
Starmer’s King’s Speech Turns to Security, State Reform and Delivery as Political Pressure Mounts
The Government’s second King’s Speech is a bid to show that Labour can move from political survival to national renewal. Can Starmer succeed?

The Government’s second King’s Speech is a bid to show that Labour can move from political survival to national renewal. Can Starmer succeed?

Keir Starmer has dared his Cabinet critics to turn private discontent into a formal challenge. Tomorrow’s King’s Speech now becomes more than a legislative programme – it is a test of whether authority can still be recovered.

Local elections are rarely just local – and in moments of political unease, they can determine whether a leader’s reset becomes a foundation or a fault line.

Arguing that Greater Manchester’s resurgence proves devolution can outpace Westminster dysfunction, Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester, sets out why “Manchesterism” offers a practical model

Rural Scotland Funding: Cllr Ricky Bell, Resources Spokesperson for COSLA, argues that the UK Government’s new Local Growth Fund risks undermining Scotland’s rural economies by

Arguing that Wales faces a defining choice in 2026, Jane Dodds sets out the Welsh Liberal Democrats’ case for a fairer economy, properly funded public

Labour has been in power in Wales for 27 years, propped up for much of that time by Plaid Cymru, the pro-independence Welsh nationalists. It

In just a few weeks’ time, Wales faces a choice about the direction of our country’s future. We in Welsh Labour have spent our time

News this week that the Government plans to use secondary legislation to dynamically align with certain EU standards has stirred debate. Yet aligning with Europe

The Government’s refreshed Women’s Health Strategy is a shift towards accountability and integrated care – but without sustained investment and delivery clarity, its full impact remains uncertain.

Social media is harming children, and politicians are turning to an under-16 ban. Yet, Andy Burrows, CEO of the Molly Rose Foundation set up after

In this timely case for “good growth”, Claudia Kenyatta and Emma Squire, Co-CEOs of Historic England, draw on new research to argue that everyday historic
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