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INSIGHTS

Rachel’s Trilemma: The Autumn Budget 2025

The Chancellor has delivered the pivotal Budget of this Parliament. Could the budget solve the trilemma of keeping markets, voters and backbenchers happy?

Meet them where they scroll: What can Mamdani and Polanski teach us?

A new approach to campaigning has allowed some political outsiders to move to the fore. How, and what are the lessons?

‘I will do what’s right, not what’s popular': a tale of two speeches

‘I will do what is right, not what is popular' said Rachel Reeves in an unprecedented 'scene-setter speech’. Well, she may well be right about the second bit.

Sun, speeches and snake oil: lessons from Labour in Liverpool

From Starmer’s latest reset to the shadow cast by Farage, what happened and what does it means for Labour.

Burning questions: Clean Energy Policy for Autumn 2025

As Parliament returns and the Met Office confirms 2025 as the hottest summer on record, the climate crisis is back in the headlines.

Lets try that reset again

'Never let a good crisis go to waste' - and the resignation of the Deputy Prime Minister, Angela Rayner is certainly a huge crisis.

Can Polanski’s ‘Eco-Populism’ reshape the British left?

Chances are that the name Zack Polanski wasn’t on your political radar until this week. Is it now?

Hey Big Spender?

Rachel Reeves, has just delivered the three-year Spending Review, the first multi-year settlement since 2021.

Six votes that will shake up British politics

Reform UK’s six-vote margin of victory in the Runcorn & Helsby parliamentary by-election is the narrowest ever by-election victory.

Moving the pieces in a global game of chess

US/Ukraine deal highlights the importance of critical minerals globally and an opportunity for London.

Can a Clean Power Vision give energy security?

As the government convened the International Energy Security Summit, few could have predicted just how timely it would be.

Reforming the local election playbook

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.

You should have never started it

President Trump marks his first month and it is fair to say that he has made an impact. We look at his seismic impact on British politics ...

Will the real Opposition please stand up?

British politics could be seeing a seismic shift with Reform UK threatening the two main Westminster parties. 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.

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

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 Dems basked in Brighton sunshine, while Labour struggled to overcome a series of political difficulties in the Liverpool drizzle.

How can universities make their tuition fees case to MPs?

With reports of an inflationary increase to tuition fees that will take them over £10,000, 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 sets out what we know so far.

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

Effective immediately, the Treasury and the FCA have announced the temporary exemption of investment trusts from assimilated law requirements by the EU.

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

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

Is Rishi on the right track?

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

Glitter, Growth and Grey Belts

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

Goodwill Hunting

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

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.