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The Financial Times takes you into the corridors of power to unwrap, analyse and debate British politics with a regular lineup of FT correspondents and informed commentators. New episodes available every Friday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The Financial Times takes you into the corridors of power to unwrap, analyse and debate British politics with a regular lineup of FT correspondents and informed commentators. New episodes available every Friday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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01/22/2024
Introducing Untold, a new podcast from the special investigations team at the Financial Times. In it ...
Destination Rwanda?
01/19/2024
The government’s plan to send undocumented migrants to Rwanda has overcome a series of hurdles in ...
The Post Office scandal: who foots the bill?
01/12/2024
Who should foot the bill – both financial and political – for the Post Office scandal? Hundreds ...
2024: a testing year for democracy
01/05/2024
The next 12 months will be an epic year for democracy. Half the world’s population will have the c ...
Political Fix presents: How to survive the office Christmas party
12/28/2023
While Lucy Fisher and the Political Fix team take a break over the Christmas period, we’re sharing ...
â€Stop doing stupid things’: Martin Wolf on the UK
12/20/2023
As the year draws to a close, Lucy Fisher is joined by Political Fix regulars George Parker and Step ...
Tory turmoil: Sunak stumbles towards end of year
12/15/2023
As politicians and political hacks limp towards the end of a long year in Westminster, Lucy Fisher i ...
Rwanda plan reignites Tory civil war
12/08/2023
Infighting has erupted once again within the Tory ranks over Rishi Sunak’s last-minute treaty with ...
Rishi Sunak’s big fat Greek row
12/01/2023
Was it a huge fit of pique or a genuine desire to protect the Elgin Marbles that prompted Rishi Suna ...
Inflation pain: who will UK voters blame?
06/23/2023
Soaring interest rates are alarming mortgage holders and could derail the UK government’s strategy ...
Autumn Statement Reaction
11/22/2023
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt put a ÂŁ20bn tax giveaway at the heart of his Autumn Statement. But will ...
Rebellions, reshuffles and Cameron’s return
11/17/2023
What a turbulent week in politics: home secretary Suella Braverman sacked, the government’s flagsh ...
What’s Suella Braverman’s game plan?
11/10/2023
Suella Braverman’s tirade against the Metropolitan Police’s handling of pro-Palestinan marches h ...
The Rishi Sunak and Elon Musk show
11/03/2023
Rishi Sunak played the part of chat show host with tech leader Elon Musk this week, after hosting an ...
Labour’s week of woes
10/27/2023
As Rishi Sunak celebrates his first year in office, the FT’s Lucy Fisher asks whether he has succe ...
Labour’s historic by-election wins
10/20/2023
The UK's Labour party has pulled off two stunning by-election victories. The FT’s Lucy Fisher is j ...
Israel-Hamas war overshadows Labour conference
10/13/2023
Keir Starmer eschewed flashy policy vows at Labour’s annual conference, but did his promise of sta ...
Rishi Sunak’s â€questionable radicalism’
10/05/2023
Rishi Sunak is pitching himself as the change candidate at the next election with a raft of policy s ...
Sunak and Starmer flip-flop on policies
09/29/2023
As the Tories waver over major elements of HS2 and Labour is forced to clarify its policy on private ...
Is Rishi Sunak’s net zero U-turn a vote-winner?
09/22/2023
Rishi Sunak sparked a fierce backlash from eco-minded Tories, as well as fury from industry, over hi ...
Keir Starmer's small boats gamble
09/15/2023
The Labour leader Keir Starmer is attempting to seize the initiative on dealing with clandestine imm ...
The weight of the UK’s concrete crisis
09/07/2023
As hundreds of schoolchildren are forced out of their classrooms by unsafe buildings, the FT’s Whi ...
Political Fix special: Live at the FT Weekend Festival
09/05/2023
FT Whitehall editor Lucy Fisher hosts a panel of Michael Gove, secretary of state for levelling up, ...
PM rewards loyalists in mini-shuffle
09/01/2023
Rishi Sunak has prepared for the new political term with a mini-shuffle, promoting his closest polit ...
Could a reshuffle revitalise Sunak’s government?
08/25/2023
It’s almost time to wave goodbye to the summer, but is Rishi Sunak also poised to bid farewell to ...
Britain’s intergenerational unfairness: reality or myth?
08/18/2023
It’s been a week of results: economic data that lays the path for a steep rise in the state pensio ...
The Tories’ battle over asylum seekers
08/11/2023
After months of delay and safety concerns, the first asylum seekers were marched up the gangplank of ...
Rishi Sunak’s dash for oil and gas
08/03/2023
Rishi Sunak calculates that by portraying himself as “on the side” of motorists and adopting a â ...
The end of the green consensus?
07/28/2023
Rishi Sunak has signalled he plans to soften his eco policies to avoid heaping extra “hassle” an ...
By-elections special: Tories face double blow, but avoid 3-0 drubbing
07/21/2023
The Conservatives faced a rout in both Selby and Somerton, but is their narrow win in Uxbridge enoug ...
Are the Tories stuck in a 'doom loop'?
07/14/2023
Miranda Green is joined by FT columnists Stephen Bush and Robert Shrimsley to ask whether there’s ...
Keir Starmer’s bid to smash the class ceiling
07/07/2023
As Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer sketches out his vision for education, the FT’s Whitehall editor ...
The crisis facing the UK water industry
06/30/2023
Pressure is growing on the UK’s water sector, as swelling debt threatens to overwhelm Thames Water ...
The damning verdict on Boris Johnson
06/16/2023
The blistering report into Boris Johnson’s behaviour by the House of Commons privileges committee ...
Rishi Sunak and the 'real good' special relationship
06/09/2023
Rishi Sunak and Joe Biden have agreed a new â€Atlantic declaration’ to improve UK trade ties with ...
The Boris Johnson WhatsApp psychodrama
06/02/2023
Rishi Sunak’s government is heading to court to challenge the Covid inquiry’s right to demand mi ...
Rishi Sunak’s immigration conundrum
05/26/2023
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said net migration is too high following data showing that it hit a r ...
Does Rishi Sunak have an industrial strategy?
05/19/2023
Critics claim the Tories lack an industrial strategy and three former business secretaries have said ...
Inflation and migration: Sunak’s problematic pledges
05/14/2023
Cutting inflation and stopping small-boat migration are two of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s five c ...
Local elections: How bad was it for the Conservatives?
05/05/2023
For Prime Minister Rishi Sunak the results were â€disappointing’, Labour’s Sir Keir Starmer cla ...
Wooing business: will it work?
04/28/2023
Rishi Sunak has launched a charm offensive to win back the support of business while Labour wines an ...
Is a Labour win over the Conservatives inevitable in 2024?
04/21/2023
This week we’re bringing you an extended edition of the podcast recorded during a webinar from the ...
Biden in Belfast: did the US president snub Sunak?
04/14/2023
Joe Biden’s visit to Northern Ireland was designed to mark the anniversary of the Good Friday Agre ...
Is â€Fortress UK' a vote-winner?
04/06/2023
Getting out of the UK - and indeed getting in - is becoming more difficult. Host Miranda Green unpic ...
Have the UK’s green plans hit a red light?
04/03/2023
The UK government unveiled a new net zero plan this week after the High Court ruled last year that e ...
Rishi Sunak and the rout of Tory Eurosceptics
03/24/2023
Boris Johnson testified for his political life this week but was it enough to save his political car ...
Are Jeremy Hunt’s plans really a â€Budget for growth’?
03/17/2023
Why was the chancellor buoyed by forecasts that the UK would avoid a technical recession when the ec ...
Rishi Sunak tackles the small-boat crossings
03/11/2023
Even the Home Secretary Suella Braverman admitted there were questions over the legality of the toug ...
Has Rishi Sunak’s NI deal silenced Tory Eurosceptics?
03/03/2023
Boris Johnson may have criticised the prime minister’s deal on post-Brexit trading in Northern Ire ...
Northern Ireland: Rishi Sunak’s big test
02/24/2023
A deal to resolve the bitter dispute over post-Brexit trade in Northern Ireland was due this week bu ...
What Nicola Sturgeon’s exit means for UK politics
02/17/2023
Scotland’s first minister announced this week that she was stepping down after eight years in offi ...
Sunak and the backseat former PMs
02/11/2023
Liz Truss and Boris Johnson have both been intervening this week. Could they challenge Rishi Sunak? ...
Rishi Sunak’s first 100 days
02/04/2023
After a week that’s seen mass strikes and a growing number of bullying allegations against his dep ...
Zahawi ÂŁ5mn tax scandal tests Sunak
01/28/2023
Labour’s Sir Keir Starmer attacked Rishi Sunak as â€weak’ as calls escalated for the Tory party ...
What Keir Starmer did at Davos
01/21/2023
Sir Keir Starmer and shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves gave a pre-Davos interview to the FT before set ...
A rumbustious start to 2023
01/14/2023
Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer clash at PMQs as they set out their plans for a year that could shape t ...
