The autumn statement may have created as many problems as it did solutions for the government, says Dan Corry, chief executive of the think-tank New Philanthropy Capital and former Number 10 adviser.
A cabinet politician has poured water on reports of a rift between chancellor Rishi Sunak and prime minister Boris Johnson, though he admitted there is a “creative tension”.
Recent controversies over Covid-19 contract awards are only the tip of an iceberg – 2002 rule changes raise troubling questions over UK MPs’ relationship with private companies, according to academic...
Think-tanks help shape how we live our lives, the laws we’re governed by, the taxes we pay and the services we get, yet we know little about them, write Colin and Carole Talbot.
Some argue Jeremy Corbyn is too unpopular to be elected into number 10 but that ignores that everyone is unpopular at the moment, professor of politics Matthew Goodwin points out.
Brexit could usher in one of history’s occasional political realignments, with two new parties emerging from the chaos, says the Daily Telegraph’s chief leader writer Philip Johnston.
With politics frozen in a Brexit stasis with all usual business suspended or abandoned, Theresa May is showing remarkable powers of survival, says The Daily Telegraph’s Philip Johnston.
The number of government departments in Northern Ireland is being reduced after the assembly elections, to both save money and reflect political changes. How much of a difference will this make in...
The election result on May 7 may have surprised pundits expecting a hung parliament. But it was equally interesting in what it says about Britain today, and who now gets to become an MP.
The new Conservative government may have a majority in Westminster, but greater diversity in local elections will still influence how it governs over the next five years
Three Liberal Democrat Cabinet ministers have lost their seats in the general election as the party’s parliamentary representation was reduced from 57 to 8. Leader Nick Clegg was returned to the...
Only the Liberal Democrats will be able to deliver a stable coalition government after next week’s general election, Nick Clegg has claimed today, as neither of the main parties were being honest...
The independence referendum has reframed the way Scots approach elections, and looks likely to deliver sweeping gains for the Scottish National Party at the May 7 general election, top political...
Closing the Audit Commission is at best precipitous, writes Lord Heseltine. We need a process for protecting the public purse, which may mean we have to re-examine the new structures for public audit
Public audit cannot resolve historically low levels of trust in politicians, their parties or even democracy itself. But it can address vital issues of financial performance and value for money
The British political class is obsessed with two narratives, austerity and Europe. But there are other ways of looking at the economic challenges we face
Both Conservative and Labour politicians are using disingenuous arguments to justify their approach to council tax ahead of the local elections. It's time to insert some clarity and context into...
