Proposal aimed at freeing up NHS beds and offering home care could be included in white paper on reformRadical plans for a new national care service under which health and social care would be delivered by the same organisation are being actively consi…
Like all cults, Borisology is detached from reality and destined to end badly | Andrew Rawnsley
In thrall to one capricious character with few deep beliefs, the Tories are abandoning once-cherished convictions and trashing traditional alliesThe Conservative & Unionist party is no more. It has ceased to be. It has expired and gone to meet its …
Dear Nadhim Zahawi, the Tories vowed to ‘eradicate illiteracy’ years ago. What went wrong? | Michael Rosen
The education secretary should know the phonics system has been around since 2011 and is ‘proven to work’Welcome to your new job as education secretary. In your Conservative party conference speech you drew our attention to when you were at school. As …
Boris Johnson laughs off the Pandora papers as the super-rich’s cash rolls in
Western politicians seem complacent about or complicit in the iniquity of hidden wealthIt was a classic TV doorstep. After doing the morning media round, Boris Johnson emerged from a booth and set off with his minders across the main hall of the Conser…
Tax hikes, empty shelves and fuel shortages – why do the Tories look so invincible? | Phil Burton-Cartledge
However badly Boris Johnson’s government performs, it will continue to benefit from older voters’ desire for certaintyAs Conservatives return home from their annual conference, they have good reasons to feel cheerful. Their national insurance increase …
Steve Bell on Boris Johnson’s conference performance – cartoon
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Voters preferred Keir Starmer’s conference speech to Boris Johnson’s address, poll suggests – UK politics live
Latest updates: polling by Opinium suggests Labour leader’s conference address made a better impression on voters, amid mixed reaction to the PM’s speechPupils may have to wear masks again if Covid cases rise, says Zahawi‘Economically illiterate’: PM’s…
Shapeshifting Tories have mastered playing to the crowd, while Labour fights itself | Owen Jones
As Boris Johnson mixes public investment with a culture war, Keir Starmer fails to offer a viable alternativeTo be a Tory is to be a shapeshifter. The Conservatives are one of the world’s most successful electoral forces because they are always attempt…
Boris Johnson’s ‘high wage’ agenda is taking the wind out of Labour’s sails | Larry Elliott
The PM thinks his interventionist approach to the economy is a winning formula. Without a coherent opposition, he could be rightThere’s nothing original about saying Britain needs a new economic model. Nor that poverty wages should be a thing of the pa…
Martin Rowson on Boris Johnson riding the burning pig of crisis
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