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The ‘bin fires’ setting Labour’s in-tray alight
Sir Keir Starmer plans to hand more powers to metro mayors in what has been dubbed a ‘devolution revolution’. Host Lucy Fisher speaks with politics r…
1 year, 7 months ago
Labour's growth fixation
Sir Keir Starmer took the chance to extend the hand of friendship to Britain’s neighbours when he hosted the European Political Community summit in B…
1 year, 7 months ago
Labour builds bridges with Trump
Sir Keir Starmer spoke for the first time with Donald Trump in the wake of the assassination attempt on the former US president at the weekend. After…
1 year, 7 months ago
Keir Starmer’s debut on the global stage
Keir Starmer’s quest for closer EU ties received a tacit nod from US President Joe Biden as the UK prime minister made his global debut at the Nato s…
1 year, 7 months ago
Keir Starmer enters his imperial phase
As Sir Keir Starmer appoints his cabinet and unveils his first raft of policies, host Lucy Fisher is joined by the FT’s deputy political editor Jim P…
1 year, 8 months ago
Election special: Starmer moves into Number 10
As Sir Keir Starmer steps over the threshold of Number 10, FT experts answer audience questions about what to expect from the new Labour government. …
1 year, 8 months ago
Campaign catch-up: election-eve predictions and verdicts
Labour is heading for the biggest “landslide majority” Britain has ever seen. That’s the verdict from Mel Stride, one of prime minister Rishi Sunak’s…
1 year, 8 months ago
Could the election results still surprise us?
With under a week to go until polling day, Lucy Fisher and her panel — the FT’s Miranda Green and Stephen Bush — pull together the threads of the cam…
1 year, 8 months ago
Campaign catch-up: Why this UK election result could be the most distorted ever
The Conservatives’ embattled campaign suffered yet another setback this week, as the betting scandal escalated and the party finally suspended two ca…
1 year, 8 months ago
Is this the Tory death spiral?
An election-betting scandal is sending the Tory campaign into freefall. The latest blow to the Conservatives comes as some polls predict a wipeout fo…
1 year, 8 months ago