2022 year in review
12/17/2022
In our final episode of 2022, we look back on an especially turbulent year in Westminster - from par ...
Sunak versus the strikes
12/10/2022
Rishi Sunak confronted a growing wave of industrial unrest facing the UK with tough new proposals fo ...
Winter of discontent
12/03/2022
Britain is seeing a swelling wave of industrial action this winter, from nurses to rail workers ...
Sunak’s short honeymoon
11/26/2022
Rishi Sunak's authority with Tory MPs is waning and he is now facing policy battles on almost every ...
Jeremy Hunt’s sombre Autumn Statement
11/19/2022
The chancellor unveiled a ÂŁ55bn plan for fiscal tightening this week, with the biggest drop in livi ...
Farewell Sir Gavin, for the third time
11/12/2022
Rishi Sunak forced Sir Gavin Williamson out from his government this week, the third time the former ...
Pressure grows on the home secretary?
11/05/2022
We ask whether the home secretary Suella Braverman can survive in her post with attacks on multiple ...
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak
10/29/2022
After another turbulent week and the potential return of Boris Johnson. Rishi Sunak became Britain's ...
How the stopwatch began on Truss’ time in Downing Street
10/21/2022
We look back on what can only be described as a total bonkers week in Westminster: how Liz Truss bec ...
A new chancellor and another U-turn for Truss
10/14/2022
A tumultuous week and a dramatic Friday as Liz Truss was forced to reverse on tax cuts again and sac ...
Truss vs the â€anti-growth’ coalition
10/08/2022
Liz Truss endured one of the most traumatic Conservative party conferences in living memory, wi ...
Kwasi Kwarteng’s market meltdown
09/30/2022
Markets showed their dismay and the pound crashed to its lowest levels ever as Prime Minister Liz Tr ...
The gamble for growth
09/23/2022
Kwasi Kwarteng delivered his first Budget in all but name this week, with the biggest overhaul in ta ...
King Charles III begins his reign
09/17/2022
The UK has experienced an unprecedented week of constitutional upheaval with new national and politi ...
In memory of Queen Elizabeth II
09/09/2022
Following the sad news of the death of Queen Elizabeth II - who died on September 8 2022&n ...
Truss’s glide path to Number 10
09/03/2022
The Tory leadership race finished this week, with foreign secretary Liz Truss widely expected to tri ...
Struggling with the energy crisis
08/27/2022
With energy bills set to soar from October, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak faced mounting questions about ...
Liz Truss pulls even further ahead
08/20/2022
Two new opinion polls put Liz Truss 32 points ahead of her rival Rishi Sunak in the race to be the n ...
Tory leadership race: And the heat goes on
08/13/2022
As much of the country wilts in a heatwave, the focus in the Tory leadership contest this week has b ...
Liz Truss targets the Treasury
08/06/2022
The voting process in the contest for a new Tory leader and prime minister was delayed ove ...
Truss pulls ahead
07/30/2022
The race to be the next UK prime minister rolled on this week, as foreign secretary Liz Truss firmed ...
Head-to-head - Sunak and Truss fight it out to be Tory leader and PM
07/23/2022
In this week’s episode, we delve into the positions and policies of the two final candid ...
The race for next Tory leader and PM
07/16/2022
In this week’s episode, we’ll delve into the two classes of contenders to be the next UK prime m ...
The fall of Boris Johnson
07/08/2022
In this week’s bumper episode, we’ll be taking you behind the scenes on a week that brought Bori ...
Boris Johnson lands back to earth
07/02/2022
We discuss whether Boris Johnson's Global Britain ambitions were achieved during his recent overseas ...
Introducing: Hot Money
06/29/2022
The FT just launched a new podcast on porn, power and profit. When FT reporter Patricia Nilsson star ...
Boris Johnson’s double by-election defeat
06/24/2022
The Conservatives lost two crucial by-elections this week in Yorkshire and Devon, putting UK prime m ...
Boris Johnson’s Northern Ireland plan - is it just a bluff?
06/18/2022
We examine the situation with the Northern Ireland protocol, whether the government’s plans break ...
Boris survives, but for how long?
06/11/2022
The prime minister had a close shave with his MPs this week when 41 per cent of the Conservativ ...
The Queen's jubilee: How Britain has changed since 1952
06/03/2022
The Queen celebrates her platinum jubilee this weekend. To mark 70 years since she took to the thron ...
It’s definitely not a windfall tax!
05/28/2022
We start with that huge bailout package for struggling families announced by the chancellor&nbs ...
Behind the Money is back!
05/23/2022
Behind the Money is back with all-new episodes! From hostile takeovers to C-suite intrigue, Behind t ...
Examining the fallout from the end of the police investigation
05/21/2022
Should the prime minister now fear the fallout from the full investigation by Whitehall official Sue ...
Double crisis: cost of living and Northern Ireland
05/14/2022
This year’s Queen Speech was Boris Johnson’s attempt to reset his government’s policy agenda b ...
Voters cast their opinions on the state of politics
05/07/2022
The Conservative party lost hundreds of councillors across the county in this year's local elections ...
Too many rising prices, too much sleaze
04/30/2022
In this week’s episode we’ll be looking at why the government is anxious to find ways ...
Boris Johnson says sorry, sorry, sorry
04/23/2022
The prime minister came to the House of Commons to apologise for misleading MPs over the partygate s ...
Can Johnson and Sunak survive Partygate fines?
04/16/2022
No10 and No11 Downing Street were thrown into chaos when the Met Police issued fines to the prime mi ...
Sunak's non-dom saga
04/09/2022
We delve into two messes the government has got itself into, over the tax affairs of Rishi Sunak’s ...
Partygate returns, but no energy strategy
04/02/2022
London's Metropolitan Police issued the first fines over the Partygate scandal t ...
Spring Statement: Sunak misfires
03/25/2022
Rishi Sunak delivered a mini-Budget this week that slashed taxes and attempted to tac ...
Nazanin returns and Spring Statement preview
03/19/2022
The UK celebrated the return of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe after six years of imprisonment in Iran. W ...
The war in Ukraine: is the UK doing enough?
03/12/2022
The UK has been criticised for failing both to fulfil its rhetoric on sanctions and on ope ...
Ukraine latest and tackling 'Londongrad'
03/05/2022
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine became more brutal this week, with urban bombardment of civilians. We ...
Johnson sees blood on Putin's hands
02/25/2022
After weeks of warnings from the west, Russia invaded Ukraine this week, prompting wh ...
Why it is not new for progressive parties of the centre-left to work together
02/19/2022
Parliament may have been in recess this week but the political action hasn't stopped. We d ...
Resetting the Boris Johnson government
02/12/2022
We examine the abrupt departure of Met Police commissioner Cressida Dick, what it means for the poli ...
The net tightens for Boris Johnson
02/05/2022
We ask whether the prime minister can survive the latest scandal engulfing his government. Is the de ...
The Met vs Sue Gray on â€partygate’
01/29/2022
The official investigation into lockdown Downing Street gatherings was due to be concluded this week ...
The hole Boris Johnson digs for himself gets bigger
01/22/2022
The latest twists and turns in the â€partygate’ drama this week as Conservative MPs threatened a ...
The row over Number 10 parties during the 2020 lockdown
01/15/2022
This week we’re devoting the episode to the “partygate” row which has blown up in Westminster. ...
The cost of living crisis - a defining political theme of 2022
01/08/2022
We look at the trouble ahead for Boris Johnson, starting with the crisis in the energy market. What ...
In conversation with Michael Cockerell
01/01/2022
Michael Cockerell has made some of the best political documentaries about UK politics, covering prim ...
In conversation with Andrew Mitchell
12/25/2021
Andrew Mitchell went through many of the UK's most established institutions, from public school to t ...
A remarkable by-election outcome
12/18/2021
We analyse the remarkable by-election outcome. On top of the two biggest parliamentary defeats of hi ...
Boris Johnson encounters turbulent times
12/11/2021
This week we analyse the new measures abruptly imposed in England in response to the alarm ...
Fears about the Omicron coronavirus variant
12/04/2021
This week we dissect how much we know about the rising new variant and ask how worried we should be. ...
Tragedy in the English Channel
11/27/2021
Twenty-seven asylum seekers drowned trying to reach Britain, highlighting the growing crisis of smal ...
Is Boris Johnson on the right track?
11/20/2021
This week we delve into the plan for reshaping the UK’s railways. Is £100bn of investment the big ...
â€I genuinely believe that the UK is not remotely a corrupt country’
11/13/2021
This week we examine the row about outside interests for British MPs. Is it acceptable to be earning ...
MPs distraught at being asked to offer support for change
11/06/2021
This week we discuss the chaotic events surrounding the botched reform of the parliamentary standard ...
Delivering the autumn Budget
10/30/2021
This week we examine the philosophy behind this year’s Budget and whether this is a marked change ...
Budget day special
10/27/2021
Rishi Sunak delivered his 2021 Budget that pledged to increase spending, cut taxes and burrow away m ...
Will the NHS face pressure over the winter?
