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Trump trouble: Starmer's tricky start to 2026
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer had wanted to kick off the new year with a strong domestic start, tackling the cost of living crisis head on, in the …
16 hours ago
Swamp Notes: Is the US economy really K-shaped?
Imagine a graph with one line going up over time. Below it, another line does just the opposite. It kind of looks like the letter K. On the FT's Swam…
1 week, 1 day ago
Quizmas special: Political Fix’s 2025 nerd-out!
Can you name all the Labour frontbenchers who resigned or were sacked during the past year? Why was Peter Mandelson delayed from returning to the UK …
3 weeks ago
Political Fix Live: Labour’s year in review
It’s been another turbulent year in politics. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has faced down rebellions from within his own party, overseen scandals and …
4 weeks, 1 day ago
Deals, donations and damage limitation
Sir Keir Starmer started the week with not one but two speeches defending his party’s Budget decisions in the wake of claims that chancellor Rachel R…
1 month ago
Bonus: What does the 2025 Budget mean for your money?
It’s been a rollercoaster week for both UK politics and our personal finances, with chancellor Rachel Reeves setting out tens of billions of pounds o…
1 month, 1 week ago
Budget bonanza: tax highs and growth lows
After months of speculation, predictions and U-turns, Rachel Reeves finally announced her Budget this week. And, symptomatic of the chaos this Budget…
1 month, 1 week ago
Coming soon from Tech Tonic: Defying death
Investors are spending billions of dollars on novel ways to extend human life through inventive treatments, therapies, and even manipulating our gene…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Boats and the Budget: the battlelines are drawn
Home secretary Shabana Mahmood announced a tough set of measures overhauling immigration policy this week, in a bid to deter illegal boat crossings a…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Is Starmer’s leadership on the line?
It has been a whirlwind week in Westminster with the BBC in crisis and a supposed challenge to the prime minister’s leadership. So, was there a putat…
1 month, 3 weeks ago