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....
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.
Evening Standard analysis of key seats in London for the July 4 General Election
Evening Standard analysis of key seats in London for the July 4 General Election
Evening Standard analysis of key seats in London for the July 4 General Election
Evening Standard analysis of key seats in London for the July 4 General Election
Evening Standard analysis of key seats in London for the July 4 General Election
Lord Cameron became suspicious after exchanging text messages and ‘brief’ video call with someone purporting to be former President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko
Labour says Tory leader faces serious questions about his judgement ahead of July 4 election
Analysis: Will Rishi Sunak’s D-Day mistake go down in election history books as Gordon Brown’s ‘bigotgate’ and Neil Kinnock’s Sheffield rally?
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
Exclusive Ipsos poll for The Standard is published as Labour chiefs sign off its manifesto at meeting in London
He struggled to answer a question over child allowance rates in media interviews to promote Tory plans to extend the child benefit system
The UK statistics watchdog rapped the Conservative claim about Labour’s proposals
Exclusive Ipsos survey for The Standard gives Labour a 20-point lead over the Tories
Kensington and Chelsea’s parks police stepped in when it became aware of the leafleting
The Money Saving Expert challenged the Energy Security Secretary about the Tory tax allegation when she appeared on ITV’s Good Morning Britain
Tories ramp up £2,000 tax blast but Labour lashes ‘lies’
Damning verdict from Full Fact: Independent fact checkers weeding out the lies, half truths and false statements in the general election campaign
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
Tories get personal as Farage U-turn piles on the pressure over Brexit and migration
The YouGov survey showed the Conservatives seeing their number of seats in the capital plummet from 21 to just four
The Home Secretary was grilled on the flag blunder on live TV