10/23/2021
This week we discuss the return of Covid to the news agenda and ask whether the government ...
A testy war of words breaks out in Whitehall
10/16/2021
This edition of Payne’s Politics was recorded before the news of the death of Conservative MP Sir ...
Why every day at Conservative conference is Johnson day
10/09/2021
This week we analyse this year’s Conservative party conference. First, Prime Minister Boris Johnso ...
Keir Starmer’s clear break with the Jeremy Corbyn era
10/02/2021
This week, we’ll be analysing Labour’s annual jamboree and whether Sir Keir Starmer has met expe ...
Boris Johnson undertakes his first major overseas trip
09/25/2021
This week, we analyse Boris Johnson’s trip to America, his address to the UN, his one-to-one with ...
Looking in detail at the cabinet reshuffle
09/18/2021
This week, we dissect prime minister Boris Johnson’s first major reshuffle of this parliament. Weâ ...
Tearing up the Conservatives’ fiscal orthodoxy
09/11/2021
This week we analyse prime minister Boris Johnson’s game on social care reform, what the plan invo ...
Britain’s diplomatic push over Afghanistan
09/04/2021
This week we examine how the UK got its withdrawal from Afghanistan so badly wrong and the subsequen ...
Interview special: Liz Truss
08/28/2021
In the fifth and final of our summer specials, Sebastian Payne meets Liz Truss, international trade ...
Interview special: Sir Malcolm Rifkind
08/21/2021
In the fourth of our summer specials, Sebastian Payne meets Sir Malcolm Rifkind. In a week when the ...
Interview special: Steve Baker MP
08/14/2021
In the third of our summer specials, Sebastian Payne speaks to Steve Baker, the Tory MP for Wycombe ...
Interview special: Professor Neil Ferguson
08/07/2021
In the second of our summer specials, Sebastian Payne speaks to Professor Neil Ferguson of Imperial ...
Interview special: Anas Sarwar
07/31/2021
In our first summer special, Sebastian Payne speaks to the leader of the Scottish Labour party Anas ...
Exemptions to isolation and the Northern Ireland protocol
07/24/2021
In what should have been a big final week of term at Westminster, Boris Johnson had to abandon plans ...
Chaos and confusion over masks and levelling up
07/17/2021
The UK is pressing ahead with the easing of all lockdown measures on July 19, despite coronavirus in ...
Freedom day too soon and English patriotism
07/10/2021
Boris Johnson has announced that all remaining lockdown restrictions will end on July 19 in England, ...
Labour comes home in Batley and Spen
07/03/2021
Sir Keir Starmer was given a reprieve after Labour clung on at the Batley and Spen by-election this ...
Travel woes and Brexit five years on
06/26/2021
The UK eased travel to several holiday destinations this week, but will they welcome British tourist ...
Lockdown continues, a shock in the Chilterns
06/19/2021
Boris Johnson reluctantly delayed the easing of England’s lockdown for another month due to the sp ...
G7 special from Cornwall
06/12/2021
The leaders of the west descended on Carbis Bay, along with podcasters, for this year's G7 summit. B ...
British holidays at home
06/05/2021
The hopes of international travel this summer were dashed as Portugal was taken off the UK's green l ...
Dominic Cummings versus the world
05/29/2021
Boris Johnson's former chief adviser made an epic seven-hour appearance at a parliamentary hearing t ...
Tackling the Indian coronavirus variant
05/22/2021
The UK's easing out of lockdown was put under threat by a new strain of coronavirus that originated ...
Labour goes to war (again)
05/15/2021
The opposition Labour party was consumed by infighting this week after Sir Keir Starmer botched a sh ...
The Tories conquer Hartlepool
05/08/2021
Thursday's local elections resulted in gains for Boris Johnson's Conservatives, including a historic ...
Cash for curtains, curtains for Arlene Foster
05/01/2021
Boris Johnson is facing three inquiries into the refurbishment of his Downing Street flat. Why hasn' ...
'Favours for chums', and the football debacle
04/24/2021
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has accused the prime minister of sleaze after allegations that frien ...
Greensill, Cameron and Whitehall's revolving door
04/17/2021
The collapse of Greensill Capital and the involvement of former prime minister David Cameron have ra ...
Britain's vaccine setback
04/10/2021
Britain’s vaccination programme suffered a setback this week over the use of the AstraZeneca jab â ...
UK vs EU vaccine tussle
03/27/2021
Relations between Britain and the rest of Europe thawed this week, after the EU had threatened an ex ...
AstraZeneca vaccine tribulations
03/20/2021
The UK encountered the first bumps in its vaccine roll out programme, as the government warned suppl ...
Harry and Meghan, and the government
03/13/2021
The explosive TV interview the Duke and Duchess of Sussex gave this week raised major questions abou ...
Sunak's spend now, tax later Budget
03/06/2021
Chancellor Rishi Sunak presented his second Budget this week, tearing up Conservative economic ortho ...
UK Budget preview and Salmond vs Sturgeon
02/27/2021
Rishi Sunak will deliver his second Budget next week, where the chancellor will set out a mission to ...
Data, not dates, for easing lockdown
02/20/2021
Boris Johnson made it clear this week that he will not rush into easing the nationwide lockdown - wh ...
Held in hotels and is Starmer stalling?
02/13/2021
Hotel quarantine will finally be introduced to the UK next week, but can the logistics work? Will it ...
Vaccine triumphs and the lockdown question
02/06/2021
This week the UK faced the prospect of the emergence of new coronavirus mutations while surging past ...
A plan for exiting Covid lockdown
01/30/2021
Boris Johnson set out how England will exit its nationwide lockdown this week, with schools set to r ...
Biden, Boris and Brexit
01/23/2021
Joe Biden was inaugurated as the new US president this week - what does it mean for UK-US relations? ...
Enforcing lockdown as vaccines ramp up
01/16/2021
The UK's battle against the new strain of Covid-19 has had mixed results this week – deaths contin ...
Back to national lockdown
01/09/2021
UK prime minister Boris Johnson put England into its third lockdown this week, as the new strain of ...
Brexit has arrived
01/01/2021
The UK has fully left the EU, ending 47 years of membership. In this Brexit special, we examine the ...
Brexit: the moment of truth
12/19/2020
Talks between the UK and the EU on a trade deal have reached their final days. Can a deal be agreed, ...
Time running out for Brexit trade deal
12/12/2020
With negotiations on a Brexit trade deal between the UK and EU stalled again, and UK Prime Minister ...
Covid vaccine arrives, Douglas Ross on the future of the UK
12/05/2020
Britain became the first country to approve a coronavirus vaccine this week. The first doses of the ...
Rishi's spending review and fears for new tiers
11/28/2020
Chancellor Rishi Sunak delivered his spending review this week amid the harsh economic effects of co ...
Why Johnson's splashing cash on climate and defence
11/21/2020
In his bid to reset the UK government's image, Boris Johnson announced a 10-point plan for a 'green ...
What Cummings' exit means for Downing Street
11/14/2020
In a dramatic week, Prime Minister Boris Johnson lost two of his key aides, chief adviser Dominic Cu ...
What Biden means for Johnson
11/07/2020
With Joe Biden on the cusp of becoming the 46th US president, how will Boris Johnson recalibrate and ...
Labour's day of reckoning
10/31/2020
Keir Starmer made the dramatic move to suspend Jeremy Corbyn from the Labour party this we ...
Boris vs Burnham
10/24/2020
The prime minister found himself at odds with northern leaders this week, as disputes grew over loca ...
Gloves come off over coronavirus
10/17/2020
Boris Johnson's coronavirus strategy was yet again tested to breaking point this week, as Labour opp ...
Coronavirus clampdowns go regional
10/10/2020
Tension over coronavirus rules pervaded local and national UK politics this week as the north of Eng ...
Tories dream of Terra Australis
10/03/2020
Home secretary Priti Patel's initiative to examine plans for an offshore immigration centre on Ascen ...
Coronavirus returns as Chancellor Sunak walks a tightrope
09/26/2020
Prime Minister Boris Johnson introduced further restrictions to halt the spread of Covid-19 in the U ...
Tory tribes go back to war
09/19/2020
Boris Johnson found himself in another parliamentary stand-off over Brexit legislation this week, an ...
Brexit deal or no deal?
09/12/2020
Boris Johnson's government is bringing in a new law — the internal market bill — that threatens ...
Bridget Phillipson on Labour's long-term strategy
09/09/2020
In the latest from our special interview series, the FT's Sebastian Payne talks to Br ...
Sunak's tax dilemma
09/05/2020
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has warned both the public and Conservative MPs that difficult decisions must ...
Government U-turns and the blame game
08/29/2020
Prime Minister Boris Johnson made yet another abrupt policy change this week to get pupils in Englan ...
Will Boris Johnson move from chairman to chief executive?
08/22/2020
It has been an embarrassing week for the Johnson government, as education secretary Gavin Williamson ...
Ed Davey on the Lib Dem’s radical reform agenda
08/19/2020
In the latest from our summer interview series, Sebastian Payne talks to Ed Davey, Liberal Democrat ...
