Nicholas Cecil is Political Editor of the Evening Standard. He covers politics at Westminster, foreign affairs, the economy, intelligence and security, and other major stories affecting London and Britain including the Covid-19 epidemic, climate change, air pollution and occasionally sport stories....
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Nicholas Cecil is Political Editor of the Evening Standard. He covers politics at Westminster, foreign affairs, the economy, intelligence and security, and other major stories affecting London and Britain including the Covid-19 epidemic, climate change, air pollution and occasionally sport stories.
Sunak gifts Farage TV debate open goal with D-Day event early return
The PM has apologised for flying back to the UK early to do a TV interview in which he denied ‘lying’ about Labour’s tax plans
Sunak apologises for cutting D-Day event short to record TV interview
Labour says Tory leader faces serious questions about his judgement ahead of July 4 election
Labour and Tory manifesto 'key' as voters less swayed by party leaders
Exclusive Ipsos poll for The Standard is published as Labour chiefs sign off its manifesto at meeting in London
'Back to the classroom' for minister in child allowance row
He struggled to answer a question over child allowance rates in media interviews to promote Tory plans to extend the child benefit system
Sunak 'lies' row over alleged £2000 tax hike plan by Starmer grows
The UK statistics watchdog rapped the Conservative claim about Labour’s proposals
General Election London seats: Who will be my MP in Wimbledon?
Evening Standard analysis of all key seats in London for the July 4 General Election
General Election: Who will be MP in Cities of London and Westminster?
Evening Standard analysis of key seats in London for the July 4 General Election
Starmer sees jump in voters saying Labour ready for Government, poll
Exclusive Ipsos survey for The Standard gives Labour a 20-point lead over the Tories
George Galloway party in row over nailing leaflets on trees in London
Kensington and Chelsea’s parks police stepped in when it became aware of the leafleting
General Election London: Who will be my MP...in Chelsea and Fulham?
Evening Standard analysis of key seats in London for the July 4 General Election
Martin Lewis pushes minister to apologise for Labour £2,000 tax claim
The Money Saving Expert challenged the Energy Security Secretary about the Tory tax allegation when she appeared on ITV’s Good Morning Britain
General election: Sunak, Starmer and the £2,000 tax 'lies' row
Tories ramp up £2,000 tax blast but Labour lashes ‘lies’
Sunak's £2,000 Labour tax hit claim 'unreliable', say fact checkers
Damning verdict from Full Fact: Independent fact checkers weeding out the lies, half truths and false statements in the general election campaign
Tories ramp up £2,000 tax attack on Starmer after TV clash with Sunak
The PM was widely seen to have landed a blow on the Labour leader in the tax row after the latter took a while to strongly refute it in the TV showdown
Farage intervention turns heat on Sunak ahead of tonight's TV debate
Tories get personal as Farage U-turn piles on the pressure over Brexit and migration
Zero Tory MPs will be left in Inner London, landslide poll predicts
The YouGov survey showed the Conservatives seeing their number of seats in the capital plummet from 21 to just four
Cleverly admits Tories may have flown Union Jack wrong way up in video
The Home Secretary was grilled on the flag blunder on live TV
Double election blow for Sunak with devastating poll and Farage return
The YouGov survey showed the Conservatives seeing their number of seats in the capital collapsing from 21 to just four
Farage: I won't 'spend much time' on Trump campaign trail if I'm an MP
Mr Farage has U-turned to become Reform UK leader and stand for Parliament
Lib Dems spring 'small boat' woes on Sunak at rowing club near London
The PM was on a visit to Henley and was chatting away when suddenly the Lib-Dem vessel came motoring past on the Thames
Fifty muggings a day going unsolved in London, warn the Lib Democrats
More than 18,500 robberies of personal property reported in 2023 in the capital were closed without a suspect being identified, according to figures from the House of Commons Library