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    UK politics

    • Tuesday, 9 July, 2024
      Inside Politics
      Suella Braverman’s Tory leadership bid flounders

      Moderate candidates gain ground as balance of parliamentary party shifts

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      Suella Braverman speaking during the National Conservatism Conference
    • Tuesday, 9 July, 2024
      Labour party UK
      Labour’s new blood: The class of ’24

      Former army officers, council leaders and policy gurus make up the new generation of MPs

      New UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer (centre front) stands with Labour Party MPs, including some who won seats in the recent general election, at Church House in Westminster
    • Tuesday, 9 July, 2024
      News in-depthUK industrial strategy
      Can Labour lift UK business investment from the bottom of the league?

      Years of policy U-turns and Brexit upheaval have left a lasting legacy, entrepreneurs warn

      Rachel Reeves
    • Tuesday, 9 July, 2024
      UK politics opinion polls
      Why did the pollsters overestimate Labour’s vote?

      More than a fifth of voters made up their minds on election day

    • Tuesday, 9 July, 2024
      UK general election 2024
      Can Labour revive Northern Ireland’s economy?

      Region hobbled by some of the UK’s lowest educational attainment, productivity and skills

      Generation Innovation and Catalyst campus in Belfast
    • Monday, 8 July, 2024
      Conservative party UK
      Conservative party chair Richard Holden quits after election defeat

      Rishi Sunak appoints ‘interim’ shadow cabinet that will serve until a new Tory leader is chosen

    • Monday, 8 July, 2024
      ExplainerUK housebuilding
      How Labour will try to unlock Britain’s planning system

      Rachel Reeves’ proposals rely not on a single silver bullet but on a mixed package of policies

      Houses under construction
    • Monday, 8 July, 2024
      Adam Smith
      An early Budget may prove tricky for Rachel Reeves

      The new chancellor may want to get going but the OBR’s timetable could make that difficult

      Chancellor Rachel Reeves prepares to give a speech at the Treasury
    • Monday, 8 July, 2024
      UK public finances
      Reeves warns UK public finances in worst state since second world war

      UK’s new Labour chancellor has instructed Treasury to examine state spending under the Conservatives

      Rachel Reeves giving a speech
    • Monday, 8 July, 2024
      NHS England
      Labour expected to launch ‘postmortem’ audit of NHS finances

      Review could be used to build support for health secretary’s reform plans

      NHS surgeons carry out an operation
    • Monday, 8 July, 2024
      Gideon Rachman
      France and Britain are changing places

      Europe looks leaderless at a time of mounting global threats

      Illustration of a person sat drinking tea next to a shield with the Union Jack, looking on at another person, who is hanging upside down and holding a French flag
    • Monday, 8 July, 2024
      UK prisons
      Labour considers releasing offenders early to stave off UK prisons crisis

      Non-violent criminals could spend less time in jail to ease pressure on the system while new capacity is built

      Pentonville prison in London
    • Monday, 8 July, 2024
      Inside Politics
      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
    • Monday, 8 July, 2024
      FT News Briefing podcast12 min listen
      The leftwing stuns France

      The country’s far right was denied a majority in Sunday’s parliamentary elections

    • Monday, 8 July, 2024
      Martin Wolf
      Keir Starmer’s difficult choices

      The challenge for Labour is not just to govern well, but to restore trust in doing so

      Keir Starmer speaks from behind a podium in a wood-panelled room in Downing Street
    • Monday, 8 July, 2024
      Labour party UK
      Labour’s mountain to climb: the challenge facing Keir Starmer’s government

      Seven charts that show the scale of problems in UK public services after decades of under-investment

      A montage of a school crossing sign, the NHS logo, sterling coins and a house
    • Sunday, 7 July, 2024
      UK economy
      Growth is UK’s ‘national mission’, Rachel Reeves declares

      Chancellor to focus on measures such as planning reform to unblock stalled housebuilding projects

      Rachel Reeves
    • Sunday, 7 July, 2024
      Starmer begins tour of UK nations to ‘reset’ relations

      Prime minister moves to repair Westminster’s strained relationship with devolved administrations

      Keir Starmer
    • Sunday, 7 July, 2024
      Conservative party UK
      Tory rivals battle to set narrative of party’s historic defeat

      Leadership contenders Robert Jenrick, Suella Braverman and Victoria Atkins lay out where Conservatives should head next

      Montage of Suella Braverman, Robert Jenrick and Victoria Atkins
    • Sunday, 7 July, 2024
      Starmer tells Netanyahu of ‘clear and urgent’ need for Gaza ceasefire

      New UK prime minister stresses importance of ensuring conditions for two-state solution

      Pro-Palestinian protesters hold placards depicting Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner
    • Sunday, 7 July, 2024
      Stephen Bush
      The new volatility in British politics

      Voters are more willing to shop around and swap parties than in the past

      Illustration of a man’s chest wearing a suit with white shirt and red tie and the red rosette on his chest has the union jack in the centre and the colours of all the parties around the outside. A compass needle in the middle is pointing to the the line between Tory blue and Lib Dem orange
    • Sunday, 7 July, 2024
      Inside Politics
      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
    • Sunday, 7 July, 2024
      UK financial regulation
      The City of London’s wish list for the new Labour government

      Financial services bosses call for ‘bold’ action as they hope for a period of political stability

    • Sunday, 7 July, 2024
      UK employment
      The workplace under Labour: employers braced for biggest shake-up in a generation

      From ending zero-hour contracts to boosting benefits, Britain’s new government wants to shift power back to staff

      A tug-of-war with red and blue arrows pointing in opposite directions
    • Saturday, 6 July, 2024
      UK Government
      Starmer warns UK that ‘broken’ public services will take time to fix

      Prime minister says NHS improvements and prison reform will not be an ‘overnight job’

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