Weighing the cost of a historic recession
08/15/2020
The UK is in its deepest recession on record, official data showed this week. Not only does Britain ...
Tracking the virus before schools return
08/08/2020
Boris Johnson’s government has been warned by the opposition that it has less than a month to fix ...
Sajid Javid’s verdict on the Johnson government
08/05/2020
In the latest from our summer interview series, former UK chancellor Sajid Javid joins Sebastian Pay ...
Lockdown tightens in the north
08/01/2020
Prime Minister Boris Johnson put a brake on the reopening of parts of the UK, as cases of coronaviru ...
Russian meddling and Scottish independence
07/25/2020
The long-awaited report on Russian interference in British politics was finally released this week. ...
Amber Rudd on why PM is getting it wrong on equality and Brexit
07/22/2020
Former home secretary Amber Rudd finds the state of the Conservative party "devastating” and "emba ...
Downing Street vs the Conservative party
07/18/2020
Number 10 found itself at odds with its own MPs this week, as its plan to install former m ...
Sunak's snacks to save the economy
07/11/2020
Chancellor Rishi Sunak set out a ÂŁ30bn plan to save British jobs this week, with a big boost for pu ...
Jeremy Hunt on the lessons of Covid-19
07/08/2020
In the first episode of a special summer interview series, Sebastian Payne talks to Jeremy Hunt, for ...
Boris the builder and the UK’s offer to Hong Kong
07/04/2020
The FT politics podcast has relaunched as 'Payne's Politics' and in this first episode presenter Seb ...
The great British unlocking, plus RLB and Sedwill are out
06/27/2020
Boris Johnson announced this week that July 4 would be the UK’s Independence Day, when swaths of t ...
U-turns on free school meals and tracking app, No10 wades further into culture war
06/20/2020
Boris Johnson caved in to Marcus Rashford’s campaign to provide free school meals over the summer ...
Conservative anger grows over Covid crisis, and should statues be pulled down?
06/13/2020
Tory ministers and MPs were furious this week at Downing Street’s refusal to ease the 2m social di ...
Quarantine fallout, queueing in parliament, chaos at the top and the UK’s offer to Hong Kong
06/06/2020
Boris Johnson’s government found itself confused this week about why it was introducing a 14-day q ...
The battle to save Dominic Cummings and the launch of test and trace
05/30/2020
Westminster has been engulfed by the extraordinary row over Boris Johnson’s chief adviser Dominic ...
School wars, tracing app woes, Boris Johnson’s health charge U-turn and back to Brexit
05/23/2020
The government found itself in a mess this week over whether schools can return on June 1, with teac ...
Johnson’s easing plan begins, mixed messaging and the rising cost of furlough
05/16/2020
Boris Johnson revealed his gradual plan for taking the UK out of lockdown, but his government’s ne ...
Slowly easing the lockdown, rising costs and how Keir Starmer will lead Labour
05/09/2020
Boris Johnson will finally set his exit strategy this weekend, but any changes will be gradual and l ...
Boris Johnson returns, lifting the lockdown with the R rate and Britain’s alarming death rate
05/02/2020
The prime minister returned to Downing Street this week and began to set out how the lockdown will e ...
Coronavirus latest: hitting 100k daily tests, tracing our contacts and Boris Johnson returns
04/25/2020
The UK government is confident of reaching its target for daily Covid-19 tests by the end of April, ...
Coronavirus latest: Lockdown extended, exit strategies at home and in Europe and Brexit delay ruled out
04/18/2020
Dominic Raab, standing in for Boris Johnson while the prime minister recovers from Covid-19, announc ...
Coronavirus latest: Boris Johnson in hospital, a route for our lockdown and Keir Starmer’s first week
04/10/2020
The health of the prime minister has dominated this week, as the prime minister was admitted to inte ...
Coronavirus latest: Struggles with testing, the blame game begins and Labour’s new leader
04/04/2020
The coronavirus crisis deepened this week as Boris Johnson’s government battled to increase the le ...
Coronavirus: Britain in lockdown, Johnson tests positive, Sunak's help for self-employed
03/27/2020
The prime minister addressed the nation and put Britain in lockdown at the beginning of the week aft ...
Coronavirus latest: Johnson’s U-turn, Sunak’s fiscal stimulus and a London lockdown
03/20/2020
Prime Minister Boris Johnson significantly upped the UK’s action to tackle coronavirus this week w ...
Rishi Sunak’s debut Budget as coronavirus ramps up
03/14/2020
The new chancellor delivered his first Budget this week and pulled off a complicated, uncertain fisc ...
Dealing with coronavirus, the collapse of Flybe and Priti Patel v the civil service
03/07/2020
The rapid spread of coronavirus has dominated this week's political agenda, as Boris Johnson tried t ...
Q&A on Scotland, Ireland, Boris Johnson, on business and more
02/29/2020
The second part of our first live podcast from Bracken House. Our panel answers questions from liste ...
Brexit mandates, civil service wars, the Budget and Labour leadership
02/29/2020
The first part of our first live podcast from Bracken House. We discuss the UK and EU’s mandates f ...
Brexit hostilities resume, and a new immigration system unveiled
02/22/2020
The UK and the EU presented somewhat different approaches to the Brexit trade talks this week, with ...
Sajid Javid quits, Rishi Sunak rises, and the all-new cabinet
02/15/2020
Boris Johnson’s first major cabinet reshuffle did not go to plan this week, as Sajid Javid abruptl ...
The next opening salvo of Brexit, a crisis for the SNP
02/08/2020
The UK and the EU unveiled their mandates for the trade talks this week, setting out the dividing li ...
Brexit day finally arrives, and will Boris Johnson back HS2?
02/01/2020
The UK has left the EU, three and a half years after the referendum result. What has been the m ...
Chancellor Sajid Javid talks up the economy, and what’s next after Brexit Day
01/25/2020
UK chancellor Sajid Javid has been in Davos with the world's rich and powerful this week, talking up ...
What the EU Brexit negotiations might bring, and how the Labour leadership race is hotting up
01/18/2020
What line is Brussels likely to take in the next phase of talks now Prime Minister Boris Johnson has ...
Keir Starmer leads the Labour leadership race, Boris Johnson hits his first Brexit obstacle
01/11/2020
The contest to succeed Jeremy Corbyn is well underway, with Keir Starmer and Rebecca Long Bailey in ...
Interview special: James Blitz
01/04/2020
After 28 years at the FT, Whitehall editor James Blitz looks back on his time as political editor an ...
Interview special: Lionel Barber
12/28/2019
After 14 years of editing the Financial Times, Lionel Barber discusses British politics over the las ...
Another Queen’s Speech, another Brexit vote - plus Labour leadership latest
12/21/2019
Parliament returned this week and Boris Johnson delivered on his election pledge of voting on Brexit ...
Election 2019: Boris Johnson's crushing victory for the Tories
12/13/2019
With a majority of 80, Boris Johnson has delivered the Conservative party’s best performance in th ...
Midweek update: the final campaign days
12/11/2019
Boris Johnson endured some of the most difficult days of the campaign to date, as he struggled to de ...
Election week four: Boris Johnson dodges the BBC, Labour’s minority government plans, more reports from the stump
12/07/2019
The last full week of the UK’s election campaign was dominated by Boris Johnson’s failure to tur ...
Midweek update: Conservative nervousness
12/04/2019
As the campaign enters the final week, the Conservative party is eager to ensure its lead is not kno ...
Election week three: trouble for Labour, the big poll and tales from the stump
11/30/2019
The UK's general election continued as the opposition Labour party struggled with anti-Semitism ...
Midweek update: Labour enters choppy waters on racism and economics
11/27/2019
An unprecedented intervention from the UK’s chief rabbi has knocked Jeremy Corbyn’s campaign off ...
Week two of the election - Labour's radical manifesto and on the road in marginal seats
11/23/2019
The second week saw Labour propose sweeping tax and spend changes, the Liberal Democrats struggle to ...
Midweek update: First TV debate, Lib Dem and Labour manifestos
11/20/2019
Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn survived their first head-to-head encounter but neither candidate to ...
First week of the election, Labour's big broadband pledge
11/16/2019
The first week of campaigning is over, but none of the parties have made much progress. Boris J ...
Midweek update: the Brexit party's dilemma
11/13/2019
Nigel Farage's decision to stand down his candidates in Tory-held seats was intended to help the Con ...
Shaky election start for Tories, and ripping up spending rules
11/09/2019
The first week of the election did not go to plan for the Conservatives, as their campaign was beset ...
Boris Johnson calls the election, moderate Tories flee
11/02/2019
The prime minister finally succeeded in calling a general election this week, so Britain is heading ...
Boris Johnson's tumultuous Brexit week, another attempt at an election
10/26/2019
The prime minister introduced legislation to parliament this week to deliver Brexit. It may have pas ...
