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Sebastian Payne writes about politics for the FT. He was previously a reporter and editor at The Spectator and The Daily Telegraph.

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  • Wednesday, 26 September, 2018
    UK political party conferences
    Momentum influence over Labour is far from total

    Hard-left group has become just another competing faction within the party

  • Saturday, 22 September, 2018
    Video UK companies 30:30
    Listen: Troubling times in Salzburg and previewing Labour conference

    The British prime minister's hopes of a Brexit breakthrough at a summit this week were dealt a heavy blow. Where does this leave negotiations with the EU and the prospects for a deal this autumn?

  • Saturday, 22 September, 2018
    Opinion
    Opinion today: Corbyn will shake up the status quo

    Britain's opposition Labour party has captured the political mood of our times

  • Monday, 17 September, 2018
    Instant Insight UK politics & policy
    British Tories made a grave error protecting Orban

    London’s focus is shifting from promoting liberal democracy to Brexit

  • Saturday, 15 September, 2018
    Video UK politics & policy 31:53
    Leadership plots, Tory wars and John McDonnell's plans for workers

    Chatter about a leadership challenge against Theresa May has abounded this week, but is it all talk and no trousers?

  • Friday, 14 September, 2018
    Opinion
    Opinion today: Opening the gates for China

    The implosion of the western banking system was a stroke of good fortune

  • Wednesday, 12 September, 2018
    Instant Insight Brexit
    Challenging Theresa May’s leadership: an ‘act of sabotage’

    Tory Eurosceptics want a cleaner Brexit but they lack an alternative plan

  • Saturday, 8 September, 2018
    Video UK politics & policy 33:53
    Listen: Labour moves on anti-Semitism and Brexit deadlock continues

    Westminster returned from from its summer break this week and we discuss Labour's travails with anti-Semitism and the government's lack of progress on Brexit

  • Saturday, 8 September, 2018
    Instant Insight UK politics & policy
    New Liberal Democrat leader won’t solve its problems

    Sir Vince Cable’s departure raises questions about whether it has a viable future

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  • Tuesday, 4 September, 2018
    Opinion
    Opinion today: The struggle for Germany

    Anger on display in Germany reflects a critical shift in the wider international mood

  • Monday, 3 September, 2018
    Instant Insight Brexit
    Leavers and Remainers unite over a Chequers plan

    MPs may conclude that the EEA is the safest option if the alternative is a ‘no-deal’ exit

  • Saturday, 1 September, 2018
    Video UK companies 37:26
    Listen: Summer interview special: Peter Mandelson

    Sebastian Payne speaks about Brexit through another referendum, Theresa May's efforts to strike a withdrawal deal with the EU and anti-Semitism crisis

  • Saturday, 1 September, 2018
    UK politics & policy
    Corbyn wants to ‘drive out’ Labour moderates, says Mandelson

    Architect of New Labour warns it is dangerous to make the centre-left feel unwelcome

  • Thursday, 30 August, 2018
    Opinion
    Opinion today: The self-destruction of superstar CEOs

    Charismatic yet unruly entrepreneurs such as Elon Musk make for volatile business leaders

  • Monday, 27 August, 2018
    Columnists
    Only a new economic agenda can save the Tories

    The party needs a fresh message if it is to keep voters’ trust and push ahead of Labour

  • Saturday, 25 August, 2018
    Brexit
    Conservative MPs will block no-deal Brexit, ex-minister says

    Nick Boles predicts that a bloc of 40 Tory MPs will ensure a withdrawal deal is agreed

  • Saturday, 18 August, 2018
    Anti-Semitism
    Labour MP warns of ‘complete breakdown of trust’ on anti-Semitism

    Former frontbencher Lisa Nandy urges Jeremy Corbyn to adopt a less aggressive attitude

  • Saturday, 11 August, 2018
    Video UK companies 34:43
    Listen: Summer interview special: Jacob Rees-Mogg

    In the second of this series, the Financial Times speaks to the Conservative MP for north east Somerset and ardent Brexit supporter

  • Saturday, 11 August, 2018
    Brexit
    Rees-Mogg warns May on using Labour Brexit votes

    Pro-Leave Tory disputes that ‘no deal’ with EU would lead to economic chaos

  • Friday, 10 August, 2018
    Opinion
    Opinion today: A Moscow-Beijing alliance?

    It is both wrong and dangerous to think that Russia and China can never be friends

  • Wednesday, 8 August, 2018
    Opinion
    Opinion today: The timidity of central banks

    These institutions could have safely accelerated demand growth to close the output gaps sooner

  • Monday, 6 August, 2018
    Brexit
    Britain is failing to tackle its ‘burning injustices’

    May promised an agenda of domestic reform, but she has failed to do much about it

  • Saturday, 4 August, 2018
    Video UK companies 31:53
    Listen: Summer interview specials: Liz Truss

    Westminster is in recess, so we discuss the political year so far, whether the Chequers Brexit fudge will hold, what turned her from a Liberal Democrat into a Tory

  • Wednesday, 1 August, 2018
    Opinion
    Opinion today: The best route to Brexit

    To clinch a deal with the EU, Britain will have to accept both a customs union and a fuller rule book

  • Tuesday, 31 July, 2018
    Instant Insight Opinion
    The greatest threat facing Corbyn is McDonnell

    The UK opposition leader is being increasingly challenged by his de facto deputy

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