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  1. June 17, 2013

    UK political divisions over Syria resurface

    David Cameron’s support for arming Syria’s rebel forces was undermined on Monday when Boris Johnson, London mayor, said such...

  2. June 14, 2013

    Queen’s birthday honours list gets back to business

    Michael Hintze, the hedge fund boss and Conservative party donor, has been created a knight in the Queen’s birthday honours...

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  1. FT year in finance 2011

    - There is little consensus on how to fix the banking system - Behind the scenes with...
  2. The New World of Work

    This series looks at how we will work in the future, and asks what needs to be done to...
  1. June 13, 2013

    Patten warns Tories against ‘political suicide’ on Europe

    Conservative eurosceptics will lead their party into committing “political suicide” if they refuse to accept any form of...

  2. June 13, 2013

    Immigrants shown on balance not to drain public purse

    Immigrant households in the UK not only, on average, contribute more in tax revenues than they receive in benefits but also...

  3. June 12, 2013

    Michael Gove GCSE reforms revive talk of leadership ambitions

    As Michael Gove stood at the dispatch box presenting his overhaul of GCSEs to parliament, he told MPs it was part of his...

  4. June 10, 2013

    Yeo steps aside while watchdog makes inquiries

    Tim Yeo has stepped down from chairing the Commons energy committee as a Parliamentary watchdog examines accusations of...

  5. June 10, 2013

    Cameron confronts Tory eurosceptics

    David Cameron on Monday confronted critics in his party who want to withdraw from the EU and close Britain’s borders,...

  6. June 9, 2013

    Independence vote offers Tories an opening in Scotland

    Such is the decline of the once-mighty Conservative party in Scotland that it only laid out 240 seats for members attending...

  7. Westminster Blog

    June 7, 2013

    When Labour's new super-donor was ticked off for selling faulty Lucky Panda

    By Jim Pickard and Elizabeth Rigby John Mills, the Labour donor whose “tax-efficient” gift threatened to overshadow the...

  8. June 7, 2013

    Cameron less popular than Conservatives

    David Cameron is now less popular than the Conservative party for the first time since he assumed its leadership seven years...

  9. June 6, 2013

    Miliband accused of hypocrisy over ‘tax efficient’ party donation

    Ed Miliband has been accused of hypocrisy after campaigning against aggressive tax avoidance even as the Labour party was...

  10. June 2, 2013

    David Cameron plans lobbyists’ register and power to recall MPs

    David Cameron will bring forward stalled plans for a register of lobbyists and the power for constituents to recall errant...

  11. May 31, 2013

    UK Tory MP Patrick Mercer resigns whip after lobbying allegations

    Patrick Mercer, a one-time Tory frontbencher, has resigned the party whip and announced he will step down as an MP in 2015...

  12. May 28, 2013

    British Tories can learn from Republican mistakes

    David Cameron faces tough decisions on Europe – most with lasting implications for Conservative party unity and all with...

  13. May 28, 2013

    KPMG, Deloitte and PwC give parties £1m in kind since 2010 poll

    Since the 2010 general election the three main UK political parties have received £1.14m in kind from three of the biggest...

  14. May 26, 2013

    Cameron has a year to prove himself, senior Tory warns

    David Cameron has a year to prove his brand of Conservatism can work, a senior Conservative warned on Sunday as misgivings...

  15. May 24, 2013

    I was a swivel-eyed loon

    The depiction by a leading Tory of his own party activists as swivel-eyed loons left me with conflicting emotions. I laughed...

  16. May 24, 2013

    Come to Clacton! Sun, sea, sand and the future of politics

    Past performance, as every investor knows, is no guarantee of future success. For 90 years HMV was a leading music seller in...

  17. May 23, 2013

    David Cameron: Hostage to his own party

    David Cameron set off for Brussels on Wednesday the hunted leader of a divided party, battered by a row over his support for...