Boris Johnson's new Brexit deal: what’s in it, how it was struck and will it pass parliament
10/18/2019
After a week of intense diplomacy with the EU, Boris Johnson brokered a new withdrawal agreement - w ...
The Supreme Court's historic decision on prorogation, Labour and Tory conferences
10/14/2019
The highest court in Britain ruled that Boris Johnson's decision to shut down parliament was unlawfu ...
The big Brexit breakthrough? And is Downing Street dysfunctional?
10/14/2019
After months of stalemate, a Brexit deal suddenly became increasingly possible after an unlikely bre ...
Boris’ big Brexit proposal and are the Tories ready for an election?
10/05/2019
As the Conservative’s annual conference came to a close in Manchester, Boris Johnson made his bold ...
Boris Johnson v the Supreme Court and Lib Dems v Labour
09/22/2019
Brexit returned to the Supreme Court this week as judges and lawyers debated whether Boris Johnson l ...
Can Boris Johnson pull a Brexit deal out of the hat, and what excitement will the party conferences bring?
09/14/2019
The government is accused of not doing enough preparation to rescue a deal but there are rumours of ...
Boris loses control, what happens next and Labour’s plans for government
09/07/2019
The prime minister lost control of his Brexit strategy this week, as parliament forced no deal off t ...
Boris Johnson prorogues parliament, what happens next?
08/31/2019
The prime minister announced plans to shut down parliament for five weeks this autumn to thwart effo ...
Boris Johnson meets EU leaders, and the latest no-deal warnings
08/24/2019
The prime minister set off on his first visit to world leaders, meeting Angela Merkel in Germany and ...
Prime Minister Jeremy Corbyn's caretaker government?
08/17/2019
The Labour leader announced plans this week to form a temporary government to avoid a no-deal Brexit ...
Will Boris Johnson's no-deal Brexit plan work, and is Labour backing the end of the UK?
08/10/2019
The prime minister and his aides have made it known they’re ready to force through leaving the EU ...
The Boris bounce: the polls look good for PM Johnson, but what about the pound, the threat to the Union and defeat in Brecon?
08/03/2019
We look back at a mixed first full week in the job for Boris Johnson, as he toured Scotland, Wales a ...
What to expect from Boris Johnson, and how the opposition is reacting to the new prime minister
07/27/2019
The key appointments by Britain's new Conservative prime minister and what we're learning about his ...
Out goes May, Johnson and the kipper and Brexit and the new EU top team
07/20/2019
Theresa May's last days in No 10 - is she going with a bang or a whimper? And who will be the next p ...
The ousting of Kim Darroch and Corbyn's latest travails on anti-Semitism and Brexit
07/13/2019
The resignation of the UK's ambassador to the US this week caused a huge stir in Westminster, thanks ...
Tory leadership voting starts, and the prospect of an early election
07/06/2019
The ballot papers have gone out to Conservative members for the leadership election and voting has b ...
Boris vs Hunt gets personal, plus the fiscal and immigration plans of the next PM
06/29/2019
The skirmishes between Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt became more personal, with clashes over charact ...
It's Boris vs Hunt and Labour gently shifts towards Remain
06/22/2019
Four candidates were knocked out of the Conservative party leadership race this week: Michael Gove, ...
Out goes Matt Hancock (and three others), and can parliament stop 'no deal'?
06/15/2019
In the first round of voting in the Conservative leadership contest, Boris Johnson confirmed his pla ...
Labour triumphs in Peterborough, Tory leadership race officially begins
06/08/2019
The Brexit party came close but failed to win its first seat in Westminster. What lessons are there ...
Boris vs Gove round two, and Trump comes to Britain
06/01/2019
Jeremy Hunt lost momentum in the Tory leadership contest this week, suggesting that the final race m ...
Theresa May resigns
05/25/2019
The prime minister announced her intention to resign on Friday, following a dramatic week in Westmin ...
Theresa May's succession, and Labour's opportunities
05/18/2019
Theresa May has finally agreed to step down, clearing the way for a leadership contest this summer, ...
How long will Theresa May last, and will Labour back UBI?
05/11/2019
Anger is growing in the Conservative party against Theresa May, but MPs have failed to move against ...
Gavin Williamson is sacked, and the yellow bird takes flight
05/04/2019
Defence secretary Gavin Williamson was summarily sacked by Theresa May, following a leak inquiry on ...
Investigating the Huawei leak, Change UK launches its Euro campaign
04/27/2019
An unprecedented leak from the National Security Council this week about the UK's 5G network has pro ...
Euro election campaign begins, Sajid Javid makes his leadership pitch
04/20/2019
Westminster is in recess, but campaigning has begun for the unexpected European Parliament elections ...
May delays Brexit again - but how long can she hang on?
04/13/2019
The UK did not leave the EU (again) this week. Instead, exit day has been pushed back until the end ...
May’s offer to work with Corbyn and Brexit is delayed again
04/06/2019
The prime minister concluded a long cabinet debate this week by deciding to work with the Labour par ...
Third defeat for Theresa May's deal, the PM vows to bow out
03/30/2019
Theresa May brought her Brexit deal for a third vote this week. Once again it failed to get through. ...
Brexit is officially delayed, May changes her tune and no-deal chances rise
03/23/2019
After a tumultuous week in Westminster, Britain's departure from the EU has been delayed until at le ...
Theresa May's Brexit deal fails again, total chaos ensues
03/16/2019
The prime minister brokered legal tweaks to her Brexit deal and brought it back for MPs to vote on. ...
Back to Brexit stalemate and tackling knife crime
03/09/2019
Geoffrey Cox spent much of this week in Brussels but failed to negotiate any kind of Brexit breakthr ...
Theresa May offers Brexit delay, Labour battles over second referendum and anti-Semitism
03/02/2019
Theresa May survived another week of crucial Brexit votes, but only by pledging to delay leaving the ...
The Independent Group emerges
02/23/2019
It was a huge week in Westminster as eight Labour MPs broke away to form the Independent Group of MP ...
Humiliation again for Theresa May, a new centrist party begins to emerge
02/16/2019
The prime minister was defeated in another meaningless vote in the House of Commons this week, where ...
May enters Brexit hell and Labour finally budges
02/09/2019
The prime minister returned to Brussels this week, only to be told once again that the Brexit withdr ...
Amendment success and back to Brussels for Theresa May
02/02/2019
The prime minister staved off defeat in the House of Commons this week, but now faces the daunting c ...
The end of no-deal Brexit and Labour's shifting stance
01/26/2019
MPs are likely to demand an end to a no-deal Brexit next week, what does this mean for Theresa May's ...
May's Brexit deal dies, but the prime minister survives
01/19/2019
Brexit was finally put to a meaningful vote in the House of Commons this week and MPs gave a resound ...
2018 in review special
12/22/2018
We look back on a traumatic year in British politics for Brexit and the Conservative and Labour part ...
Theresa May's worst week in politics - what happens next?
12/15/2018
Theresa May endured one of the most difficult weeks of her leadership: delaying the meaningful vote ...
Brexit finally arrives in the Commons, legal advice is given
12/08/2018
MPs began debating Theresa May’s Brexit deal in the Commons this week and there was little sign of ...
Labour edges towards a second referendum and can 'Norway Plus' fly?
12/01/2018
John McDonnell tipped the Labour party towards supporting a second Brexit referendum this week. Does ...
Theresa May struggles to sell her deal and what happens next
11/24/2018
The UK prime minister has survived a failed coup, but her Brexit deal is going nowhere. Can she sell ...
May's deal lands, Raab resigns and chaos ensues
11/17/2018
Theresa May finally struck a Brexit deal this week, but it did not please much of her Conservative p ...
A Brexit deal slowly emerges and Arron Bank's troubles
11/10/2018
Westminster is awaiting a Brexit deal but Theresa May is still facing great challenges. Will she str ...
Philip Hammond's giveaway Budget
11/03/2018
Emboldened by an OBR windfall, Britain's chancellor tossed largesse to potential Brexit problem grou ...
Brexit 'hell week' and more universal credit mishaps
10/29/2018
Negotiations between the UK and the EU are hotting up. A deal might be in sight, but can Theresa May ...
NDAs, Sir Philip Green and parliamentary privilege
10/27/2018
The allegations against Sir Philip Green were thrown into the public thanks to Lord Hain's use of pa ...
Another failed Brexit summit and bullying in the House of Commons
10/20/2018
Theresa May did not achieve a breakthrough in this week’s Brussels summit of EU leaders. So where ...
Tory conference reviewed and a tricky fortnight for Brexit
10/06/2018
The Conservative party gathered in Birmingham this week for a broadly successful if uneventful confe ...
Labour conference reviewed as the Tories head to Birmingham
09/29/2018
The opposition party's conference was a success, with Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell delivering sp ...
Troubling times in Salzburg and previewing Labour conference
09/22/2018
The British prime minister's hopes of a Brexit breakthrough at a summit this week were dealt a heavy ...
Leadership plots, Tory wars and John McDonnell's plans for workers
09/15/2018
Chatter about a leadership challenge against Theresa May has abounded this week, but is it all talk ...
