PERSPECTIVES

There are really only two things former Prime Ministers agree on. One, just how awful Prime Minister’s Questions really is. And secondly, the more important need for state reform. Last Thursday, Starmer announced just that. In a carefully staged ‘no-notes’ speech, Starmer combined the very best of Blairite and Cameronite leadership as he carefully strolled around the stages, tie long-lost and sleeves rolled up, explaining his plan to take on the dream of a first-term majorit

By Cianan Sheekey Amesbury leaves Chester Crown Court following his sentencing, to ten weeks in prison suspended for two year s....

By Edden El-Hashahar On 23 January 2025, Axel Rudakubana, perpetrator of the horrific Southport attack, was sentenced to a minimum of 52...

For the last few months, there have been repeated and regular protests by farmers over inheritance tax changes to their estates. These...

By Tristan Donaldson The Labour government has been handed control of the UK in a transitional time for world politics. The US just...

By Tristan Donaldson With the two biggest parties in the Irish coalition– Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil– looking strong in the polls; the...

By Ethan Harvey A subject that has long been taboo in Britain, euthanasia, has re-emerged at the forefront of political discussion; a...

By Coby Saxby The UK Parliament has introduced a bill debating a proposal to grant the terminally ill a right to choose whether to end...

"Kemi Badenoch succeeds Rishi Sunak who joins the pantheon of Tory grandees"

As Starmer re-re-boots his Downing Street operation, one of the most significant transfers of power is set to take place. One that for better or worse, will be a factor in the success of Starmer’s premiership to a degree that is difficult to understate. On a drizzly Monday morning last month, Simon Case, the Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Home Civil Service, announced his resignation as Cabinet Secretary after four years in the job. Case’s tenure oversaw unprecedented tur