Ross Clark

Will Andy Burnham call an autumn general election and take advantage of his prime ministerial honeymoon, or will he go the way of his erstwhile boss, Gordon Brown, who flunked a decision on an election in the autumn of 2007 and went on to defeat in 2010? The latest polls have generated a swirl of

There are two words you will hear endlessly today: ‘hollow victory’. Nigel Farage is back as MP for Clacton, but by doing battle with a bin, he has achieved nothing but embarrassed himself. Look, his refusal to attend his own count just proves it....

There are two words you will hear endlessly today: ‘hollow victory'. Nigel Farage is back as MP for Clacton, but by doing battle with a bin, he has achieved nothing but embarrassed himself.

There are two words you will hear endlessly today: ‘hollow victory’. Nigel Farage is back as MP for Clacton, but by doing battle with a bin, he has achieved nothing but embarrassed himself. Look, his refusal to attend his own count just proves it....

Well done to Reform UK for proposing to make chunky, £50 billion cuts to the welfare budget, more than twice the £23 billion cuts the Conservative have pledged to make. The left will scream about kicking away the crutches of the poor and sick, but the benefits system has become a voracious beast that is

HOW typical of the water industry to exploit the current drought to try to push for the right to impose “surge pricing” on its customers. Ofwat, the regulator, has proposed that companies be allowe…

Well done to Reform UK for proposing to make chunky, £50 billion cuts to the welfare budget, more than twice the £23 billion cuts the Conservative have pledged to make.

Here it is, finally: Labour's ‘growth' strategy. And what does it consist of? Reform of planning laws to make it easier for travellers to set up

This week, Powell will be happy to bathe in the success of an educational policy that she spent many years opposing.

WE have heard endlessly about the dangers of sexual exploitation faced by children on the internet. The previous government even passed a law, the Online Safety Act, placing responsibility on the …