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Ask Political Fix: Trade, tax and leftwing pacts
Our first Q&A special episode is finally here! You sent in questions, now our panel answers them. Is the UK-US trade deal worth the paper it’s signed…
8 months ago
Local elections special: end of the two-party duopoly?
This week, we’ve seen Reform UK trounce Labour and the Conservatives across England in local elections.
Nigel Farage’s party has secured a fifth MP, …
8 months, 1 week ago
Reform on the march? Our local elections guide
Ahead of England’s local elections next week, the Political Fix team pick the races to watch and what’s at stake for the main parties, as voters head…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
What is a ‘woman’ in law? The Supreme Court ruling
The UK Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling this week about the legal definition of a woman in equality legislation. Judges ruled that a woman is s…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Markets or Trump: who’s in charge?
The markets have gone haywire since Donald Trump’s announcement — and then pause— of a host of new US tariffs. Host Lucy Fisher is joined by Politica…
9 months ago
Trump’s trade war: trouble ahead for Britain
Donald Trump has shaken up the global economy with his seismic new tariffs this week. UK exports to the US will now face a 10 per cent levy – less th…
9 months, 1 week ago
Doom, gloom and not much headroom: Spring Statement
Rachel Reeves was forced to slash spending to balance the books in her Spring Statement this week. Welfare spending will be cut more deeply than init…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Austerity redux? Spring Statement lookahead
It’s crunch time for chancellor Rachel Reeves next Wednesday, when she will present her Spring Statement to parliament. Downgraded growth forecasts a…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Starmer’s ‘Project Chainsaw’: the NHS, Whitehall, welfare
“The world’s largest quango is scrapped” – that’s how the government framed the abolition of the NHS management body this week. It was the latest tar…
9 months, 4 weeks ago
Will Starmer sink or swim in Trump’s world?
Sir Keir Starmer has won plaudits from across the political spectrum for his handling of the rapidly growing rift between the US, Europe and Ukraine …
10 months ago