  18. May 23, 2013

    Net migration to UK lowest in decade after fall in overseas students

    Net migration has fallen to its lowest level for a decade, driven by a decline in the number of overseas students which...

  19. May 22, 2013

    David Cameron says he is ‘proud’ of gay marriage bill

    David Cameron fought back against rebellion in his party on Wednesday, declaring he was “proud” of gay marriage legislation...

  20. May 21, 2013

    Gay marriage bill backed by Commons in divisive vote

    MPs on Tuesday voted to legalise gay marriage after two days of fraught debate that has divided the Conservative party and...

  21. May 21, 2013

    Cameron’s big problem is that he isn’t a winner

    Leaders come and go, but political parties are for ever – or what seems like it anyway. What they stand for is the result of...

  22. May 21, 2013

    Same-sex marriage the ‘tipping point’ for grassroot Conservatives

    When Bob Woollard presented a letter to Downing Street on Sunday from 34 Tory activists opposed to gay marriage it was a...

  23. May 20, 2013

    David Cameron woes draw John Major comparisons

    Pulled apart over Europe, battered by parliamentary rebellions, sinking in the opinion polls: the comparisons are...

  24. May 20, 2013

    Cameron battles for unity on marriage vote

    David Cameron faces another bruising rebellion from his own party as his MPs line up to vote on Tuesday night against...

  25. May 20, 2013

    A party in agony over a misunderstood election

    Conservative party staff dawdling in front of their computers are admonished by a screensaver that counts down the minutes...

  26. May 19, 2013

    David Cameron feels Tory rage on gay marriage

    David Cameron’s control over his party will come under renewed pressure on Monday as scores of Tory MPs try to wreck his...

  27. May 19, 2013

    Britain’s Tory MPs face fracking challenge

    Dozens of Conservative MPs in the southeast of England could see shale gas exploitation taking place in their constituencies...

  28. May 19, 2013

    David Cameron accused of losing control of Conservative party

    David Cameron, UK prime minister, has been accused of “losing control” of his Conservative party, amid growing acrimony over...

  29. May 17, 2013

    David Cameron’s EU referendum plan raises Paris-Berlin tensions

    David Cameron retreated to Chequers on Friday after another week of Conservative chaos over Europe – amid signs that his...

  30. May 17, 2013

    Downing St rebukes Philip Hammond amid leadership bid concern

    Philip Hammond was rebuked by Downing Street on Friday over his criticism of gay marriage, amid concern that the defence...

  31. May 16, 2013

    Tory battle over Europe is damaging UK economy, says Vince Cable

    The Conservatives’ “self-indulgent civil war” over Europe is causing “serious damage” to the economy, Vince Cable said on...

  32. The World

    May 16, 2013

    FT podcast: World Weekly with Gideon Rachman

    Britain's future in the EU Prime Minister David Cameron thought that his promise to renegotiate the terms of Britain's...

  33. Westminster Blog

    May 15, 2013

    Cameron resists pressure to publish Lynton Crosby clients

    David Cameron has defied calls for Downing Street to publish a list of Lynton Crosby’s clients amid concerns about the Tory...

  34. May 13, 2013

    The Conservative party has become ungovernable

    Touchingly, they really believed it would work. When David Cameron pledged a referendum on Britain’s membership of the EU...

  35. May 13, 2013

    Cameron struggles to prevent Tories ‘banging on about Europe’

    David Cameron delivered a sobering lecture to the Tory conference in 2006 on why the party kept losing elections. “Instead...

  36. May 7, 2013

    Conservative grassroots activists defect to Ukip

    Membership of the UK Independence party has jumped by more than half in the past year as thousands of Tory grassroots...

  37. May 2, 2013

    David Cameron set to head off MPs’ fury as poll drubbing expected

    David Cameron is to sharpen his Conservative credentials in the wake of an expected local election drubbing, moving to...

  38. May 1, 2013

    Tories brace themselves for poll losses to Ukip

    David Cameron is preparing for a “very difficult few days” amid fears in Downing Street that Conservative losses in...

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