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Weighing the cost of a historic recession
The UK is in its deepest recession on record, official data showed this week. Not only does Britain have the worst coronavirus death toll in Europe, …
5 years, 5 months ago
Tracking the virus before schools return
Boris Johnson’s government has been warned by the opposition that it has less than a month to fix the test, track and trace system to get pupils back…
5 years, 5 months ago
Sajid Javid’s verdict on the Johnson government
In the latest from our summer interview series, former UK chancellor Sajid Javid joins Sebastian Payne for a discussion on whether the government has…
5 years, 5 months ago
Lockdown tightens in the north
Prime Minister Boris Johnson put a brake on the reopening of parts of the UK, as cases of coronavirus began to surge again. Will these localised lock…
5 years, 5 months ago
Russian meddling and Scottish independence
The long-awaited report on Russian interference in British politics was finally released this week. Although it is no smoking gun, what should Westmi…
5 years, 5 months ago
Amber Rudd on why PM is getting it wrong on equality and Brexit
Former home secretary Amber Rudd finds the state of the Conservative party "devastating” and "embarrassing". In the second episode of a special inter…
5 years, 5 months ago
Downing Street vs the Conservative party
Number 10 found itself at odds with its own MPs this week, as its plan to install former minister Chris Grayling as chair of the intelligence committ…
5 years, 5 months ago
Sunak's snacks to save the economy
Chancellor Rishi Sunak set out a £30bn plan to save British jobs this week, with a big boost for pubs and restaurants, but will it be enough to stem …
5 years, 6 months ago
Jeremy Hunt on the lessons of Covid-19
In the first episode of a special summer interview series, Sebastian Payne talks to Jeremy Hunt, former health secretary and chair of the health sele…
5 years, 6 months ago
Boris the builder and the UK’s offer to Hong Kong
The FT politics podcast has relaunched as 'Payne's Politics' and in this first episode presenter Sebastian Payne and his guests analyse Boris Johnson…
5 years, 6 months ago