Jake Watts
Jake is a former parliamentary staffer and Chairman of Leeds South West and Morley Young Conservatives. He is the Director of Constitutional Conservatives.
Government facing rift with unions
7 SEPTEMBER 2024 | NEWS
The Government is facing friction with trade unions amid the Trade Union Congress (TUC) in Brighton next week. It comes...
Starmer warns of “painful” Budget in first major speech as PM
27 AUGUST 2024 | NEWS
The Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, warned of a "painful" October Budget earlier today in a speech from the Downing...
Corbyn in talks with four other independent MPs to form new...
10 AUGUST 2024 | NEWS
The former Leader of the Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, is in talks with four other independent MPs to form a...
Rachel Reeves has resolved on the politics of deception
3 AUGUST 2024 | OPINION
This week featured the return of both honesty and deception to political discourse on the economy; honesty about the tight...
Chancellor announces cuts amid “£22bn hole in the public finances”
30 JULY 2024 | NEWS
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, has scrapped winter fuel payments for millions of pensioners, as well as the...
The King’s Speech: an agenda for “Change”?
21 JULY 2024 | ANALYSIS
“Change” was the watchword of Labour’s General Election campaign. The battle bus, posters, and placards were ostentatiously plastered with the...
Government denies ban on new North Sea oil drilling
13 JULY 2024 | NEWS
The Government has denied that the Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary, Ed Miliband, overruled officials to block new North...
Chancellor announces new National Wealth Fund
9 JULY 2024 | NEWS
The new Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has announced plans for a £7.3bn National Wealth Fund (NWF) to attract private investment for...
The public spending delusion
1 JULY 2024 | OPINION
Austerity, austerity, and austerity: you’ve heard it before, haven’t you? Who hasn’t – and this is the point. But it’s...