Jill Rutter

The bizarre spectacle of the new “deal” being jointly unveiled by the leader of Northern Ireland’s second largest party and the secretary of state was revealing: so much of this agreement was aimed at reassuring the DUP about their place in the Union. Jeffrey Donaldson has some genuine prizes to show from his intransigenceThe DUP leader can point to his achievement in securing quite significant changes to the post-Brexit trading arrangements originally agreed by Boris Johnson and David Frost. L…

The focus should turn to the deliverability of Labour’s energy plans.

The days of “budget purdah”, when letting slip a budget measure was a resigning matter, are long gone. What was notable about Jeremy Hunt’s March budget was that almost every measure appeared in advance. The chancellor said that his press office did not want to mislead journalists ringing for confirmation about planned measures – but the days of no comment (and internal panic) when speculation looked accurate are long gone.Now we can ditch the pretence that budget secrecy matters, the Treasury s…

The European Political Community summit has gone well for Starmer.

The Conservative government did not get Brexit done. Labour will need to.

Many in British politics will take their cue from the US president – and Keir Starmer will need to respond.

Brexit got done but there are still plenty of decisions for Keir Starmer to make.

The election of Friedrich Merz may help the Brexit reset.

There is little evidence that the Labour government is making adaptation significantly more of a priority than its predecessor.

The introduction of ID cards has been debated in Westminster for decades.