The Tory leader has spent her week defending a convicted neo-Nazi who planned to run as a party councillor. Why has she dug her heels in so deep?
7 Aug
Kemi Badenoch is backing a former neo-Nazi standing to become a Tory councillor in Somerset. She claims he has been rehabilitated in prison, but is she just too scared to “cancel” someone on her side?
5 Aug
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?
08/10/2025
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?
08/10/2025
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.
07/10/2025
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?
07/10/2025
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?
06/10/2025
In 2013, former X Factor judge Tulisa Contostavlos faced jail time after she was tricked by a Sun newspaper journalist into passing on a potential drug deal contact. Now, she’s campaigning for improved press regulation to make sure people like her have more protection.
6 Aug
Education secretary Bridget Phillipson has hit back at Kemi Badenoch’s ‘spiteful class warrior’ insult over Labour’s 20% VAT rise on private school fees, saying she “owns” the insult if it means making a difference to children in state schools.
10 Jul
Karl Turner, MP and Andy Burnham supporter, tells The News Agents why he feels sorry for Keir Starmer as a family man, but won’t miss his leadership as Prime Minister.
23 Jun
Former health secretary Wes Streeting has criticised the response of Nigel Farage and Reform UK in the wake of the death of Henry Nowak, describing the party’s politics as "dangerous" and “nationalistic”.
5 Jun
Tony Blair says we have no choice but to let AI into our lives. Journalist and author Karen Hao says he’s wrong, and we should be more concerned about the industry’s unchecked growth.
29 May
Sir Tony Blair, UK Labour Prime Minister between 1997 and 2007, tells Jon Sopel why he has stepped back into the political world with a new essay addressing the failures of – and suggesting solutions for – Keir Starmer’s ailing government.
27 May
Jess Phillips stepped down from Keir Starmer’s government after the disastrous local elections, not because of the loss of 1,500 Labour councillors, but because the PM’s promises rang hollow to the lifelong campaigner for women and girls.
18 May
