Josh Self

The 2024 general election was the most disproportional in British electoral history as voters displayed the highest volatility in a century, according to a new report.

The below content first appeared in Politics.co.uk’s Politics@Lunch newsletter, sign-up for free and never miss our daily briefing. In a speech last week, Kemi Badenoch definitively declared the reason for the Conservatives’ defeat at the general election and outlined, in detail, her programme to revive the party. The address, curiously, did not get much coverage. Badenoch... Read more »

Robert Jenrick has rubbished the government’s announcement of 14,000 new prison places, and said the Conservative Party would deport foreign national offenders to free up space. The shadow justice secretary said that “no new prisons are being built” under the government’s plans. “All [justice secretary Shabana Mahmood] is doing is finishing up the prisons already... Read more »

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A senior Conservative has expressed concern about the state of the economy his party “might inherit” following a future general election. Andrew Griffith, the shadow business secretary, said he is “not surprised” that inflation has risen once again and pointed to data that suggests a slowdown in hiring activity. Inflation climbed to an annual rate... Read more »

This was another session of prime minister’s questions that Kemi Badenoch should have won — and won by some distance. The announcement yesterday that the government will not be compensating Waspi women affected by pension changes created a clear opportunity for the Conservative leader to go after Keir Starmer on the grounds of honesty, transparency... Read more »

Keir Starmer has nominated a raft of new Labour peers. Partygate investigator and the prime minister’s former chief of staff, Sue Gray, is among the Labour figures set to be elevated to the House of Lords. Luciana Berger, the former MP for Liverpool Wavertree who resigned from Labour in protest at Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership in... Read more »

Kemi Badenoch has appointed a set of political allies to the House of Lords, including former deputy prime minister Thérèse Coffey.

After six months spent sealing his party's fate, Rishi Sunak departed Downing Street on 5 July 2024 as the latest failed Conservative premier.

Kemi Badenoch has pledged to “earn the trust of the British people”, saying she will release policies as “it's thought through”.