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6 days ago | 
politicshome.com | Sophie Church |Harriet Symonds
Tory MP Lincoln Jopp: I Am Up For The Fight With Nigel Farage
Lincoln Jopp is the latest Conservative MP to arrive at Westminster via the Scots Guards. The former soldier believes his bruised party has two years to make itself a serious electoral force again, and warns Nigel Farage that he is "up for the fight".
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1 week ago | 
politicshome.com | Harriet Symonds |Tom Scotson
Andy Burnham Leads Calls For Government To Tackle Dementia In Football
Andy Burnham outside of Downing Street (Alamy)
Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham is leading calls for government and football authorities to do more to address the sport’s “shocking” dementia crisis.
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1 week ago | 
politicshome.com | Harriet Symonds |Nadine Batchelor-Hunt
10 min read
As West Midlands Combined Authority mayor Richard Parker approaches the end of his first year in office, he talks to Nadine Batchelor-Hunt about predecessor Andy Street, bin strikes, and his desire for a ‘pragmatic’ relationship with Westminster. Photography by Tom Pilston
Birmingham has an undeserved reputation for being unattractive, but it has its fair share of what might be politely termed “functional” architecture.
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1 week ago | 
politicshome.com | Nadine Batchelor-Hunt |Tom Scotson |Harriet Symonds
5 min read
Reform UK has sent shockwaves through British politics after making significant gains at the local and mayoral elections, turning two-party politics on its head.
Voter anger over the cuts to winter fuel allowance and concern over immigration appear to have played into Reform’s hands. “The winter allowance was huge. We did full leaflets and letters on that alone,” said a Reform source.
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2 weeks ago | 
politicshome.com | Zoe Crowther |Harriet Symonds
3 min read
Keir Starmer would do “more harm than good” if he visited Runcorn and Helsby before the by-election on Thursday, say Labour MPs who have campaigned there.
The Prime Minister has not visited the Cheshire constituency since the by-election was triggered by the resignation of former Labour MP Mike Amesbury.
PMs have sometimes stayed away from by-election campaigns in recent years, though there have been some exceptions.
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2 weeks ago | 
politicshome.com | Harriet Symonds |Tom Scotson
6 min read
Muslim voters have been part of Labour's voter coalition for decades. However, with war in Gaza raging and high levels of disillusionment in Muslim communities, many turned to independent candidates at last year's general election. Some Labour figures fear this phenomenon isn't going away anytime soon.
Much of the focus heading into next week's local elections is on Reform UK, with Nigel Farage's party expected to win hundreds of council seats from the Tories and Labour.
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3 weeks ago | 
politicshome.com | Matilda Martin |Harriet Symonds
9 min read
Nigel Huddleston, tasked with rebuilding the Tories’ election-winning machine, tells Harriet Symonds about how he plans to get them back in the game.
The new party chairman has the unenviable task of rebuilding what was once a formidable election-winning machine from the wreckage of last year’s drubbing.
Huddleston, a close ally of Kemi Badenoch, has to staunch the flow of party members to Reform UK while restructuring Conservative Campaign Headquarters (CCHQ).
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3 weeks ago | 
politicshome.com | Harriet Symonds |Zoe Crowther
3 min read
Russia has sanctioned 15 British MPs and six members of the House of Lords, accusing them of making "hostile statements and unfounded accusations".
In a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation on Wednesday, the Kremlin accused the UK of carrying out an "ongoing confrontational course, which includes efforts to demonize our country".
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3 weeks ago | 
politicshome.com | Harriet Symonds |Andy Fraser
Equipping the Armed Forces for success depends on a resilient UK defence industry that can deliver cutting edge capability and create high-quality jobs across the country
The global settlement that has held since the end of the Cold War is under pressure. We are seeing increased tensions between the West and East, a more challenging security environment and profound technological changes that governments are working hard to understand.
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3 weeks ago | 
politicshome.com | Sophie Church |Harriet Symonds
8 min read
Mark Francois tells Harriet Symonds about Donald Trump’s tariff war, plans for an Israeli-style ‘Iron Dome’ in the UK and claims Reform has gone AWOL on defence
Mark Francois, a so-called Spartan Brexiteer – one of those MPs who refused compromise to the end – insists we should be grateful for his intransigence.
