Kemi Badenoch MP – Prime Minister Kemi Badenoch has officially become Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Conservative Party, beating Robert Jenrick at the members’ vote stage of the contest. Her election as leader marks the first black woman in Britain to lead a major political party. She …

Kemi Badenoch has announced her Shadow Cabinet after defeating Robert Jenrick in a historic leadership contest earlier this month. She commented ‘the line-up draws on the talents of people from across the Conservative party based on meritocracy and with a breadth of experience and perspective”. With that being said, let’s see …

Kemi Badenoch has officially become Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Conservative Party, beating Robert Jenrick at the members’ vote stage of the contest. Her election as leader marks the first black woman in Britain to lead a political party. She started appointing her shadow cabinet on 4th …

Account Executive Caitlin Delaney graduated from Cardiff University in 2022 with an International Relations and Politics degree. After graduating, she joined a leading public affairs headhunting firm, based in Westminster, where she specialised in working with transport and infrastructure clients. During her two years as a headhunter, she gained invaluable …

Account Executive Max Abdulgani is a graduate from the University of York. Whilst at university, he campaigned for a political party and managed the affairs of a parliamentary candidate and newly elected MP. Max has internship experience working with high-profile politicians at a national level and working in policymaking. He …

Mission accomplished? Labour claims planning reform victory, but will local communities be convinced? The Government wasted no time in launching its mission to ‘get Britain building again’, announcing a raft of policies to boost housing and infrastructure in its first 100 days. Chelgate Local’s Michael Hardware assesses the fast-moving policy …

The larger the project the more infrastructure is required – not an unsurprising statement, but what is surprising is the way it is delivered: developers need to engage with numerous bodies and agencies to deliver the infrastructure. A complex, ebergy sapping time consuming combination of various county or unitary departments, …

Consultation is inherently flawed: all have the same failing – by relying on residents to respond there is usually low participation, and those that do respond often have an axe to grind. The result is a skewed representation of community views which does not stand up to any level of …