Friday 14 August 2026
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Olivia Utley

8 articles on New Dispatch

Opinion

Brace yourself for the hard-left lurch following Tony Blair's sanity-restoring return

Tony Blair’s intervention has sparked a factional war inside Labour - and one side has the upper hand, writes the Political Correspondent

Politics

Keir Starmer urged to answer plea of brave Iranian dissident as Tories 'stand ready' to support emergency action

The European Union proscribed the group in January - now Britain has been told to follow suit

Politics

Only handful of Channel migrant smugglers convicted despite Labour promising to 'smash the gangs'

Just 33 individuals were sentenced for piloting dinghies destined for Britain last summer

Politics

'Starmer risks electoral peril as Labour's civil war escalates'

'There are plenty in Westminster who believe Starmer’s popularity is miles wide but inches deep. If that is the case, the last thing he needs is a battle with Scottish Labour'

Politics

Rishi Sunak risks pushing voters into Keir’s clutches over key issue, analysis by Olivia Utley

‘The Government appeared to be sitting on its hands after new data came to light’

Money

Free childcare plan in chaos as Britain's biggest nursery chains in the dark

One nursery chain warned: 'The Government made the announcement then went quiet'

Politics

Keir Starmer risks making a colossal mistake on migration

The Conservatives have gleefully seized on Starmer's new migration plan as evidence that Labour wants to “hand back control of migration to the EU”

Money

Are pensioners going to be left with a raw deal as the triple lock becomes increasingly unsustainable?

'The triple lock is less a gimmick than a noose around the Government’s neck'