Great to be on the latest episode of Sascha O'Sullivan POLITICOEurope Westminster Insider podcast, out today politico.eu/podcast/westmi…

As the parliamentary term rolls into its eventful final weeks, our new Westminster Insider episode brings us an expert “report card” on the successes and fails of the Starmer government. Host Sascha O'Sullivan podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/wes…

In a long, reflective interview with Tom Baldwin on his first year in office, Keir Starmer says of his "island of strangers" line on immigration: "I deeply regret using it." Adds he hadn't read the speech properly as it came only hours after an arson attack on his family home.

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Super fun chatting to Sascha O'Sullivan for this week's Westminster Insider Seems me and Harry Quilter-Pinner were pretty aligned on our grades for each milestone

Our Director Charlotte Pickles joined Politico's Westminster Insider podcast to assess & grade the Government's performance against its milestones 👇

🎙️This weekend’s must listen: Westminster Insider’s ‘half-term’ report on how the Government and Opposition parties have been faring.

Super useful up-sum of where the government has got to in its quest for “milestones” on health, the economy, policing and more – from our Westminster Insider pod. Score is looking a bit “ C” according to many of our judges! With host Sascha O'Sullivan. 👂podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/wes…

The Government says London needs to build 88,000 homes a year. Last year, it started 3,990. My column today is on the urgent national crisis no one is talking about - the collapse of housebuilding in London (1/?)

V fun to be on The Observer pod earlier today hosted by the excellent Rebecca Moore open.spotify.com/episode/614YaZ…

Latest POLITICOEurope long read on Labour's relationship with trade unions. While early pay settlements and the Employment Rights Bill got a positive response, recent pay offers aren't meeting union demands — making ministers fear a summer of strikes. politico.eu/article/labour…

Labour MP Dr Marie Tidball MP delivers a powerful speech: “It is with a heavy broken heart that I will be voting against this bill today. “As a matter of conscience, I need my constituents to know I cannot support the proposed changes to PIP as currently drafted...”

Perhaps not a bad time for a re-listen POLITICOEurope with guests George Osborne, Norman Lamont, Theo Bertram, Sam White From POLITICOEurope open.spotify.com/episode/0R6Bc3…

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Something very different from my usual boring articles about polls and numbers. I wrote about grief, wearing black and returning to normal life for the The Spectator

Post Office scandal-hit Fujitsu vies for lucrative Brexit border contract Scoop from me and Graham Lanktree politico.eu/article/post-o…

🚨SCOOP from Sophie Inge and Graham Lanktree: The firm at the heart of the Post Office Horizon scandal is bidding for a £370 million government contract to keep running the border between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.