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Get the latest intelligence on the UK general election from the FT's quick-witted columnist and associate editor Stephen Bush. Every weekday Inside Politics guides readers through the parties' political strategies and how they work, as well as the policy stories that matter.

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  • Tuesday, 9 July, 2024
    UK politics
    Suella Braverman’s Tory leadership bid flounders

    Moderate candidates gain ground as balance of parliamentary party shifts

    1 hour ago
    Suella Braverman speaking during the National Conservatism Conference
  • Monday, 8 July, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    Where did 2024 MPs go to school and university?

    Plus, Starmer’s tour of devolved nations tells us about his approach to leadership

    Keir Starmer with Angela Rayner and Rachel Reeves
  • Sunday, 7 July, 2024
    Labour party UK
    Behind Starmer’s new approach to prisons is a cautious message

    Labour’s emphasis on dire state of public realm is designed to manage voter expectations, while underlining that change is coming

    Keir Starmer at the first meeting of his cabinet in Downing Street yesterday
  • Friday, 5 July, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    Historic UK election hauls reveal bigger voter trends

    We are now in an era of increased volatility where party dominance is never guaranteed

    Keir Starmer
  • Thursday, 4 July, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    Why has Rishi Sunak’s campaign been such a disaster?

    The PM’s blunders worsened his chances amid a backdrop of crumbling public services and party fundraising struggles

    Sunak and his wife leave the polling station
  • Wednesday, 3 July, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    What to watch out for on election night

    Hour-by-hour guide to Thursday’s notable battles

    A sign for a polling station
  • Tuesday, 2 July, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    Does Jeremy Corbyn stand a chance at being re-elected?

    Candidates like George Galloway have beaten Labour in the past

    Jeremy Corbyn meeting striking junior doctors
  • Monday, 1 July, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    Sunak’s campaign is far too subtle

    Perception of a ‘done deal’ election may prompt some voters to back Tories but fundamentals are unlikely to change

    Rishi Sunak surrounded by his security
  • Friday, 28 June, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    Reform’s bruising week and why postal voting matters for party strategy

    Sunak devotes final days of campaigning to wooing older Britons who are likely to have voted already

    Supporters of the Reform party at a campaign event in Kent
  • Thursday, 27 June, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    Sunak fails to find the game-changer he needs in final debate

    Both the prime minister’s short-term missteps and poor policy record fuelled his campaign difficulties

  • Wednesday, 26 June, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    As betting scandal widens, the big picture stays the same

    Neither Labour nor Tories come out well as more politicians reveal wagers

    Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak debate on TV
  • Tuesday, 25 June, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    Sunak’s campaign is doomed but these voter groups could shift things slightly

    Tories’ warning of a Labour supermajority may cut through to some undecided voters

    Rishi Sunak drinks from a mug
  • Monday, 24 June, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    Blue Wall vulnerable to tactical voting as natural Conservatives turn against party

    New research into prosperous seats reveals anti-Con swings could be deeper than some polling suggests, though voter choices remain fluid

    Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey and the party’s candidate for Eastleigh Liz Jarvis pose with a toppled tower of blue bricks during an election campaign event
  • Friday, 21 June, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    Election-betting scandal further ties the Tories up in knots

    Sunak’s futile handling of the incident highlights the deceit at the centre of his campaign

    Rishi Sunak opens his hands during the debate as he makes a point
  • Thursday, 20 June, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    Why we can’t be sure of the size of the Labour swing

    Tactical voting, negative polarisation and local campaigns could all temper the result

    Keir Starmer stands at a lectern with the Labour tagline ‘Change’ in the background
  • Wednesday, 19 June, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    Potential routes forward for the Tories post-election

    The party can only rebound if its leadership hopefuls learn the right lessons

    Rishi Sunak chats to a voter in a barn in Clovelly
  • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    Could the Lib Dems become the official opposition?

    A Conservative meltdown plus favourable opinion polling could help Ed Davey’s party chart a path to second place

    Ed Davey high fives someone while pushing a yellow wheelbarrow
  • Monday, 17 June, 2024
    Stephen Bush
    Labour’s tax-and-spend commitments will hamper ‘change’ plans

    Myriad challenges — from drinking water to prisons — will require increased spending to solve

    A person holding the Labour party general election manifesto
  • Friday, 14 June, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    Reform’s second-place standing in polls underscores potential scale of Tory defeat

    Plus, some thoughts on Labour’s no-surprises manifesto

    Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner at the manifesto launch event in Manchester
  • Thursday, 13 June, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    Despondence grows as election campaign reaches halfway point

    Conservative party staffers — and the people most likely to vote for them — despair at their languishing pitch

    People view the Conservative party’s manifesto at its launch event in Northamptonshire
  • Wednesday, 12 June, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    The Conservative party manifesto is an exercise in wishful thinking

    Patchy delivery record makes pledges hard to believe

    Rishi Sunak launches his manifesto
  • Tuesday, 11 June, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    The Lib Dem strategy to restore their third party status

    Holding the line on taxes and zany photo opportunities are bolstering the party’s campaign

    Lib Dem leader Ed Davey and party members on a ride at Thorpe Park
  • Monday, 10 June, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    What to expect from party manifestos this week

    The Conservatives will talk up their boldness, while Labour will exhibit caution

    Rishi Sunak at a campaign event, with people holding Conservative party placards in the background
  • Friday, 7 June, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    Rishi Sunak’s D-Day gaffe is a gift to Reform

    Nigel Farage’s eighth bid to become an MP could reconfigure British party politics as we know it

    Nigel Farage stood on a beach
  • Thursday, 6 June, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    Why the £2,000 tax claim aimed at ensnaring Labour proves costlier for the Tories

    Rishi Sunak takes a page out of Vote Leave’s playbook, to no avail

    Two women sit in a pub while the UK election debate plays out on a TV behind them
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