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    • Thursday, 30 June, 2022
      Sebastian Payne
      Boris Johnson bets on reviving fears of a ‘coalition of chaos’

      To defeat the Lib Dems, PM intends to put the same stark choice to voters that worked for the Tories in 2015

    • Friday, 24 June, 2022
      Tim Bale
      Lessons for Conservatives from the double by-election blow

      Scores of other seats could go the way of Tiverton and Honiton and fall to the Lib Dems; the message from Wakefield for Labour is less clear

    • Wednesday, 11 May, 2022
      Inside Politics
      Now is not the time for the UK to stoke a trade war with the EU

      Plus, why Labour performed better than we expected in the local elections, and the plan to fight inflation stays secret

    • Friday, 6 May, 2022
      UK local elections: four key takeaways

      Capital punishment for the Tories; mixed fortunes for Labour in ‘red wall’ areas; Lib Dems make more progress in south

    • Friday, 6 May, 2022
      Pressure on Johnson as Tories suffer losses in UK local elections

      Labour gains in some parts of country marred by police investigation of ‘potential’ lockdown breaches

    • Friday, 6 May, 2022
      News in-depth
      Boris Johnson seeks to make best of a bad set of poll results

      Tory MPs show little appetite to try to remove PM as Labour makes limited gains at councils outside London

    • Friday, 6 May, 2022
      Instant InsightRobert Shrimsley
      Five early lessons from the local elections

      London, where Labour triumphed, is not England — spotty results outside the capital carry warnings for both parties

    • Friday, 6 May, 2022
      Inside PoliticsStephen Bush
      Roadblocks remain for both Labour and Conservatives in path to Commons majority

      Plus, the symbolic value of Labour’s Barnet win and a 2018 throwback

    • Thursday, 5 May, 2022
      Inside Politics
      UK local elections: Winners, losers and pretenders

      Plus, political commentating in the small hours and Labour’s plan to fight inflation

    • Thursday, 5 May, 2022
      Johnson braced for Lib Dem assault on Tory ‘blue wall’

      Local elections are expected to be stern test for the Conservatives in south west England

    • Tuesday, 3 May, 2022
      News in-depth
      Can the Conservatives hold on to their flagship London council?

      Local elections in Wandsworth will show whether Boris Johnson has become a liability for the party in the capital

    • Friday, 29 April, 2022
      Inside Politics
      The UK’s next general election hangs on NHS waiting lists

      Plus, why targeted ads can backfire on a political party’s tactics

    • Friday, 29 April, 2022
      News in-depth
      Labour looks to kick-start its Scottish fortunes in Glasgow

      The opposition party is hoping to mount a revival north of the border in local elections next week

    • Monday, 25 April, 2022
      Tory MPs braced for loss of hundreds of seats in local elections

      Several say poor result could trigger vote of confidence in Johnson’s leadership

    • Sunday, 24 April, 2022
      News in-depthUK politics & policy
      ‘He’s lost it’: Anger at Boris Johnson sets tone for local elections

      Conservatives expect partygate to hit support but many voters in bellwether of Dudley unconvinced by Labour leader Starmer

    • Monday, 11 April, 2022
      Conservative Party UK
      Tories fear Sunak tax row will hurt party at local elections

      Controversy could add to issues around cost of living crisis and partygate scandal

    • Tuesday, 15 March, 2022
      Sebastian Payne
      Conservatives hope May’s local elections will bolster their ‘red wall’

      The UK bellwether constituency of Sunderland has been a Labour redoubt for decades but this could be about to change

    • Thursday, 17 February, 2022
      Labour Party UK
      Labour and Lib Dems in informal ‘non-aggression’ pact before next UK election

      Parties to concentrate resources on seats where each is most likely to beat the Tories

    • Saturday, 12 February, 2022
      Paula Surridge
      A warning from those who ‘lent’ their votes to the Conservatives

      Focus groups of voters who turned away from Labour in ‘red wall’ areas show the Tories can’t count on continued support

    • Saturday, 18 December, 2021
      Lewis Baston
      Lib Dems and Labour should forget the mutual peevishness to target the Tories

      The message from the North Shropshire by-election is one of mutual dependence despite the recriminations 

    • Wednesday, 15 December, 2021
      News in-depthUK politics & policy
      Johnson braced for closely fought parliamentary by-election

      Pressure on his premiership will intensify if the Tories lose constituency to the Lib Dems

    • Sunday, 12 December, 2021
      News in-depthUK politics & policy
      Sleaze and scandal threaten Tories in one of their safest seats

      Voters prepare to ‘rock’ Boris Johnson’s government in North Shropshire by-election on Thursday

    • Saturday, 11 December, 2021
      Tim Bale
      Johnson’s woes are multiplied if he cannot ‘unite the right’

      Lessons from the 2019 general election show the Conservatives are vulnerable as a midterm by-election looms

    • Monday, 6 December, 2021
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      Britain’s left needs more than informal pacts

      Talk of alliance between Labour and the Liberal Democrats is a distraction

    • Friday, 3 December, 2021
      Tories win Bexley by-election in relief for Johnson

      Labour unable to take full advantage of prime minister’s problems but populist Reform UK performs strongly

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