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    • Friday, 29 September, 2023
      UK political party conferences
      Labour beats Tories in conference battle to lure business exhibitors

      Starmer’s charm offensive pays off as number of companies buying stands rises ahead of UK general election

      A Labour stall at last year’s conference
    • Friday, 29 September, 2023
      Inside Politics
      Will Sunak’s ‘plan for motorists’ cut through to local votes?

      While polling shows ‘anti-car’ schemes split opinion, Tory councillors tend to oppose them, occasionally reaping rewards

      A sign which says ‘no to 20’
    • Thursday, 28 September, 2023
      Britain after Brexit
      Why the Lib Dem’s Ed Davey doesn’t use the B-word Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: how inflation is flattering UK trade figures

      Ed Davey
    • Monday, 25 September, 2023
      UK politics
      Lib Dems vow to knock down Tory ‘blue wall’ in south of England

      Ed Davey’s party accused of watering down policies to pander to Conservative voters

    • Monday, 25 September, 2023
      Liberal Democrats UK
      Lib Dems receive £1mn donation in boost to election war chest

      Funding comes as party targets rural Conservative seats in next year’s polls

      Liberal Democrat merchandise on sale at the party’s annual conference
    • Saturday, 23 September, 2023
      News in-depthUK by-elections
      The anti-Tory vote ‘will be split’: Labour and Lib Dems slug it out in key by-election

      Conservatives handed potential lifeline in Mid Bedfordshire following the resignation of Nadine Dorries

      Gill Merrick, with husband Paul, talks with Lib Dem candidate Emma Holland-Lindsay, left, andDaisy Cooper, the  party’s deputy leade
    • Friday, 22 September, 2023
      News in-depthUK politics
      Why Rishi Sunak thinks his net zero gamble will revive Tory prospects

      The UK prime minister is hoping he can use concern over the costs of the green transition as a potent political weapon

    • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
      UK politics
      Rishi Sunak keeps relief in check after week of upbeat UK economy data

      Prime minister and chancellor Jeremy Hunt recognise more pain lies ahead for many voters even as inflation falls

    • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
      Inside Politics
      Tories are stuck in a short- and long-term crisis

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

      Rishi Sunak leaves after a speech
    • Wednesday, 20 September, 2023
      Robert Shrimsley
      Sunak’s Conservatives are betting against the future

      There has been a breakdown in the economic promise that previously swung voters to the right as they got older

      Illustration of a chart line which is mostly red with a short section of blue. Above the red line is a crawling baby, then a child, then an adult and an older adult. Above the blue line is a very old person and a grave
    • Wednesday, 20 September, 2023
      Inside Politics
      Sunak’s net zero motives are ideological, not electoral

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

      Rishi Sunak
    • Monday, 18 September, 2023
      Labour Party UK
      Labour’s fudging on HS2 tells us a lot about its election priorities

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

      Keir Starmer at a press conference at the Labour party headquarters in March 2023
    • Wednesday, 13 September, 2023
      Labour Party UK
      Starmer would seek EU deal on migrants to thwart smugglers

      Labour leader’s push to sharpen foreign policy profile to include meeting with Macron in Paris

      Sir Keir Starmer
    • Sunday, 10 September, 2023
      State pension triple lock
      Sunak refuses pensions ‘triple lock’ commitment for Tory manifesto

      Premier risks backlash from MPs fearful of alienating older voters in general election

      Rishi Sunak speaks to the media during the G20 summit in New Delhi
    • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
      News in-depthLabour Party UK
      Five times Keir Starmer has changed tack on policy

      Labour leader has performed U-turns and trimmed reform plans in effort to maximise the party’s electoral appeal

      Keir Starmer
    • Tuesday, 5 September, 2023
      News in-depthUK politics
      Sunak and Starmer draw up battle lines for the next election

      The prime minister and Labour leader are gearing up for a long campaign

      Rishi Sunak and Kier Starmer
    • Monday, 4 September, 2023
      Labour Party UK
      Keir Starmer hands Blairite MPs key roles in Labour reshuffle

      Opposition party leader’s rejig of top team likely to be last before election expected next year

      Keir Starmer
    • Saturday, 2 September, 2023
      Labour Party UK
      Starmer’s Labour has ‘a lot to learn’ from Blair, Reeves says

      Party’s platform must differ from New Labour era because it faces different circumstances, shadow chancellor says

      shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves
    • Saturday, 2 September, 2023
      John McTernan
      Starmer needs to sing a more confident song

      To ensure voters understand what Labour stands for, the party leader must come out swinging

      Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour party is far ahead in the polls
    • Sunday, 27 August, 2023
      Labour Party UK
      Rachel Reeves rules out wealth tax under Labour

      Shadow chancellor asserts party’s commitment to fiscal discipline, pledges to hold down public spending

      Rachel Reeves
    • Wednesday, 23 August, 2023
      News in-depthLabour Party UK
      Labour MPs fear being outflanked from the left by SNP in by-election

      Keir Starmer’s socially conservative stance threatens to alienate voters in Scotland ahead of general election

      Kier Starmer in front of Labour banner
    • Wednesday, 23 August, 2023
      Stephen Bush
      The real problem of Rubbish Rishi

      Downing Street’s agonising over whether he should fight the next UK election as nasty or nice is beside the point

      Illustration of two-faced Rishi Sunak where nice and nasty Rishi are looking in opposite directions
    • Friday, 18 August, 2023
      Inside Politics
      Diluting worker pledges leaves Labour open to fire from all sides

      Risks of the party’s strategy heighten as officials enjoy less freedom to tailor messages to certain audiences

      Labour leader Keir Starmer speaks to a local resident in Exeter, England
    • Tuesday, 8 August, 2023
      Janan Ganesh
      The oneness of Ron DeSantis and Rishi Sunak

      Both men are uncharismatic, populist pretenders — and prematurely written-off

      montage of Ron DeSantis and Rishi Sunak
    • Wednesday, 2 August, 2023
      UK politics
      Lib Dems target more than a dozen English seats at next general election

      Recent by-election wins ignite party’s ambitions in south

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