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Farage: more popular than the PM
Reform UK is now beating Labour in one pollster’s survey, while party leader Nigel Farage is Ladbrokes’ favourite to succeed Keir Starmer as the next…
1 year ago
Will Starmer’s new milestones become millstones?
Sir Keir Starmer unveiled six fresh pledges as part of a major government reset this week, which included diluting a green target and redefining his …
1 year, 1 month ago
Assisted dying: The vote
MPs will vote on assisted dying this week for the first time in almost a decade. There are ramifications for the NHS, questions over legal oversight,…
1 year, 1 month ago
Labour’s beef with farmers
After winning swaths of rural seats in the general election, Labour’s relationship with the countryside has nosedived, amid a row over the government…
1 year, 1 month ago
EU or US? UK plays piggy in the middle
As Donald Trump makes his first appointments, speculation in Whitehall grows: will the UK move closer to the US or cosy back up with the EU?
The FT’s …
1 year, 1 month ago
The UK in Trump’s world
Despite past criticism of Donald Trump, Sir Keir Starmer has sent ‘hearty’ praise to the president-elect for his victory this week. But what will tra…
1 year, 2 months ago
Live Budget special: How will the UK secure growth?
It’s been two days since chancellor Rachel Reeves put a £40bn tax increase at the heart of a plan to fix the country’s “broken” finances and public s…
1 year, 2 months ago
New chancellor, new rules
Rachel Reeves has rewritten her fiscal rules on the eve of her seismic first Budget next week. She says her new borrowing rule will help get Britain …
1 year, 2 months ago
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, 2 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, 2 months ago