Something borrowed, something blue – Keir Starmer’s vision cedes the initiative to Rishi Sunak

Rishi Sunak boasts a hugerise in public spending. That must mean big tax increases

Liz Truss doesn’t lack courage

It’s Christmas come early for Critic readers

In this podcast, Graham Stewart talks to Michael Ashcroft, whose new book is the first biography to be written about the Chancellor of the Exchequer

Inviting local areas to bid for central government money is a terrible idea

If MPs felt the cut to foreign aid was today’s worst news then they were not listening

First have Christmas, then pay for it

Toby Young was a huge fan of Dominic Cummings. The lockdown changed his mind

It is a bad sign when Tory MPs say they will vote for their government with “a heavy heart”