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Cabinet fightback: the revolt over spending
Rachel Reeves’s plans for a tough spending round later this month have sparked a fierce revolt among a raft of cabinet ministers. But will their prot…
1 year, 10 months ago
Martin Wolf on the UK economy: ‘Why I’m worried’
What kind of economy did Labour inherit this summer, and how does Britain measure up to international comparators? Political Fix host Lucy Fisher sit…
1 year, 10 months ago
100 days of Labour: Starmer’s stuttering start
As Labour reaches 100 days in government we take stock of how Sir Keir Starmer and his team have performed. Host Lucy Fisher is joined by Political F…
1 year, 10 months ago
‘Let’s be more normal’ – and rival Tory strategies
Who’s up and who’s down in the Tory leadership race after the four-day beauty parade at the party’s conference in Birmingham? Host Lucy Fisher and Po…
1 year, 11 months ago
Starmer’s ‘weird’ week: from Liverpool to New York
Labour’s conference in Liverpool should have been a celebratory event after its landslide win in the July election. Political editor George Parker, s…
1 year, 11 months ago
Is the shine coming off Saint Starmer?
A growing controversy around Lord Waheed Alli’s donations to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria risks tarnishing the new governmen…
1 year, 11 months ago
A terminal diagnosis for the NHS?
A government-commissioned review has found the NHS on life support. Can Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer succeed where his predecessors have failed in…
1 year, 11 months ago
Labour and business: friends or foes?
With a planned overhaul of employment law imminent and moves to renationalise rail companies, we’re asking whether Labour has got it in for business.…
2 years ago
Labour’s descent into ‘miserabilism’
A 'painful' Budget awaits this autumn and things will get 'worse before they get better', Sir Keir Starmer warned this week. But is Labour taking a r…
2 years ago
Swamp Notes: Democrats find a feeling at the DNC
Democrats from across the US gathered in Chicago for their presidential convention this week, promising to move past the Donald Trump-era of American…
2 years ago