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    • Thursday, 28 September, 2023
      Rishi Sunak
      Sunak’s attempted reset is all pain, no gain

      PM wants to show willingness to confront tough decisions, but his announcements are so far unhelpful to his falling ratings

      Rishi Sunak stands at a podium featuring the words: ‘Long-term decisions for a brighter future’
    • Wednesday, 27 September, 2023
      Liberal Democrats UK
      Will Lib Dems capitalise on spotlight come election time?

      Bruised leader Ed Davey tells personal tale in conference speech, while in US Braverman winks to Tory right flank

      Ed Davey raises his right hand on stage at the gathering
    • Tuesday, 26 September, 2023
      Liberal Democrats UK
      Davey’s defeat on conference floor crushes Lib Dem hopes of abandoning housing target

      Also in this newsletter, what this means for the future of a Labour-Liberal Democrat arrangement, and Sunak’s possible inheritance tax overhaul

      Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey
    • Monday, 25 September, 2023
      Liberal Democrats UK
      Why the Liberal Democrats are worth watching

      Also in this newsletter, controversy after Chris Kaba shooting investigation has provoked questionable responses from Scotland Yard and Home Office

      Ed Davey gestures to a clock which says ‘time’s up for Rishi Sunak’
    • Friday, 22 September, 2023
      UK schools
      Sunak’s worthy A-level reforms held back by fantasies on tax

      While there is cross-party support for a ‘British baccalaureate’, PM is yet to get ball rolling in any meaningful way

      Rishi Sunak being interviewed in a school
    • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
      Conservative Party UK
      Tories are stuck in a short- and long-term crisis

      Periods of infighting can be a damaging but necessary step in the timeline of political parties

      Rishi Sunak leaves after a speech
    • Wednesday, 20 September, 2023
      Rishi Sunak
      Sunak’s net zero motives are ideological, not electoral

      Retreating from 2019 pledge takes Tories away from election-winning territory — and towards the wrecking yard

      Rishi Sunak
    • Tuesday, 19 September, 2023
      Liz Truss
      Truss ducks her thorniest problem in bid to stay relevant

      Blaming external forces becomes especially attractive in opposition and sidesteps confronting internal divisions

      Liz Truss gives a speech
    • Monday, 18 September, 2023
      Labour Party UK
      Labour’s fudging on HS2 tells us a lot about its election priorities

      Starmer’s time as leader of the opposition offers the template he wants to follow in securing a mandate

      Keir Starmer at a press conference at the Labour party headquarters in March 2023
    • Friday, 15 September, 2023
      UK immigration
      Starmer prioritises control over unrealistic aim of ‘stopping the boats’

      Also in this newsletter, Rishi Sunak needs to rely on opposition party votes occasionally if he wants to make his mark

      A border force boat assists people travelling by small boat at sea
    • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
      Conservative Party UK
      The post-Sunak Tory party belongs to the right

      Centre-right leadership contenders who claim they can win elections will seem less convincing after a painful defeat

      Deputy prime minister Oliver Dowden, prime minister Rishi Sunak, trade secretary Kemi Badenoch and home secretary Suella Braverman during Prime Minister’s Questions at the House of Commons
    • Wednesday, 13 September, 2023
      UK politics
      Sunak must not avoid arguing with his party as his star plummets

      Also in this newsletter, Britain’s botched hosting of two Soviet dignitaries in 1956

      Rishi Sunak and James Cleverly
    • Tuesday, 12 September, 2023
      UK politics
      What the spy saga reveals about UK-China relations

      The inevitable consequence of events will mean further demands for greater distance

      An FT montage of the Houses of Parliament, a Chinese flag in the background and the shadow of a person in the foreground
    • Monday, 11 September, 2023
      UK politics
      Sunak’s foreign policy reset overshadowed by espionage

      A parliamentary researcher’s arrest on suspicion of spying for Beijing is damaging the PM’s agenda

      The shadow of a person in front of parliament buildings in Westminster, London
    • Friday, 8 September, 2023
      London mayoral election
      London’s tightening mayoral race offers window into future of road charges

      Opposing schemes such as Ulez will become more popular, though the politics of it in the capital are not straightforward

      Some cars on a road with a green Ulez sign
    • Thursday, 7 September, 2023
      Rishi Sunak
      Understatement is getting Sunak nowhere

      Ahead of G20 India trip PM squanders chance to show how he embodies change, though trumpeting Horizon deal isn’t the answer

      Rishi Sunak
    • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
      UK local government finance
      Not all English councils will survive government’s long funding squeeze

      Once hailed as an exemplary authority, Birmingham’s history of poor governance has left it facing big bills

      Statue of Queen Victoria with the Council House behind it in Birmingham, England
    • Tuesday, 5 September, 2023
      Labour Party UK
      Starmer’s battle-ready cabinet restores institutional memory

      Shake-up brings in experienced players and is designed to sharpen party’s attack operation, particularly on crime

      Keir Starmer, left, and Peter Kyle who was appointed yesterday as shadow secretary for science, innovation and technology
    • Monday, 4 September, 2023
      UK schools
      School building closures are political disaster for Sunak’s government

      Former top civil servant’s claim PM had cut funding to fix school problems when chancellor makes it a personal problem too

      Rishi Sunak in a hard hat and hi-vis jacket
    • Friday, 1 September, 2023
      UK politics
      Mini shake-up sharpens Sunak’s defences

      Willing to show his loyalty in public, new defence secretary Grant Shapps fills a gap in PM’s armoury

      Rishi Sunak and Grant Shapps
    • Thursday, 31 August, 2023
      Brexit
      Brexit scepticism may ease under Labour as rejoiners face hard yards

      Pro-European movement may lose strength under a Starmer government pushing for closer ties to bloc

      A delegate holds a Union Jack flag umbrella at the Conservative party conference in Manchester, 2019
    • Wednesday, 30 August, 2023
      UK foreign policy
      Cleverly’s pragmatic China stance clashes with Tory hawks

      Foreign secretary rejects calls from sceptics including his former boss Liz Truss to designate Beijing a ‘threat’

      Foreign secretary James Cleverly and Chinese Vice President Han Zheng in Beijing on Wednesday
    • Tuesday, 29 August, 2023
      UK politics
      Trump’s enduring presence will have a bearing on UK election and beyond

      Labour leader’s caution on fiscal policy may jar with geopolitical reality

      Donald Trump during a campaign rally in Erie, US
    • Friday, 25 August, 2023
      UK schools
      UK sobers up to flaws of algorithms in policy

      Automated forms of decision making can be poorly applied, with potential to hit disadvantaged groups

      Students protest in central London in 2020 against the downgrading of A-level results
    • Thursday, 24 August, 2023
      Rishi Sunak
      Sunak risks election hopes if governing takes a back seat

      PM needs to show voters his administration still has life in it by nailing policy areas to campaign on

      Rishi Sunak holds a hand out as he stands before a lectern that reads ‘cut waiting lists’
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