The Week in Westminster

Political Consultant Ben Rochelle has written ‘The Week in Westminster’ for the PubAffairs website – in a week dominated by the decision to launch airstrikes in Syria. To read Ben’s column, please click here.

Oldham is not Corbyn’s Waterloo

Today voters in Oldham take to the polls to elect a new MP following the passing of Labour stalwart Michael Meacher. The by-election, the first since the Labour leadership contest, is seen by many as a real challenge to Jeremy Corbyn. And doubtless, such sentiment has...

Is the Chancellor eyeing a bigger prize?

In a new column for The Universe, Whitehouse Consultancy Chairman Chris Whitehouse reviews the Autumn Statement and questions whether in performing an abrupt U-turn on tax credits, George Osborne was looking very clearly at a Conservative leadership contest and the...