Isabel Hardman

Andy Burnham was already notorious before he became Prime Minister for flip-flopping, but what was less obvious until recently was how much that

The latest Covid inquiry report barely caused a ripple in Westminster yesterday. It’s not just that this is the sixth module of the inquiry, which has been running since 2022, but also that the report itself has offered little in the way of...

Burnham took issue with this, pointing out that he had taken ‘the big decisions that they have avoided for many years’ on social care.

The latest Covid inquiry report barely caused a ripple in Westminster yesterday. It's not just that this is the sixth module of the inquiry, which

Is Andy Burnham’s obsession with the small things that annoy voters really going to pay off? Sure, cracking down on loud music on buses, rip-off parking charges and sneaky extra charges by airlines make great talking points, but do they make the...

Is Andy Burnham's obsession with the small things that annoy voters really going to pay off?

Paul Hardcastle’s son, Paul Jr, was dead when three police officers arrived on the scene of his fatal crash in Ongar earlier this year. One of their colleagues had tried to save him, but when they arrived, they started joking about his death. In...

Paul Hardcastle's son, Paul Jr, was dead when three police officers arrived on the scene of his fatal crash in Ongar earlier this year.

MPs are always going to work hard. But at the moment, they’re not working particularly smart.

Kemi Badenoch had an annoyingly good Prime Minister’s Questions today: annoying for her, because no one will remember it. The scrap between the party leaders before the Budget is always overshadowed by the fiscal event that follows immediately...