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Inside Politics

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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  • Monday, 5 August, 2024
    Scottish National party
    SNP ‘soul searching’ must work quick to challenge voter exodus to Labour

    Also in this newsletter, blossoming relations between Scottish government and Starmer’s administration

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    John Swinney stands in front of a bus with the word Scotland
  • Friday, 2 August, 2024
    National Health Service
    Labour’s GP dilemma

    Also in this newsletter, interest rate cut begs question of whether Sunak’s election timing was ill-judged, with questions for both parties

    Wes Streeting campaigns in Worcester
  • Thursday, 1 August, 2024
    Conservative party UK
    Tories face up to why they lost their way in office

    Race to replace Rishi Sunak seems designed to favour a rightwinger and Robert Jenrick in particular

    Robert Jenrick
  • Wednesday, 31 July, 2024
    Labour party UK
    Labour’s public sector pay deals were a no-brainer but come with risks

    No 10 has relinquished much of its fiscal firepower in settling rows over salaries

    Junior doctors demonstrate during the British Medical Association’s strike action on June 27 in London
  • Tuesday, 30 July, 2024
    Labour party UK
    Reeves goes big on Tory ‘cover up’, but Labour may fall into same mistakes

    Abandoning infrastructure projects and relying on risky revenue raisers could hamper Labour’s hopes to boost growth

    Rachel Reeves
  • Monday, 29 July, 2024
    Conservative party UK
    Braverman was sure to be skipped in first stage of Tory leadership battle

    Plus, Rachel Reeves to deliver sombre message that UK must stay on Labour’s track to revive growth and public services

    Suella Braverman and Robert Jenrick
  • Friday, 26 July, 2024
    Labour party UK
    Labour’s ‘reveal’ of £20bn hole exposes bigger problem with its fiscal straitjacket

    Party must improve public services to win over voters but tax promises place tough limits on what it can do

    Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer walking down a supermarket aisle
  • Thursday, 25 July, 2024
    UK politics
    Expect a Tory leadership race mired in bitter and personal fights

    Declared candidates James Cleverly and Tom Tugendhat, seen as moderates, try to cater to party right in their pitches

    Tom Tugendhat
  • Wednesday, 24 July, 2024
    UK politics
    Labour government quashes first rebellion

    Rows over two-child benefit cap are far from over as seven MPs are suspended

    Keir Starmer
  • Tuesday, 23 July, 2024
    UK politics
    The Labour government’s ‘inheritance’ retort will not work on everything

    Blaming Tory mismanagement is much more convincing on public services than it is on immigration

    Home Secretary Yvette Cooper arrives for a cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street
  • Monday, 22 July, 2024
    UK politics
    Why Labour’s pledge to fix the Tory mess means tax rises

    The government will say it inherited chaos, the opposition that Labour is a ‘big state’ party — there’s a ring of truth in both attack lines

    Rachel Reeves
  • Friday, 19 July, 2024
    UK politics
    What Keir Starmer’s cabinet picks tell us about his approach to government

    Outsiders will provide expertise, but numerous long-standing allies have been overlooked

    Emily Thornberry
  • Thursday, 18 July, 2024
    UK politics
    Labour’s King’s Speech plans face threats

    Differences in party line on two-child limit and its anti-poverty rhetoric create room for infighting

  • Wednesday, 17 July, 2024
    UK politics
    The fall of Vaughan Gething

    Scandals, a vote of no confidence and questions over donations imperilled the Welsh Labour leader

    First Minister of Wales Vaughan Gething giving a speech
  • Tuesday, 16 July, 2024
    UK politics
    How Labour plans to make jobcentres work

    A shift in focus from performance indicators to results is intended to make the employment search much more effective

    People entering a jobcentre in Bath, England
  • Monday, 15 July, 2024
    UK politics
    Why the Conservatives are in no rush to find a new leader

    A longer leadership contest helps MPs build momentum around their preferred candidates — and it worked in 2005

    Kemi Badenoch is sworn in as MP in July 2024
  • Friday, 12 July, 2024
    Labour party UK
    Labour row over two-child benefit cap presses on, but rebels may force Starmer’s hand

    Party’s manifesto commitment to end child poverty piles pressure on government to act

    Keir Starmer in the Commons
  • Thursday, 11 July, 2024
    UK prisons
    Starmer sees overcrowded prisons as ripe for reform — will it work?

    Key ministers in agreement with prime minister’s new penal approach, but putting it into practice carries big risks

    Shabana Mahmood
  • Wednesday, 10 July, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    How middle England opened up record Liberal Democrat gains

    This election, voters were more willing to take a chance on Ed Davey’s party, which mounted an eye-catching campaign

    Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey, front right, and deputy leader Daisy Cooper with Lib Dem MPs in Westminster Hall on July 9, 2024
  • Tuesday, 9 July, 2024
    UK politics
    Suella Braverman’s Tory leadership bid flounders

    Moderate candidates gain ground as balance of parliamentary party shifts

    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
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