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    • Thursday, 8 June, 2023
      UK general election
      Undecided voters muddy Labour prospects as it surveys UK’s bleak economic terrain

      Team Starmer may need an injection of that ‘hopey-changey stuff’ to pull off an election win

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      Humza Yousaf, assailed on many fronts, struggles to move on from Sturgeon era

      First minister beset by policy disputes in his first 10 weeks amid ongoing police investigation into SNP finances

    • Tuesday, 6 June, 2023
      Labour Party UK
      Labour’s green revolution plan may stretch its economic promises

      Also in this newsletter, the government seemingly hangs back during CBI’s hour of need

    • Monday, 5 June, 2023
      UK politics & policy
      Sunak readies for talks on ties, AI and baseball in upcoming US trip

      Also in this newsletter, Labour gains a low-key megadonor keen on helping it fight the next election

    • Friday, 2 June, 2023
      UK politics & policy
      Covid inquiry legal fight: a sideshow to broader quarrel about WhatsApp

      Spread of informal messaging across departments raises concerns of slapdash decision-making

    • Thursday, 1 June, 2023
      Brexit
      Brexit was built on two irreconcilable visions

      Next Tory leadership election will be set against backdrop of MPs lamenting electoral deal struck to deliver Britain’s departure from EU

    • Wednesday, 31 May, 2023
      Ben Houchen
      Probe into devolution’s poster child may cast long shadow over regional projects

      Government inquiry into Ben Houchen’s Teesside regeneration scheme will not necessarily weaken area’s Conservative support

    • Tuesday, 30 May, 2023
      Labour Party UK
      Labour stores up trouble over its plans to curb immigration

      Investment in skills is one part of the solution, but is unlikely to lead to meaningful reductions in numbers alone

    • Friday, 26 May, 2023
      Global migration
      The old cycle of British immigration policy is unwinding

      Why novelty (and the lack thereof) have a part to play in changing societal and political impacts following migration waves

    • Thursday, 25 May, 2023
      UK politics & policy
      Sunak is doomed either way on immigration

      Backing calls to lower record migration levels is one thing, actually swallowing the costs is another

    • Wednesday, 24 May, 2023
      UK politics & policy
      Partygate and a government crackdown on overseas students: old stories return anew

      Plus, UK net migration target is far removed from rest of government’s political aims

    • Tuesday, 23 May, 2023
      UK politics & policy
      Reduced immigration demands do not align with realities of low funding

      The Conservative party needs to address issue of spending on skills and staffing

    • Monday, 22 May, 2023
      UK politics & policy
      Braverman in speeding saga as net migration row spills into open

      Allies attribute revelations to a smear against home secretary

    • Friday, 19 May, 2023
      UK general election
      The vanishing chances of a hung parliament

      A breakdown of what the 2023 local votes and past general elections suggest for future outcomes

    • Thursday, 18 May, 2023
      Labour Party UK
      Labour’s gamble on building on greenbelt

      Also in this newsletter, Stellantis’s post-Brexit woes offer way of thinking about EU-UK relations under a Starmer-led government

    • Wednesday, 17 May, 2023
      UK politics & policy
      Cabinet battles over big immigration numbers break out into the open

      Plus, why we should be wary of some wacky Labour policies hitting the headlines

    • Tuesday, 16 May, 2023
      Conservative Party UK
      Marking out the paths to victory

      A big part of Suella Braverman’s speech was about positioning herself for the leadership race. But it comes at a cost for the government

    • Monday, 15 May, 2023
      UK politics & policy
      Bosses beware: Labour’s right to disconnect is a sign of things to come

      Also in this newsletter, Labour to increase trade union powers, and Priti Patel’s accusation of a managed decline of the Conservative party

    • Friday, 12 May, 2023
      UK politics & policy
      Sunak’s five-pledge strategy takes a hit as BoE revises inflation forecast

      Also in this newsletter, Labour misconduct allegations spark anger among female MPs and vetting backlog poses threat to national security

    • Thursday, 11 May, 2023
      UK politics & policy
      Badenoch’s leadership prospects in balance as bonfire of EU laws scrapped

      Business secretary is at risk of being neither the candidate of her establishment supporters or her allies on the Brexiter right

    • Wednesday, 10 May, 2023
      UK politics & policy
      Khan calls for urgent review after Met ‘regret’ over anti-monarchy arrests

      Also in this newsletter, next steps for the Public Order Act and reigniting calls for police reform

    • Tuesday, 9 May, 2023
      UK politics & policy
      No good options left for Rishi Sunak

      Whatever choices the PM makes after the Tories’ local election drubbing will upset somebody

    • Friday, 5 May, 2023
      UK local elections
      Tories look set to suffer heavy losses in local elections defeat

      Also in this newsletter, many results still yet to declare, and differing numbers between BBC’s PNS and Sky’s NEV

    • Thursday, 4 May, 2023
      UK local elections
      How ‘local’ are the local elections?

      Most of today’s results will reflect how voters feel about the parties nationally, rather than being about how councils have performed locally

    • Wednesday, 3 May, 2023
      UK local elections
      Starmer U-turns on pledge to abolish tuition fees

      Also in this newsletter, Labour tries to reignite the ‘red wall’, and Conservatives focus attack on Sue Gray appointment

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