Carlton Club: A year of ‘successes and challenges’ for London private members’ club September 13, 2024 The Carlton Club has described facing both “successes and challenges” in its latest financial year as it battled high inflation, rising energy costs, train strikes and wage increases. The private members’ club said “unwelcome challenges” impacted its financial performance in 2023 but that it still managed to increase its surplus before tax by almost £200,000. [...]
Tory leadership race gets underway as Badenoch and Cleverly launch small state campaigns September 2, 2024 The Conservative leadership race was set alight today as frontrunner Kemi Badenoch and rival James Cleverly launched their campaigns, both calling for a “state that does less”. Former business and trade secretary Badenoch argued: “Government should do fewer things but better – and what it does, it should do with brilliance.” While former foreign and [...]
Tory leadership race: Tom Tugendhat slams Elon Musk riot comments as ‘delusional’ August 13, 2024 Tory leadership contender Tom Tugendhat has branded Elon Musk’s comments about the UK facing civil war “delusional” and “false”. The former security minister was asked about the social media boss’ remarks on his platform X, formerly Twitter, during a speech this afternoon about the recent far right riots in the UK. Musk recently posted that [...]
Tory leadership race: Who is standing to be leader of the Conservative Party? August 13, 2024 Following Labour’s election victory on July 4, Rishi Sunak announced he would be standing down as leader of the Conservative Party. So, the race is on to find out who the next leader of the opposition will be, chosen by Tory MPs and party members. We’ve rounded up all the contenders, who will be whittled [...]
The biggest challenge for the Conservatives? Getting their story straight July 30, 2024 Whoever becomes the next Conservative leader must get their story on what the Tories did wrong – and right – straight, writes Henry Newman Does it matter who the next leader of the Conservative Party is? A large slice of Britain won’t be paying much attention to the Tories, or to politics more broadly, until [...]
The Notebook: Britons still view US-UK relationship as ‘special’ – despite Trump July 29, 2024 Where the City’s movers and shakers have their say. Today, Lee Cain, former Downing Street communications director and founder of strategic advisory firm Charlesbye, takes the notebook pen to talk UK-US relations, the toxic Tory brand and a thank you to Gareth Southgate The ‘special relationship’ Newly elected Prime Minister Keir Starmer was keen to [...]
Kemi Badenoch twice as popular as nearest rival to lead Conservatives July 11, 2024 Former business secretary Kemi Badenoch has twice as much support as her nearest rival to take over as Conservative leader, a poll has found.
Labour has secured a resounding win – now the real challenges start July 10, 2024 As the now-Prime Minister and his advisors will be painfully aware, if he wants to secure a successful first term, the time to act is now.
MPs sworn into Parliament as Lindsay Hoyle re-elected as Commons Speaker July 9, 2024 Newly-elected MPs have begun being sworn into Parliament for the first time as Sir Lindsay Hoyle is re-elected as the Speaker of the House of Commons.
Election 2024: What do the results look like in London and who is my MP? July 5, 2024 Labour have swept into power on the back of a landslide victory which has reduced the Conservatives to a rump force in London.