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  • Monday, 1 March, 2021
    Tim Pitt
    Broadening welfare in this UK Budget makes good political sense

    Tories should support chancellor Rishi Sunak in building a more generous safety net

  • Wednesday, 17 February, 2021
    Labour Party UK
    Starmer to call for new partnership with business

    Labour leader’s embrace of fiscal discipline marks break with Corbyn era

  • Wednesday, 3 February, 2021
    Labour Party UK
    Starmer’s momentum stalls despite Tory pandemic errors

    Labour leader adopts pro-family, patriotic message to try to win back working-class voters

  • Wednesday, 3 February, 2021
    Sebastian Payne
    Aimless Liberal Democrats need to go local to rebuild

    Brexit and the pandemic have left the UK’s centrist party without a clear voice

  • Thursday, 28 January, 2021
    Conservative Party UK
    Tory activists hope for Covid ‘bounce’ if curbs are lifted

    Conservatives hopeful reopening of economy by spring will give party boost at polls

  • Monday, 28 December, 2020
    UK constitutional-electoral reform
    UK constituency boundary shake-up expected to boost Tory party

    Conservatives to gain up to 10 more seats at the next election due to the changes say psephologists

  • Tuesday, 8 December, 2020
    Sebastian Payne
    Tough UK pension call will define Boris Johnson’s premiership

    Ending the triple lock would alienate red wall voters, but Covid spending may require it

  • Friday, 20 November, 2020
    Chris Deerin
    Johnson is the wrong kind of Englishman to fight for the union

    PM’s erratic handling of Covid-19 and Brexit serves to bolster the case for Scottish independence

  • Wednesday, 21 October, 2020
    Markets brace for US election
    Investors opt for the ‘do nothing’ trade ahead of US election

    Memories of shock 2016 result discourage asset managers from making big directional bets

  • Promoted Content
  • Tuesday, 22 September, 2020
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Keir Starmer’s Labour is not yet a credible alternative

    New leader buried Corbynism but has still to develop his own platform

  • Tuesday, 22 September, 2020
    Labour Party UK
    Keir Starmer: Labour deserved to lose last UK election

    Opposition leader draws line under Corbyn era while launching stinging attack on Boris Johnson

  • Sunday, 20 September, 2020
    Brexit
    Crosby backs Johnson to neuter EU with a ‘bit of crazy’ negotiation

    Former adviser says British PM can secure trade deal and see off Labour’s Starmer at next election

  • Friday, 28 August, 2020
    News in-depthUK politics & policy
    Divisions on Johnson U-turns laid bare in UK marginal

    Voters in Chingford doubt government competence after exams fiasco

  • Sunday, 23 August, 2020
    Sebastian Payne
    Scottish Labour’s plight also hurts the cause of the union

    Politics north of the River Tweed is heating up ahead of elections in May

  • Tuesday, 11 August, 2020
    Digital politics
    Move to make online political campaigning more transparent

    Campaigners give guarded welcome to government plans for digital imprints

  • Thursday, 2 July, 2020
    Tax
    Wealth tax more likely than ever, former civil service head says

    Levy on assets could help fix inequality highlighted by pandemic, says Gus O’Donnell

  • Friday, 19 June, 2020
    Labour Party UK
    Labour must achieve unprecedented political turnround, report warns

    Inquest into December’s election defeat says opposition party has a mountain to climb to regain power

  • Thursday, 7 May, 2020
    Labour Party UK
    Starmer blames Corbyn for Labour’s election defeat

    New party leader gives clear signal he will take party in a different direction

  • Tuesday, 31 March, 2020
    Brexit Briefing
    Pandemic reshapes British and EU politics

    The British public is rallying behind its government in a national emergency — but will that last?

  • Tuesday, 10 March, 2020
    News in-depthUK Budget
    Can Scotland offer Johnson a model for social care reform?

    Free personal care north of the border could be the template to help fix England’s underfunded system

  • Saturday, 29 February, 2020
    Boris Johnson
    Johnson and Symonds are engaged and expecting a baby

    Prime minister will be the first to marry while in No 10 for 250 years

  • Thursday, 27 February, 2020
    UK political party funding
    Conservatives hit election record of £37.4m in big donations

    Boris Johnson’s party received three times more than Labour in run-up to last year’s vote

  • Monday, 17 February, 2020
    Miranda Green
    Labour’s new leader must be free to reinvent party

    Pledges that win rank-and-file support make it hard to manoeuvre back within the bounds of electability

  • Wednesday, 12 February, 2020
    Sebastian Payne
    Labour faces battle in the south too

    As it searches for a new leader, the party is discovering how much ground it has to make up

  • Wednesday, 12 February, 2020
    UK Inequality
    Tories warned there is no quick fix for ‘blue wall’

    Fifty swing seats most at risk from job automation and universal credit reforms

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