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UK politics

  • Monday, 9 December, 2024
    Stephen Bush
    Good ideas know no borders

    There is something narrow-minded about criticising a British politician for being ‘America-brained’

    Ewan White illustration of a magician pulling a lightbulb out of a hat
  • Monday, 9 December, 2024
    Thames Water
    UK should temporarily take over Thames Water, says ex-government adviser

    Dieter Helm warns biggest water utility risks a ‘slow death’ that could spread to other companies

    A Thames Water van
  • Monday, 9 December, 2024
    Inside Politics
    Civil service reform must tackle pay and promotion

    Frozen public sector wages and tax thresholds create unhelpful incentives, leading to recruitment woes on Whitehall

    Civil servants demonstrate outside the department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and the department of Revenue and Customs in London
  • Monday, 9 December, 2024
    Martin Wolf
    The benefits and limits of privatisation

    We can draw important lessons from the UK’s varied experience

    Holidaymakers play and relax on Borth Beach next to a storm overflow pipe that discharges into the sea
  • Sunday, 8 December, 2024
    UK housebuilding
    New UK planning rules will bypass councils to fast-track housebuilding

    Housing secretary Angela Rayner says ministers will be ‘grasping the nettle’ in system overhaul

    Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner addresses the Local Government Association
  • Sunday, 8 December, 2024
    News in-depthLaw
    Mastercard settlement puts UK class action lawsuits on trial

    Financial backer of landmark case complains £200mn deal ‘too low’, as other large companies face wave of claims

  • Sunday, 8 December, 2024
    Brexit
    EU will demand early fish deal in UK reset talks

    Requirement among red lines drawn up by Brussels ahead of 2025 negotiations

    Fishing in the North Sea
  • Saturday, 7 December, 2024
    Brexit
    Rachel Reeves to pledge ‘ambitious’ economic partnership with EU

    UK chancellor will promise to fully honour post-Brexit deals in meeting with bloc’s finance ministers

    Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves
  • Friday, 6 December, 2024
    UK government spending
    Starmer to launch major government spending review

    Ministers told to make their case for money from tight public funds

    Prime Minister Keir Starmer and chancellor Rachel Reeves at Downing Street last month
  • Friday, 6 December, 2024
    UK honours system
    Tory donor Lord Ranger and tech baron Lawrence Jones lose UK honours

    A total of six people were stripped of their awards by the King

    Rami Ranger (left)  and Lawrence Jones (right)
  • Friday, 6 December, 2024
    UK political party funding
    Nigel Farage’s biggest backer tried to send donation via associate

    Christopher Harborne wanted to avoid perception that party only had one big supporter, according to messages

    Christopher Harborne
  • Friday, 6 December, 2024
    Inside Politics
    How Starmer wants to sharpen Whitehall is unclear

    PM speech may herald a Starmerite era of public sector reform mirroring that of Tony Blair, but it faces economic challenges

    Keir Starmer gives a speech at Pinewood Studios
  • Friday, 6 December, 2024
    Data PointsJohn Burn-Murdoch
    What if the UK isn’t actually the sick man of Europe?

    Britain’s illness-related inactivity crisis looks increasingly like a mirage

    Montage image of a medical professional taking a blood pressure reading from a patient
  • Friday, 6 December, 2024
    UK tax
    UK’s largest estates pay an average of £9mn in inheritance tax

    Wealthiest estates face prospect of higher rates of liability following the Budget

  • Friday, 6 December, 2024
    Rachel Reeves
    We need the best of business innovation in government

    Growth that does not make working people better off is pointless

    Rachel Reeves and Sir Keir Starmer visit construction workers and apprentices in the City of London
  • Friday, 6 December, 2024
    UK trade
    UK’s balanced trade with US reduces risk of fresh Trump tariffs, says Reynolds

    Focus on services may mean Britain does not face ire of incoming US president, business secretary tells FT summit

    Jonathan Reynolds speaking to George Parker at the FT Global Boardroom
  • Thursday, 5 December, 2024
    News in-depth
    How reachable are Keir Starmer’s new policy ‘milestones’?

    Targets aimed at showing voters that government is on track vary wildly in ambition, experts say

    Montage shows Sir Keir Starmer, newbuild housing and an NHS worker with an elderly patient against a data background
  • Thursday, 5 December, 2024
    Political Fix podcast38 min listen
    Will Starmer’s new milestones become millstones?

    In a live event of the show, the team reviews Labour’s first five months

  • Thursday, 5 December, 2024
    UK honours system
    Sadiq Khan to be knighted in New Year honours list

    Political veterans including Labour MP Emily Thornberry and ousted Tory mayor Andy Street to receive gongs

    Andy Street, Emily Thornberry and Sadiq Khan
  • Thursday, 5 December, 2024
    Marks & Spencer Group PLC
    M&S wins approval to demolish and redevelop flagship Oxford Street store

    Permission from housing secretary to knock down art deco building in central London caps lengthy battle by retailer

    Marks and Spencer’s store in Oxford Stree, London
  • Thursday, 5 December, 2024
    Stephen Bush
    Missing: a clear direction for Starmer

    Labour’s obsession with winning the next election is distorting government

    Illustration of Keir Starmer hanging from the clock of Big Ben, pushing back the minute hand
  • Thursday, 5 December, 2024
    UK economy
    UK businesses expect lower margins and higher prices after Budget

    Survey finds 54% of companies plan to raise prices in 2025 after national insurance increase

    The London city skyline
  • Thursday, 5 December, 2024
    Keir Starmer waters down UK clean power target in policy reset

    PM also redefines economic growth goals as he sets out ‘milestones’ for government

    Keir Starmer delivering his ‘Plan for Change’ speech at Pinewood film studios near London on Thursday
  • Thursday, 5 December, 2024
    Inside Politics
    Starmer, it’s all about delivering on those pledges

    Labour’s biggest problem remains its promises on income tax, value added tax and national insurance

    Keir Starmer speaking at a press conference with a ‘5 Missions For A Better Britain’ logo in the background
  • Thursday, 5 December, 2024
    UK schools
    Lee Child and Malorie Blackman urge English literature syllabus reform

    More than 180 authors and publishers warn that writers of colours are under-represented in school curriculum

    Malorie Blackman, Lee Child, Ali Smith
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