Local elections
Labour predicted to lose nearly 2,000 council seats in local elections next week
Top pollster Lord Hayward has predicted that Labour is heading for huge losses on 7 May
Tories
Senior Tory MP defects to Reform days after Badenoch ruled out further senior Tory defections
Andrew Rosindell is the latest Tory to defect to Reform UK
Kemi Badenoch sacks Robert Jenrick over his secret plot to defect to Reform UK
The Tory leader said she was “presented with clear, irrefutable evidence that he was plotting in secret”
Why the Telegraph’s ‘Labour Christmas bonus’ story doesn’t add up
To present a frozen £10 payment, worth a fraction of its original value, as indulgence is another example of grievance-mongering dressed up as journalism.
Journalist picks apart Tories’ ‘confusing’ U-turn on petrol and diesel vehicle ban
Kemi Badenoch was business secretary when the law came into force
Kemi Badenoch questioned over the Tories’ record on grooming gangs at ‘alternative inquiry’ launch
'Are you saying today that you actually failed in gathering data, [...] and that you did leave stones unturned when you were in government?'