Where are the sunlight uplands? Labour MP for Bury North James Frith tells Times Radio Keir Starmer is a “serious man for difficult times… he’s not interested in the gimmicks.” He says he hopes to hear more optimism at the Labour Party conference. He says Keir Starmer is

Handing public sector workers above inflation pay rises may be many things. But the one thing it is not, is austerity.

The problem with Keir Starmer's demands is that he is asking for the EU to give the UK a pass and allow free movement of goods (to secure better growth), but without accepting all the other freedoms, the most important of which is the free movement of people. Or as one wise owl

A nugget from yesterday's YouGov poll of Conservative members, instructive as to why the six leadership candidates are so worried about Reform but much less concerned about the Lib Dems. So, one-in-ten Tory members think the party is left-wing. Which would be ok apart from

Keir Starmer suggests he's going to push for a smoking ban in pub gardens and other outside areas. He tells the pool: "My starting point on this is to remind everyone that over 80,000 people lose their lives every year because of smoking. "(Those) are preventable deaths. It's a

This is good news. But without wishing to be a doom-monger or a naysayer, I am not sure it will last if we want that closer trading relationship with the European Union.

Priti Patel is against Labour’s plan for a four day week. She says it will have a “devastating” impact on businesses and the economy.

Just on the four-day working week proposal from Labour, it's worth noting successive Conservative-led governments spent millions on tax-free childcare vouchers to help parents with the spiraling cost of putting their children through nursery. Without spending a penny of

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On air now for the next three hours with Times Radio covering what has been a very busy day. - more reaction and fall-out to David Lammy’s decision to ban some arms sales to Israel. - the latest on the search for migrants missing in the Channel. Twelve have already lost their

One of those stories where you keep pulling the loose thread…

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It’s one thing setting a political trap for the next Prime Minister like Gordon Brown did when he hiked up to the top rate of tax to 50p just before the Coalition. But compromising public safety in this way is next level from Sunak.

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