Tax evasion crackdowns, efficiency savings and welfare cuts are easy political sells – but getting these measures to delivery large amounts of revenue is much more difficult.
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Comparing Keir Starmer’s 2024 election manifesto with Tony Blair’s 1997 document is a helpful way to understand why the vision is grander than is being portrayed.
Connections between smuggling and other forms of serious organised crime remain largely unverified.
People under the age of 18 should be banned from buying energy drinks. There is good evidence to support this measure.
The effort to get Muslims voting for independents won’t cost Keir Starmer the election – but is that all that matters?
Political calculations with Treasury figures can be wide of the mark.
Sunak and Starmer clashed over the cost of living, immigration and the NHS. The Conversation’s expert analysis puts their claims into context.
Both the Conservatives and Labour have promised not to raise income tax, national insurance or VAT should they win the election – but most voters don’t believe them.
The Tories have 346 seats and could lose more than half of those. Labour is aiming for huge gains, the SNP is fighting for relevance – and the Lib Dems are hoping to become the third party again.
The lessons from the mayoralties writ-large give a good indicator of how the UK’s political sands have shifted in recent years.
The Labour leader is looking to the examples set by Tony Blair and Harold Wilson in drawing a line under his party’s recent past.
The strategy is clear – what’s less obvious is whether there’s any point to it.
Winston Churchill defected in his time, as did Oswald Mosley. In fact, a defection played a key part in the formation of the Conservative party.
The prime minister is being optimistic at best with his reading – but these results to suggest Labour’s win might not be as decisive as polls currently suggest.
In a dismal night for the government, one result towers above the others.
Local election results are strong predictors of general elections held in the same or following year.
It’s a rare event for an MP to leave government to join the opposition. But the timing here may mean voters will hardly notice.
The Labour MP was friends with Margaret Thatcher, but certainly didn’t agree that there’s ‘no such thing as society’.
As they head to the polls on May 2, Londoners are concerned about policing, crime and personal safety.
Are Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves focusing on the same criteria for economic competence as Britain’s voters?
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