Suella Braverman becomes the latest Tory MP to jump ship and join Reform UK. Does her defection damage the Conservatives – or is it Nigel Farage who should be worried?
26 Jan
Kemi Badenoch has sacked Robert Jenrick from the Tory Party before he could defect. How did he fumble his big moment so spectacularly?
15 Jan
Nadhim Zahawi’s defection to Reform UK is the highest profile yet, but does he really believe in Nigel Farage’s politics, or does he want a second run at being an MP?
12 Jan
Kemi Badenoch’s approval rating is still in the minus numbers, but unlike other party leaders, she has seen a +6 increase in recent YouGov polling. Is it time for Tories to break out the bunting, or is being slightly less disliked nothing to celebrate?
17 Dec
Lord Ken Clarke, former Conservative chancellor, tells The News Agents why he believes Rachel Reeves is “not up to the job” ahead of her second budget.
24 Nov
In an uncharacteristic move from Kemi Badenoch, the Tory leader has supported Labour proposals on migrants in the UK in the House of Commons. Does she really back Shabana Mahmood, or is there a deeper reason to her muted praise?
18 Nov
Kemi Badenoch has promised the Tories will end Stamp Duty if they win the next election – but was this just a pledge to get conference attendees fired up?
8 Oct
In the first Conservative conference since Kemi Badenoch became leader, has the party found a focus to tackle Labour, and Reform UK, in the next election?
8 Oct
Shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick tells Emily Maitlis 'activist judges’ are bringing the UK’s legal system into “disrepute” and vows to make appointments a political decision under a future Tory government.
7 Oct
Robert Jenrick has defended comments made in March 2025 about the lack of white people in an area of Birmingham he visited – and Tory colleagues have rallied to back him. But do his comments make practical sense, and does the shadow cabinet even believe them?
7 Oct
As Kemi Badenoch attends her first party conference as Conservative leader, some voters still can’t even name her. But low recognition is the least of her problems. With the party still reeling from 14 years of chaos and defeat, which policies should the Tories be pursuing?
6 Oct
The Conservative Party will pull the UK from the European Convention of Human Rights if it wins the next general election, says Kemi Badenoch. Why has she chosen this extreme option?
6 Oct
The Ministry of Defence's superinjunction to silence reporting on a data breach affecting 18,000 Afghans has been lifted - but the questions over accountability are just beginning - and they span party lines.
16 Jul
Rutger Bregman, whose Reith Lecture was censored by the BBC, tells The News Agents of the irony of cutting Trump criticism from a speech about the ‘cowardice’ of elites.
16 Jan
The Mayor of London says he believes people of the UK do not align with Elon Musk on free speech on social media, and welcomes the new Ofcom investigation into sexualised images on X/Twitter.
12 Jan
Children in secondary school will be taught about misogyny under new measures to tackle violence against women and girls in England and Wales. Kemi Badenoch has said migrants are to blame, but safeguarding minister Jess Phillips says the Tory leader should apologise for this.
19 Dec
David Lammy explains his reasons for scrapping jury trials for court cases in England and Wales for lower level crimes, accusing Tory MP Robert Jenrick of spreading “disinformation” about the changes he’s making.
3 Dec
Author Salman Rushdie, who The News Agents describe as a man who "spent probably half of his life under the threat of death" discusses his new book, the root cause of problems in UK society, and the BBC’s “dumb” decision to “pre-censor” itself.
28 Nov
Lord Ken Clarke, former Conservative chancellor, tells The News Agents why he believes Rachel Reeves is “not up to the job” ahead of her second budget.
24 Nov
Lord David Blunkett tells The News Agents that Keir Starmer’s Labour was unprepared for government, and blames the influence of behind-the-scenes staff for recent communications blunders. Does he believe there’s a future for the party?
14 Nov
