The Two Cities lowdown | Friday, 18 September 2026
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Labour’s advantage over Reform is down to 2.3 points. Election Maps UK’s poll-of-polls has Labour on 26.1%, Reform on 23.8%, the Conservatives a distant…
Sunday Polling Update – Labour lead narrows
Labour’s lead has narrowed to 2.3 points, and the seat model now points to a hung parliament. This week’s poll of polls, compiled by…
The Two Cities lowdown
The Two Cities Lowdown is Lowick Hedry’s weekly read on the City of Westminster and the City of London, written by the team that…
The six words that mattered in Healey’s growth speech
John Healey’s first big growth speech as chancellor contained one sentence that will outlast the rest of it. The rest was competent. The sentence…
“Farage’s very good back week”
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Sunday Westminster polling update
Labour hold a 4-point lead in the latest Opinium poll — up one to 28%, with Reform UK slipping back a point to 24%.…
Reform UK’s First 100 Days, Lost in the Noise
Reflections from Reform Party Conference Birmingham hosted the first party conference of the season this year. Reform UK’s three days at the NEC (3…
How has Reform’s conference gone?
Can an insurgent party build a credible plan for government while relying on US-style disruption tactics?Our CEO, Kevin McKeever, joined Sky News to analyse…