Labour moves on anti-Semitism and Brexit deadlock continues
09/08/2018
Westminster returned from from its summer break this week and we discuss the two main stories that s ...
Summer interview special: Peter Mandelson
09/01/2018
Sebastian Payne speaks to the former New Labour minister about his efforts to halt Brexit through an ...
Summer interview special: Nick Boles
08/25/2018
In our fourth summer special, we speak to the Conservative MP for Grantham and Stamford in Lincolnsh ...
Summer interview special: Lisa Nandy
08/18/2018
In our third episode, we visit the town of Wigan in the north-west of England to speak to its Labour ...
Summer interview special: Jacob Rees-Mogg
08/11/2018
In the second of this series, the Financial Times speaks to the Conservative MP for North East Somer ...
Summer interview specials: Liz Truss
08/04/2018
Westminster is in recess, so this summer we are interviewing interesting MPs who will be setting the ...
What a 'no-deal' Brexit would mean and taking-out-the-trash week
07/28/2018
Talk of a crash Brexit has ramped up this week, but how likely is it actually to happen? And how bad ...
The Brexit votes and Labour's antisemitism problem
07/21/2018
The amendment votes in the House of Commons, the likely fate of Theresa May's Brexit plan and the La ...
Johnson and Davis say goodbye, Trump says hello
07/14/2018
The dual departures of two cabinet ministers this week has challenged Theresa May's authority. Where ...
Cabinet chaos special
07/10/2018
The resignation of Boris Johnson and David Davis have shook both Theresa May and the government. Seb ...
The joys of English football and the pains of Brexit
07/07/2018
We're gearing up for Saturday's World Cup match against Sweden and the announcements coming out of T ...
Cabinet ruptures and further Brexit stalemate
06/30/2018
Collective responsibility has collapsed within Theresa May’s government, so can ministers now do a ...
A big birthday gift for the NHS and a new Brexit destination emerges
06/23/2018
Theresa May is giving the NHS an extra ÂŁ20bn a year for its 70th birthday. Will it help the sufferi ...
Withdrawal bill woes and uncovering sexual harassment in Westminster
06/16/2018
Tight votes and compromises dominate this week as Theresa May’s government puts Brexit into law. B ...
Two Brexit tantrums and one year on from the botched election
06/09/2018
David Davis and Boris Johnson found themselves falling out with Theresa May this week over her Brexi ...
Northern Ireland's abortion quandary, and how to fund the NHS
06/02/2018
The Irish Republic's vote ?to end the ban on abortion has raised questions about whether their north ...
Renewal in office and where Brexit is likely to land
05/26/2018
The Conservative party's efforts to renew themselves while in government are ramping up. But how big ...
East Coast rail nationalisation and another Brexit fudge
05/19/2018
The government's decision to bring the East Coast railway back into public ownership has fuelled the ...
Brexit stalemate and tackling intergenerational unfairness
05/12/2018
Another week, another round of infighting about the customs union with no conclusion. How long ...
Stalemate in England's local elections, and the customs union debate
05/05/2018
Neither Conservatives nor Labour made big gains in this week's local elections. Is there any impetuo ...
Customs union conundrums and the upcoming local elections
04/28/2018
The May government has yet to fully decide if it will have a customs union with the EU after Brexit. ...
The Windrush fiasco and the troubles with a 2nd Brexit referendum
04/21/2018
Theresa May's government has suffered from one of its worst weeks since the general election, thanks ...
Should the UK bomb Syria, and 20 years on from the Good Friday Agreement
04/14/2018
The latest chemical weapons attack in Syria has shocked the world. Can Theresa May join Donald Trump ...
Russia's propaganda battle and knife crime in London
04/07/2018
The war of information over the events in Salisbury has become increasingly tense. Is the UK engagin ...
Corbyn's anti-Semitism woes and Sheffield's battle with trees
03/31/2018
It has been a difficult week for the Labour leader, who has struggled to stem criticisms of his stan ...
The use and abuse of data in politics - plus May's Brexit breakthrough
03/24/2018
The scandal around Cambridge Analytica has raised questions about whether data is being misused. Wil ...
Corbyn's Russia troubles and the first Spring Statement
03/17/2018
Jeremy Corbyn has taken a firm line on Russian involvement in the Salisbury attack, much to the anno ...
Salisbury under attack and Hammond's offer on financial services
03/10/2018
The attempted murder of an ex-Russian spy in Salisbury has shocked the country. If there are links t ...
Theresa May's third Brexit speech and profiling John McDonnell
03/03/2018
The prime minister delivered her vision of the UK's future relationship with the EU, did it strike t ...
Brexit chess at Chequers and Corbyn vs the media
02/24/2018
The May government has finally decided what it wants from Brexit. But will it fly in Brussels? Plus, ...
Boris blunders on Brexit and talks collapse in Belfast
02/17/2018
Boris Johnson delivered his “road to Brexit” speech this week but did not say anything new. Was ...
Trading blows over Brexit and women in politics 100 years on
02/10/2018
The UK cabinet spent hours locked in debate over what to ask for in the Brexit negotiations, but lit ...
May's travails and the end of the Anglo-Chinese golden era
02/03/2018
The prime minister went to China this week on a mission to make the case for "Global Britain". At ho ...
Boris on manoeuvres and the case for the customs union
01/27/2018
Is the foreign secretary lining up for a leadership bid? Or just frustrated at Theresa May’s leade ...
Carillion goes into liquidation and Macron comes to Britain
01/20/2018
Was the government responsible for the financial troubles at the construction giant? Is this the end ...
Theresa May’s botched reshuffle, and why the Tories are going green again
01/13/2018
The prime minister tried to make some decisive moves in her government this week - and failed. Where ...
Health, membership, rail and reshuffle conundrums for May
01/06/2018
2018 has brought a slew of domestic challenges for Theresa May, can she tackle them while keeping he ...
Farewell Damian Green and 2017 political roundup
12/22/2017
Was Theresa May’s de facto deputy right to resign? And who will replace him? Plus. a review of the ...
Phase One is complete, and can the Tory party reinvent itself?
12/16/2017
Now that the UK has a divorce settlement with the EU, how difficult is phase two going to be? Plus, ...
May’s Brexit breakthrough
12/09/2017
How did Theresa May unlock the stalled negotiations with the EU? What is in the divorce settlement? ...
Settling the Brexit bill and Corbyn vs. bankers
12/02/2017
Has the UK agreed a financial settlement with the EU? What does this mean for making progress with B ...
Hammond's Budget success and the Irish border conundrum
11/25/2017
This week's budget went without a hitch for the May government, but what does the future hold for th ...
Budget 2017 special: Fiscal Phil's housing gamble
11/22/2017
Philip Hammond delivered his autumn Budget on Wednesday - was it enough to placate his Conservative ...
The Brexit mutineers and how the City of London will survive
11/18/2017
EU legislation was back in the House of Commons this week and not all Conservative MPs were willing ...
Farewell Priti hello Penny, and solving the Northern Ireland conundrum
11/11/2017
Has Theresa May’s government been fatally weakened by the forced departure of Priti Patel? And is ...
Westminster in crisis and a raise in rates
11/04/2017
British politics is engulfed in a tide of sexual harassment allegations, where will it go next? Is i ...
Unpicking the Universal Credit crisis and Brexit wars, continued
10/28/2017
Is the government's welfare programme about to come off the rails, or can tweaks be made to ensure t ...
Theresa May’s dish of disappointment in Brussels
10/20/2017
The UK prime minister did not get the result she was hoping for at this week’s EU summit, so what ...
An eventful week for Brexit
10/14/2017
The ball is bounced back across the court in the negotiations, business worries over lack of urgency ...
Theresa May's terrible week
10/07/2017
The Conservative party conference was supposed to be the prime minister's big moment, yet her keyno ...
Labour's galvanising conference in Brighton
09/30/2017
The UK opposition party gathered for their annual conference this week and it was a success for lead ...
Theresa May's Brexit speech in Florence
09/23/2017
The UK prime minister delivered a landmark speech in Italy on Friday with the aim of unlocking the s ...
Theresa May heads to Florence, and unfreezing the pay cap
09/16/2017
The UK prime minister is set to give a big Brexit speech in Florence next week - what might she say ...
The repeal bill, and Labour's Brexit repositioning
09/08/2017
As parliament debates the legislation for Britain's EU exit, we discuss the dangers of the Henry VII ...
Brexit talks round three and will Theresa May cling on?
09/01/2017
The political news season has kicked off again with David Davis going head-to-head with Michel Barni ...
Summer special: immigration
08/25/2017
Will the UK ever manage to reduce migration levels to the "tens of thousands?" Should it? And how wi ...
Summer special: the education debate
08/18/2017
Who should pay for expanding undergraduate degrees, the shake-up of state school funding and apprent ...
Summer special: fixing Britain's housing crisis
08/12/2017
Why is the UK not building enough new homes when there is a consensus that more are desperately need ...
Summer special: the devolution revolution
08/05/2017
Britain has been promised that political power will flow from Whitehall to local government to help ...
