Stefan Boscia
Politics Newsletter Editor for The Times.
- EXCL A firm that gave £100k worth of donations to Labour in opposition has won £10m of govt contracts post-election Public Digital seconded a staff member to write Labour's tech policies pre-election. The firm has since seen a surge in govt contracts. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
- EXCL Sadiq Khan has been informally advising the Democrats’ left-wing New York mayoral candidate on how to win his election. But sources close to Khan say the self-avowed socialist Zohran Mamdani must moderate if he wants to become NYC mayor. www.thetimes.com/article/0de1...
- EXCL UK is No 1 target for Russian cyberattacks since Trump’s election Government officials say Trump’s warmer posture towards Putin has led to a surge in attacks on British instead of American targets. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
- EXCL A row between Sadiq Khan and Rachel Reeves is brewing thanks to concerns London will be shafted at the spending review. City Hall figures believe London won’t get any of Reeves’ £113 billion of new infrastructure spending More in this morning’s Playbook www.politico.eu/newsletter/l...
- Beyond excited to be moving to The Times next month to work for Wesmintster's best lobby team. I'll be taking charge of the daily politics newsletter, while also finding stories for the paper.
- EXCL India has privately warned the UK and US that last month’s terror attack in Kashmir was a “turning point” for Narendra Modi — and that future attacks will be dealt with by increased force against Pakistan. More in Playbook www.politico.eu/newsletter/l...
- Very strange for a shadow foreign minister, Wendy Morton, to complain Keir Starmer is spending too much of his time on foreign affairs. #PMQs
- EXCL Ex-No 10 foreign policy guru John Bew has been brought back to write the UK’s national security strategy. Bew (previously sacked by Starmer in ‘24) will outline how UK can keep its security partnership with Europe and US w/o choosing sides. More in Playbook: www.politico.eu/newsletter/l...
- The West's most successful political party is steeling itself for a second electoral wipeout in 10 months. But despite the Conservative Party's proud history of regicide, there's no internal appetite for leadership change...yet. Via @politico.eu www.politico.eu/article/brit...
- Reposted by Stefan Boscia🚠 IN LONDON PLAYBOOK PM TONIGHT 💤 Keir Starmer frustrates senior MPs on select committee 🏗️ SCOOP from @stefanboscia.bsky.social on Reeves dropping steel nationalization block 👑 SCOOP on Rishi Sunak's resignation honors coming this week
