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  • ‘A conference season with more twists and turns than ‘Strictly…’ this year’

    October 4, 2024

    Party conferences held at the start of a new political cycle are usually marked with jubilant celebrations or cold-blooded recriminations depending on how you fared at the General Election. This year was no exception… but just not where it was expected. Despite securing a 172-seat majority and with over 20,000 people in attendance, the Labour Conference in Liverpool felt fractious. Discontent over the leaderships decision to cut winter fuel allowance for pensioners was manifest among...

  • General Election Briefing – 4 essential things for organisations to consider

    May 23, 2024

    Whatever your views on the timing of the Prime Minister’s decision to call a UK General Election on 4th July, we are now in the throes of a campaign where many expect a Conservative defeat at the polls and the first Labour administration for 14 years. Do you feel prepared to navigate the campaign period ahead and make the most of a new Parliament and Government? Please read our briefing attached which outlines four essential...

  • The year in politics – five political trends that will carry into 2024

    January 8, 2024

    If a week is a long time in politics, then 2023 felt like a decade. The political landscape was tumultuous across the year, marred by a series of political scandals and no fewer than seven parliamentary by-elections, only one of which the governing party won. These past events, though, will now be viewed through the lens of this year’s general election bringing with it a very real prospect of a change of government – the...

  • Rishi’s Year in Review: Results, Revolts, and Rwanda

    December 18, 2023

    Rishi Sunak’s 2023 has undoubtedly been filled with challenges. Indeed, at points it has seemed as though every new week has presented a new hurdle for his premiership. But given the current economic situation, the Prime Minister may feel resentment not to be enjoying more success. Inflation is down, borrowing is down, and the economy is seemingly growing – all things which under normal circumstances would contribute towards electoral popularity. Yet the Labour Party continue...