New figures from the Office for National Statistics show that after June registered 0.4% GDP growth July had none at all. Following a fall of 0.1% in May…
“Services and construction output both increased in July 2025 by 0.1% and 0.2%, respectively, and production output is estimated to have fallen by 0.9% in July 2025.” No end of summer present for Reeves…
The final nominations for Labour Deputy Leader are in.
Bridget Phillipson and Lucy Powell are the only two to secure next stage. Left-wing Bell Ribeiro-Addy did not secure enough nominations. A two-horse race…
Naturally after Mandelson went the focus shifted to Downing Street. Security staff were not going to let the line that there were no issues with Mandy’s appointment hold for long…
It’s not only Starmer’s judgement which has been called into question. Starmer’s chief of staff Morgan McSweeney – a very close ally of Mandelson – is facing blame now. A Downing Street source tells Guido: “Morgan is in trouble. Mandy was all his idea, he pushed it. He went against advice and tried to keep him.” Terrible for Starmer…
McSweeney and Mandelson are said by insiders to have had a close political relationship and viewed themselves as the key ‘sensibles’ ariund Starmer. Both spoke to the other very frequently by phone and met when possible…
Hope Not Hate previously condemned “political and media narratives around ‘grooming gangs” which falsely insinuate that, disproportionately, white girls are abused by Pakistani, South Asian or Muslim men.” Prior to the media explosion of the rape gangs scandal, that did not age well…
The heavily Labour-linked group also accused media organisations as “spreading misinformation” for reporting things which were in fact true – including reports by ITV News and The Times in February 2023 that four teenage asylum-seekers in Dover had been arrested for an alleged rape. The articles were correct, though about a week later police said the boys were released without charge…
It’s a sorry record that is causing difficulties for the current Hope Not Hate alumni who populate the Labour government. The Chair of the Labour Party for instance…
Simon Dudley, senior fellow at Tory think tank Onward and former chairman of Homes England, is set to become a new Tory Party Treasurer. Big job in times like these…
Dudley is well-known in the as a pro-housing voice and board member of the new Conservative YIMBY group. He is set to debut his new role in late October with a Tory donor party with Shadow Cabinet figures in attendance. At a ten-bed mansion on the bank of the Thames…
Guido hears Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick will be the keynote speaker. You need a big name to get the donors in post-Conference…
The Tories are still sorting out invites co-ordinated by James Yucel. And they say opposition is no fun…
Labour has appointed a new raft of Parliamentary Private Secretaries. The party says they will “ensure these Bills are as strong as possible and to build direct links between the vital work being done by Labour MPs in constituencies across the country and Whitehall Departments, including Number 10.“ Something about a sinking ship comes to mind…
The new team allegedly “draws on the strength and talent right across the Party, bringing voices from every region and nation into the heart of government.” ‘We’ve got Northerners, promise…’
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Speaking at his speech on how to achieve “progressive capitalism” Wes Streeting fired a dig and Andy Burnham:
“Bond markets are not bond villains and fiscal rules matter.”