Summer special: Brexit one year in
07/29/2017
In the first of our summer policy specials, the Financial Times examines the state of Brexit one yea ...
Brexit reset and a summer of plotting
07/22/2017
How did the second batch of talks between Britain and Brussels go? And will the Conservative leaders ...
Brexit at home and abroad
07/15/2017
As the UK prepares to enter the next round of negotiations with the EU, we discuss how much progress ...
Theresa May listens to business and Labour deselections
07/08/2017
With George Parker and Miranda Green of the Financial Times, plus commentators Paul Mason and John M ...
A good week for Theresa May, a bad one for Jeremy Corbyn
07/01/2017
The Queen's Speech is passed through the Commons, the DUP deal is sealed and Labour's splits on Brex ...
One year on since the referendum and the Queen's Speech
06/24/2017
Plus, why the Conservatives have failed to negotiate a deal with the DUP. With Jim Pickard, Miranda ...
Theresa May's future, the Grenfell fire and the end of austerity
06/17/2017
With Martin Wolf, Chris Giles, Henry Mance and Miranda Green of the Financial Times. Presented by Se ...
Election wrap-up, and how long will Theresa May last?
06/09/2017
With Janan Ganesh, Miranda Green and Matt Singh. Presented by Sebastian Payne Hosted on Acast. See a ...
General election: Theresa May loses her gamble
06/09/2017
With George Parker and Matthew Singh. Presented by Sebastian Payne Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr ...
Final week of the general election, and what Theresa May said to the FT
06/03/2017
With Roula Khalaf, George Parker, Philip Stephens, Jim Pickard and Matt Singh of the Financial Times ...
The aftermath of the Manchester terror attack
05/27/2017
A week in which Britain was shaken. And how Labour and Ukip will tackle terrorism. With George Parke ...
Week 4 of the general election and Mayism takes shape
05/20/2017
With George Parker, Robert Shrimsley, Miranda Green and Matt Singh of the Financial Times and Julian ...
Week of 3 general election and Labour's leaked manifesto
05/13/2017
How Theresa May is trying to soften her image, Ukip's decision to stand aside in many seats for the ...
Local elections: a blue wave hits Britain
05/06/2017
The Conservatives have made great gains in England and Scotland in the local and mayoral elections t ...
Week 2 of the 2017 general election and the revival of the Scottish Tories
04/29/2017
The pros and cons of tactical voting, Ukip's campaign launch, Labour's decline in the Wales and taxi ...
Week 1 of 2017 general election
04/22/2017
With George Parker, Miranda Green, Jim Pickard and Henry Mance of the Financial Times, plus pollster ...
Special: Theresa May calls a snap general election
04/18/2017
With Janan Ganesh, George Parker and Miranda Green of the Financial Times. Presented by Sebastian Pa ...
Boris' blunders and grammar schools for 'ordinary people'
04/15/2017
With Roula Khalaf, Henry Mance and Miranda Green of the Financial Times. Presented by Sebastian Payn ...
US air strikes in Syria and May's Brexit repositioning
04/08/2017
With Roula Khalaf, Janan Ganesh, David Gardner and Henry Mance. Presented by Sebastian Payne. Hosted ...
Article 50 is triggered and the Great Repeal Bill arrives
04/01/2017
With George Parker, James Blitz and Kate Allan. plus Henry Newman from Open Europe. Presented by Seb ...
The attack on Westminster and Northern Ireland after Martin McGuinness
03/24/2017
With Robert Shrimsley, Jim Pickard, Vincent Boland and Miranda Green, Presented by Jonathan Derbyshi ...
Scotland's indyref2 and May vs. Hammond
03/18/2017
With Chris Giles, James Blitz, Mure Dickie and Kate Allen. Presented by Sebastian Payne. Hosted on A ...
The Budget unravels and the break up of the UK
03/11/2017
With the FT's George Parker, Sarah O'Connor, Henry Mance and Vincent Boland. Presented by Sebastian ...
Spring Budget 2017 special
03/08/2017
With Martin Wolf of the FT, political commentator Miranda Green and Rupert Harrison of BlackRock, fo ...
The Lords get a little difficult, and Ukip's civil war
03/04/2017
With James Blitz, Jim Pickard and Henry Mance of the FT, political commentator Miranda Green and Joh ...
The Stoke and Copeland by-elections and where they leave the parties now
02/25/2017
With the FT's George Parker, Jim Pickard, Andy Bounds and Miranda Green. Presented by Jonathan Derby ...
Tony Blair's speech and the scene in Stoke and Copeland
02/18/2017
With Kate Allen and Andy Bounds of the FT and political commentator John McTernan. Presented by Seba ...
Article 50 moves forward and the coup attempt against John Bercow
02/10/2017
With Jim Pickard, Miranda Green, Robert Shrimsley and Henry Mance. Presented by Sebastian Payne. Hos ...
A big week for Brexit and the Lib Dem fight-back
02/04/2017
With George Parker, Philip Stephens, Henry Mance and Miranda Green of the Financial Times. Presented ...
Theresa May goes to Washington and Labour's by-election challenges
01/28/2017
With Janan Ganesh, Gideon Rachman and Andrew Bounds from the Financial Times, plus Matt Singh of Num ...
The Supreme Court decision on Article 50
01/24/2017
With the FT's legal correspondent Jane Croft and legal commentator David Allen Green. Presented by S ...
May's big Brexit moment and Trump's arrival on the world stage
01/21/2017
With George Parker, Philip Stephens, Jim Pickard and Brooke Masters of the Financial Times. Presente ...
NHS trouble for May and Corbyn trips on immigration
01/14/2017
With the FT's Philip Stephens, Robert Shrimsley, Jim Pickard and Kate Allen. Presented by Sebastian ...
Goodbye Sir Ivan, hello Sir Tim
01/07/2017
With Alex Barker, James Blitz and Daniel Dombey of the Financial Times. Presented by Sebastian Payn ...
2016 politics review
12/24/2016
With Gillian Tett, Martin Wolf, George Parker and Henry Mance. Presented by Sebastian Payne. Hosted ...
Mrs May goes to Brussels and the Southern rail strike
12/17/2016
With George Parker, James Blitz and Robert Wright. Presented by Sebastian Payne. Hosted on Acast. Se ...
Brexit arrives in the Supreme Court and the Commons
12/10/2016
With George Parker, Philip Stephens, David Allen Green and Jane Croft. Presented by Sebastian Payne. ...
The Lib Dems seize Richmond Park and the rise of Paul Nuttall
12/03/2016
With George Parker, Jim Pickard and Miranda Green from the Financial Times, plus Marcus Roberts from ...
Autumn Statement 2016 special
11/24/2016
Discussion with George Parker, the FT political editor; Stephanie Flanders, chief market strategist ...
A difficult week of Brexit and dealing with 'fake news'
11/19/2016
With Janan Ganesh, George Parker, Robert Shirmsley, David Bond and Renee Kaplan of the Financial Tim ...
The Trump effect on British foreign policy
11/12/2016
With Roula Khalaf, Philip Stephens, Janan Ganesh and James Blitz of the Financial Times. Presented b ...
Inside US election night
11/09/2016
FT reporters discuss how the election night unfolded from the inside, what the pollsters missed, and ...
The Article 50 ruling and Mark Carney stays in London
11/05/2016
With George Parker, Martin Wolf, Chris Giles, David Allen Green and Jane Croft of the Financial Time ...
US election countdown: The final push
11/03/2016
As Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump criss-cross the same few battleground states in the run up to el ...
Britain's economy after Brexit and Heathrow takes off
10/28/2016
With Martin Wolf and Janan Ganesh of the Financial Times, plus political adviser Julian Glover and R ...
US election countdown: After the vote
10/27/2016
As the presidential campaign draws to a close, the FT's Courtney Weaver and Shawn Donnan discuss wha ...
100 days of May and the implosion of Ukip
10/22/2016
With George Parker and Robert Shrimsley of the Financial Times, plus Matthew Goodwin, senior fellow ...
US election countdown: The final debate
10/20/2016
The FT's Demetri Sevastopulo and Sam Fleming break down the big moments of the final debate, from Pu ...
Brexit: Has Theresa May given away too much or too little? Plus, Labour returns
10/15/2016
With George Parker and James Blitz of the Financial Times, Marcus Roberts of YouGov and political co ...
US election countdown: Trump's October surprise
10/13/2016
How will voters and the rest of the Republican party respond to the latest scandals to hit Donald Tr ...
Theresa May targets the elite, and has business any clarity on Brexit?
10/08/2016
With George Parker, Gideon Rachman, Sarah Gordon and Daniel Dombey of the Financial Times. Presented ...
US election countdown: Veteran voters and Ohio
10/06/2016
Can Donald Trump shore up the US veteran vote in spite of his rhetoric? Will the state of Ohio carry ...
Theresa's Tory conference challenges and Whitehall's plan for Brexit
10/01/2016
With George Parker, Janan Ganesh, Sarah Gordon and James Blitz of the Financial Times. Presented by ...
