into a trap

Yvette Cooper has pledged to “remove” more people from the UK than the Tories. It’s a risky strategy
The economy is healthier than thought — but that’ll be news to many

As Labour and the Tories fight for control of the narrative, millions are still desperately in need
Starmer’s most urgent task is restoring order to a nation rocked by racist violence

For a full week far-right mobs have terrorised communities across the UK
The gloves are off as Labour and Tories clash over UK public finances

Rachel Reeves and Jeremy Hunt blamed each other this week over the origins of a £22bn ‘black hole’ in the public budget. No matter who wins the argument, tax rises and public sector cuts seem inevitable