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Labour stands a good chance of taking one of three impending votes, while losing either of the other two would be very bad news for Rishi Sunak.
Baroness Hallett says she should be the one to decide which government messages are relevant to her inquiry, but is she right?
The UK leader’s visit to the US comes amid trouble at home, with low ratings for his Conservative Party. But don’t expect much joy for Sunak on trade or Northern Ireland.
Rishi Sunak is proposing to introduce voluntary caps for staples like milk and bread.
Penny Mordaunt’s seat is at risk while leadership hopeful Kemi Badenoch would be sitting pretty.
Charisma matters in elections campaigns, as a study carried out just before the 2019 election shows.
Zelensky has undoubtedly presented his European allies with a ‘credible plan and realistic requirements for support’.
Forecasting is a tricky art but looking back at the relationship between local elections and subsequent general elections puts Labour on course for House of Commons majority.
A long-term view on building up British business is key to showing the UK is ‘open for business’.
Labour strategists seem determined to cast Starmer as the sensible ‘adult in the room’, but in order to win lost areas he needs to be much more radical than that.
Not a knockout blow but important gains for the opposition.
The prime minister is popular, his party is not. Which is more important as we head towards the next election?
There’s a lot to play for in the final big electoral test before the next national vote, especially in northern regions where Labour hopes to make a comeback.
Report found deputy PM to have been abrasive and intimidating to civil servants who have waited months for action to be taken.
Beyond the ethical questions raised by an ad suggesting the prime minister doesn’t believe in sending sex offenders to prison is the matter of whether such negative campaigning even works.
The government’s new white paper on AI regulation highlights opportunities for the country.
The illegal migration bill is performative politics that allows the Conservatives to blame opponents ahead of a key election.
After a pandemic and over a decade of public spending cuts, young people need investment not punishment.
The deputy prime minister insists he just has high expectations of his staff but that is not what ‘professionalism’ really means.
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Paul Whiteley is a Friend of The Conversation.Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex
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