US election countdown: Apathy in North Carolina and the Florida ground game
09/29/2016
Will apathy for Hillary Clinton among black voters in North Carolina help Donald Trump in the southe ...
What next for Labour and whither George Osborne?
09/24/2016
With George Parker, Robert Shrimsley and Jim Pickard of the FT and John McTernan, political strategi ...
US election countdown: Terror and race come to the fore
09/23/2016
Bombings in New York and New Jersey, and riots in North Carolina have thrust issues of national secu ...
Green light for Hinkley and political exit for Cameron
09/17/2016
With George Parker, Philip Stephens and Jim Pickard of the Financial Times. Presented by Sebastian P ...
US election countdown: Medical watch and a tamed Trump
09/15/2016
Has Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway successfully tamed the Republican candidate? Will Hillar ...
Tricky Brexit decisions and the return of grammar schools
09/10/2016
With George Parker, Chris Giles, Miranda Green and Helen Warrell of the Financial Times. Presented b ...
US election countdown: A trip to the Mexican border
09/09/2016
Why has immigration become such a sticking point in the presidential election at a time when fewer a ...
Theresa May's Brexit decisions and Ukip leadership race
09/02/2016
With Henry Mance and James Blitz of the Financial Times. Presented by Sebastian Payne. Hosted on Aca ...
Nigel Farage goes to America and Joseph Chamberlain's legacy
08/27/2016
With Gideon Rachman, Robert Shrimsley, Giles Wilkes and Alan Beattie of the Financial Times. Present ...
Britain's Olympic success and Labour's new defence policies
08/20/2016
With Janan Ganesh, Gideon Rachman, Sam Jones, Roger Blitz and Peter Chapman from the Financial Times ...
Problems with railways and the devolution revolution
08/12/2016
With Robert Wright, Andrew Bounds and Henry Mance of the Financial Times, plus rail commentator Chri ...
Theresa May's method, and diplomatic Brexit pitfalls
08/05/2016
With the FT's Sarah Gordon, Gideon Rachman, Henry Mance and Arthur Beesley. presented by Jonathan De ...
Brexit abroad and Hinkley Point
07/30/2016
With the FT's Janan Ganesh, Tony Barber, Kiran Stacey and Nick Butler. Presented by Sebastian Payne. ...
Theresa May and Brexit, plus Jeremy Corbyn vs Owen Smith
07/23/2016
With Philip Stephens, Jim Pickard and James Blitz of the FT and Marcus Roberts, from the pollster Yo ...
Theresa May's first days as prime minister, plus Labour's leadership struggle
07/16/2016
With Robert Shrimsley and Philip Stephens of the FT, John McTernan, former adviser to Tony Blair, a ...
US election countdown: Trump eyes his running mate
07/14/2016
How will Donald Trump and his expected running mate Mike Pence, the governor of Indiana, reconcile t ...
Theresa May, Brexit Britain's prime minster
07/11/2016
Andrea Leadsom dropped out of the Tory leadership contest on Monday, anointing Theresa May as the ne ...
Theresa May vs. Andrea Leadsom, plus the impact of Chilcot
07/08/2016
With Martin Wolf, Philip Stephens, Roula Khalaf and James Blitz from the Financial Times. Presented ...
Brexit Britain - the political storm
07/01/2016
With Robert Shrimsley, James Blitz, Philip Stephens and Jim Pickard of the FT, Iain Martin, author ...
Brexit Britain - what happens next
06/24/2016
With Gideon Rachman, Janan Ganesh, Chris Giles and Sarah Gordon. Presented by Sebastian Payne. Hoste ...
US election countdown: Trump attempts a presidential pivot
06/23/2016
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump showed signs of a shift in campaign strategy this wee ...
Jo Cox MP - a tribute
06/18/2016
With Jim Pickard, Robert Shrimsley and James Blitz, plus Labour MP Alison McGovern. Presented by Seb ...
US election countdown: National security in the spotlight
06/16/2016
The White House candidates each fought to promise greater safety for citizens, with pledges to defea ...
The day after Brexit
06/10/2016
A special podcast on what will happen if Britain votes to leave the EU. With Chris Giles, George Par ...
US election countdown: Sanders won't back down
06/09/2016
What is motivating Bernie Sanders to stay in an already decided primary race? How did Hillary clinch ...
Momentum for Brexit and fixing migration in the U.K.
06/04/2016
With Martin Wolf, Janan Ganesh and Lisa Pollack from the Financial Times - plus Labour commentator A ...
Immigration vs. economics
05/27/2016
With Jim Pickard, Robert Shrimsley and John Burn-Murdoch from the Financial Times, plus Matt Singh f ...
US election countdown: Emailgate returns, and Sanders continues to fight
05/26/2016
Will another report criticising Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server haunt her presidenti ...
The Queen's Speech and Borismania
05/21/2016
With George Parker, Gideon Rachman, Henry Mance and James Blitz of the Financial Times. Presented by ...
US election countdown: Can Donald Trump get the female vote?
05/19/2016
How will Donald Trump's treatment of women affect his race to the White House? Will the Republican e ...
Week two of the EU referendum campaign
05/14/2016
With Sarah Gordon, Jonathan Ford and James Blitz from the Financial Times, plus political commentato ...
US election countdown: Trump and the GOP attempt to make nice
05/12/2016
What will it take for House speaker Paul Ryan and the Republican establishment to fully endorse Dona ...
2016 local and regional elections special
05/06/2016
With the FT's George Parker, Philip Stephens and Jim Pickard, plus Labour commentator John McTernan. ...
US election countdown: Fast forward to the general race
05/06/2016
How would Hillary Clinton have to change course to compete with Donald Trump in the general election ...
Labour's Jewish problem and Brexit economics
04/30/2016
With Martin Wolf, Robert Shrimsley and James Blitz from the Financial Times, plus Andrew Lilico from ...
US election countdown: Trump and Clinton make their moves
04/29/2016
Did Donald Trump pick up any votes with his foreign policy speech? Will Bernie Sanders drop out of t ...
Barack Obama visits Britain and the march of academies
04/23/2016
With Roula Khalaf, Philip Stephens, Gonzalo Vina and Isabel Berwick of the Financial Times. Presente ...
The EU referendum campaign begins
04/16/2016
With Janan Ganesh, Sarah Gordon and Jim Pickard of the Financial Times, plus Labour commentator Ayes ...
Impact of the Panama Papers and how young voters could mean Brexit
04/09/2016
With Jo Maugham QC, Suzanne Evans of Ukip and Marcus Roberts of YouGov, plus George Parker and Henry ...
The British steel crisis and the national living wage
04/01/2016
Sir Vince Cable, the former business secretary, joins Kiran Stacey, Martin Wolf and Martin Sandbu of ...
The political impact of Brussels and the return of the Tory wars
03/26/2016
Roula Khalaf, Gideon Rachman, George Parker and Janan Ganesh of the Financial Times discuss how the ...
Budget 2016 special
03/17/2016
Stephanie Flanders, former BBC economics editor and chief market strategist at JP Morgan, plus Ruper ...
Brexit royalty and Tony Blair's shadow
03/12/2016
George Parker and Sarah Gordon of the Financial Times, plus Marcus Roberts from YouGov, discuss whet ...
Ed Balls on global politics and fear in the Brexit campaign
03/05/2016
Gideon Rachman, Janan Ganesh and George Parker of the Financial Times, plus former shadow chancellor ...
British sovereignty and a lack of Labour
02/27/2016
Philip Stephens of the Financial Times, plus Ayesha Hazarika and Andrew Gimson, discuss whether the ...
EU referendum special: the deal, Boris Johnson and Michael Gove
02/22/2016
George Parker, Philip Stephens and Janan Ganesh of the Financial Times discuss the deal David Camero ...
Who's right in the junior doctor's strike and the EU referendum on Fleet Street
02/13/2016
Robert Shrimsley, Henry Mance, Sarah Neville and Emily Cadman of the Financial Times discuss what ha ...
Britain and Europe: Cameron's deal, and are we better in or out?
02/06/2016
Philip Stephens, Janan Ganesh and Kate Allen of the Financial Times, plus Rob Oxley of Vote Leave an ...
The latest Google tax saga and how Jeremy Corbyn is helping Ukip
01/30/2016
John Gapper, Vanessa Houlder and Janan Ganesh of the Financial Times, plus Ayesha Hazarika , discuss ...
The highs and lows of Cameron's EU negotiations and why Labour lost the election
01/23/2016
George Parker, Philip Stephens, Janan Ganesh and Jim Pickard of the Financial Times, plus Matt Singh ...
The Tory EU wars begin and Scotland's economic woes
01/16/2016
George Parker, Kate Allan, Chris Giles and Kiran Stacey of the Financial Times discuss what has bee ...
Will Europe sink the Tories and Corbyn's first reshuffle
01/09/2016
Janan Ganesh, John McTernan, George Parker and Jim Pickard discuss what has been happening in Westmi ...
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