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PEOPLE

Will Tanner

Head of Public Affairs

Emma Pascoe-Watson

Associate Director

Deborah Fuller

Executive

Nathan Spellman

Executive

INSIGHTS

Reforming the local election playbook

Local campaign offices around the country are stacked high with leaflets, social media is awash with awkward selfies of canvassers on the beat, and no doorbell is safe – it can only mean one thing: local election season.

Ditching Development

With UK politics in turmoil over Trump’s foreign policy stance—now, a Labour government has halved development spending with barely a ripple of dissent. In his latest blog for Cardew Group, Robin Walker examines how cross-party consensus on international aid has crumbled in the face of rising defence costs. Is this a necessary pivot in uncertain times or a strategic misstep that weakens the UK’s long-term influence?

You should have never started it

President Trump marks his first month as US President today and it is fair to say that he has made an impact. Cardew's Public Affairs team looks at his seismic impact on British politics, and the extraordinary last 48 hours in particular...

Will the real Opposition please stand up?

British politics could be seeing a seismic shift with Reform UK threatening the two main Westminster parties. Cardew's public affairs team gives its assessment on what might happen next.

How to fuel AI

Keir Starmer's ambitions for AI-fuelled growth will require access to critical minerals and joined-up thinking on energy policy. Cardew Director Robin Walker looks at the challenges ahead for policymakers and investors alike.

Plan for change...or change of plan?

Five missions, six first steps, two priorities and now six ‘milestones’. Lists of promises are inherently risky. So why has Keir Starmer done it?

The Budget: Rachel’s Tightrope Act

The UK’s first female Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, has just delivered her first Budget, with a confident (if fairly long) performance and a Gordon Brown-esque blizzard of statistics.

Party Conference Blues...Reds and Yellows

The Liberal Democrats basked in the Brighton sunshine and the glow of an MP total that grew ninefold in July. A week later, Labour in the Liverpool drizzle struggled to overcome a series of political difficulties and only fleetingly enjoyed their first conference in power in 15 years.

As they seek to raise tuition fees, how can universities make their case to MPs?

With reports over the weekend of an inflationary increase to tuition fees that will take them over £10,000 and Monday’s Times covering an aspiration for 70% of school leavers to go to University, higher education is once again becoming a hot topic.

Labour’s Energy Policy: Seven things we now know

Twelve weeks into the Labour Government, clean energy is easily the most well-developed policy area. Clare Dobson, Cardew Group’s Senior Policy Consultant sets out what we know so far:

10 things we've learnt from Labour's first 25 days

Election day seems like a lifetime ago yet it is only 25 days since Keir Starmer’s Labour Party claimed victory. With Parliament now in recess what do Labour’s first days tell us about the shape of Keir Starmer’s Government? Here’s ten things we’ve learnt:

Is Rishi on the right track?

After the chaos of last year in Birmingham which heralded the end for Liz Truss, there was an air of trepidation ahead of Conservative Conference in Manchester.

Glitter, Growth and Grey Belts

Keir Starmer’s Labour Party had a golden opportunity to hold a successful party conference – and more importantly to confirm their status as favourites to win.

Rishi Sunak's Cabinet reshuffle

The PM's Cabinet reshuffle marks a move to the centre ground and a serious attempt to stamp his authority on his Government. But is it too late to stop an election defeat?

Goodwill Hunting

Jeremy Hunt yesterday delivered an assured Autumn Statement – his second in the job. It was more Gordon Brown than Kwasi Kwarteng, but it remains likely to be his last.

10 things we've learnt from Thursday night...

The key takeaways from a difficult night for the Tories and a good, though not perfect, night for Labour. But the real story might lie in the by election.