Alain Tolhurst

Chief Reporter and podcast host @politicshome, egg chaser for @oldstreetrugby and pie bowler for @addington_vcc 📧[email protected]

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The Rundown Podcast: Last Orders For Britain's Pubs?

1 week ago | politicshome.com | Jimmy McIntosh |Alain Tolhurst

4 min read With the Commons in recess, the podcast has headed down to the pub again to discuss the UK’s hospitality industry and the struggles it continues to face. A host of global headwinds and domestic policy contribute to a bleak outlook for the sector in 2025.
Ukrainian MP Urges UK To Maintain "Balance" Between Defence And Aid Spending

1 week ago | politicshome.com | Alain Tolhurst |Zoe Crowther

7 min read An influential Ukrainian MP has urged the UK government to “balance” its increased defence spending with sustained humanitarian aid for Ukraine, as the war with Russia continues. "Having balance between defence spending and humanitarian aid to foreign countries would be very much preferred," Oleksandr Vasiuk told PoliticsHome. Vasiuk is a Ukrainian MP and member of President Volodomyr Zelensky’s ‘Servant of the People’ Party.
The UK must sign a bilateral security agreement with Kosovo

1 week ago | politicshome.com | Alain Tolhurst

4 min read Labour’s role in Kosovo is among our party’s greatest foreign policy successes. With pro-Russian, Serbian forces trying to destabilise the country, we must step up once again. Despite the war in Ukraine beginning in 2014, following Russia’s occupation of Crimea, few in the West imagined Russia would launch a full-scale invasion of the country in 2022. Even though our allies in Ukraine, Poland and the Baltics had spent years warning us about Putin’s territorial ambitions.
The Rundown Podcast: Can Starmer Navigate Trump's Tariff Turmoil?

1 week ago | politicshome.com | Alain Tolhurst |Liam Byrne

2 min read On this week's episode of The Rundown — we're taking on the small matter of what is happening to the global economy — and what that will mean for the UK — after Donald Trump’s sudden volte face on Wednesday, abandoning almost all of the tariffs he had meted out on so-called ‘Liberation Day’ a week before, that had sent markets tumbling.
Starmer Mustn't “Let A Crisis Go To Waste” Amid Trump Tariff Turmoil

2 weeks ago | politicshome.com | Nadine Batchelor-Hunt |Liam Byrne |Alain Tolhurst

4 min read The government is being urged to use the turmoil created by Donald Trump’s tariff regime to create a new industrial policy and forge deeper trade links with the partners including the European Union.
Our fishermen cannot afford another disastrous deal

2 weeks ago | politicshome.com | Alain Tolhurst

3 min read The promises made to fishermen in the Brexit campaign were bold. The delivery has been anything but. Many predicted that the Conservative government would sell out the fishing industry on leaving the EU, much like an earlier Conservative government had done when joining the EU and the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) decades before.
Mark Field interview

2 weeks ago | politicshome.com | Alain Tolhurst

3 min read On this week's episode of The Rundown – A conversation with Mark Field, the former Conservative MP, minister, and author, after the release last week of his memoir from his time in Parliament: The End Of An Era.
How Much Do Voters Care About Broken Election Promises?

2 months ago | politicshome.com | Alain Tolhurst |Ben Shimshon

6 min read Manifesto promises matter and Labour will face fierce criticism if it breaks any. But our research suggests delivering a feeling of change is even more important than campaign pledges. Keir Starmer’s job might look a little easier today if he had made fewer promises in 2024. If it weren’t for the election manifesto, the Prime Minister could raise taxes to rescue public services. He could pursue closer European trade ties if Donald Trump upends global commerce.
Labour MP group pushes digital ID card agenda

2 months ago | publictechnology.net | Alain Tolhurst

A Labour MP urging the government to introduce digital ID cards said he “couldn’t give a monkey’s” about concerns from progressives in his party if the move can deliver policy results. Jake Richards, who is spearheading a group of mainly 2024-intake MPs pushing the idea forward, said the technology could be used to streamline public services, modernise the public’s interactions with the state and help ministers tackle illegal migration.
Labour MP “Couldn't Give A Monkey’s” About Digital ID Concerns

2 months ago | politicshome.com | Tom Scotson |Sienna Rodgers |Alain Tolhurst

4 min read A Labour MP urging the government to introduce digital ID cards said he “couldn't give a monkey’s” about concerns from progressives in his party if the move can deliver policy results. Jake Richards, who is spearheadinga group of mainly 2024-intake MPs pushing the idea forward, said the technology could be used to streamline public services, modernise the public’s interactions with the state and help ministers tackle illegal migration.