Andrew Grice

Despite having once called the incoming president a ‘bully’, with his trade background Peter Mandelson will prove a highly effective ‘Trump whisperer’ – if he can keep his Europhile views and thoughts on strengthening trade links with China to himself, says Andrew Grice

At the end of a troubled year for the prime minister, he will find it difficult not to ponder how it has all gone so wrong, why Labour was so woefully unprepared for government – and which of his senior colleagues are already thinking about life after his leadership, says Andrew Grice

Roy Griffiths once described social care as “everybody’s distant cousin but nobody’s baby.” Disappointingly, 40 years on that sentiment holds true, writes Andrew Grice

As the PM stands by his Treasury minister despite allegations of corruption, MPs are wondering if there is ‘one rule for us’ and another for his allies, writes Andrew Grice

The Tories found no evidence the PM soft-pedalled on prosecuting the gangs who groomed and raped vulnerable girls. If they had found any, they would certainly have used it, writes Andrew Grice. Yet Kemi Badenoch has no such qualms

The prime minister will be taking more notice of activity in the Treasury from now on. And, writes Andrew Grice, if Reeves cannot deliver the higher growth on which Labour’s entire strategy hinges in two or three years, Starmer’s ruthless streak might be on display once again.

For all his efforts to ingratiate himself with the new US president, Keir Starmer finds himself studiously not invited to the inauguration – unlike other leaders (and Nigel Farage) – and unable to choose between closer trade links with America or the EU. His predicament will soon be made painfully clear, says Andrew Grice

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From the future of Starmer’s post-Brexit reset with Brussels to how Kemi Badenoch deals with Nigel Farage, Andrew Grice looks at what the 47th president has in store for Labour and its rivals

After a gloomy start to the year, the chancellor has a new mantra – ‘Just Say Yes’. But will Treasury support for airport expansion and a war on nimbyism turn around a miserable economy, asks Andrew Grice