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Tuesday, 26 September, 2023

Monday, 25 September, 2023

Why the Liberal Democrats are worth watching

Also in this newsletter, controversy after Chris Kaba shooting investigation has provoked questionable responses from Scotland Yard and Home Office

Friday, 22 September, 2023

UK schools

Sunak’s worthy A-level reforms held back by fantasies on tax

While there is cross-party support for a ‘British baccalaureate’, PM is yet to get ball rolling in any meaningful way

Thursday, 21 September, 2023

Conservative Party UK

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

Wednesday, 20 September, 2023

Rishi Sunak

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

Tuesday, 19 September, 2023

Liz Truss

Truss ducks her thorniest problem in bid to stay relevant

Blaming external forces becomes especially attractive in opposition and sidesteps confronting internal divisions

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

Friday, 15 September, 2023

UK immigration

Starmer prioritises control over unrealistic aim of ‘stopping the boats’

Also in this newsletter, Rishi Sunak needs to rely on opposition party votes occasionally if he wants to make his mark

Thursday, 14 September, 2023

Conservative Party UK

The post-Sunak Tory party belongs to the right

Centre-right leadership contenders who claim they can win elections will seem less convincing after a painful defeat

Wednesday, 13 September, 2023

UK politics

Sunak must not avoid arguing with his party as his star plummets

Also in this newsletter, Britain’s botched hosting of two Soviet dignitaries in 1956

Tuesday, 12 September, 2023

UK politics

What the spy saga reveals about UK-China relations

The inevitable consequence of events will mean further demands for greater distance

Monday, 11 September, 2023

UK politics

Sunak’s foreign policy reset overshadowed by espionage

A parliamentary researcher’s arrest on suspicion of spying for Beijing is damaging the PM’s agenda

Friday, 8 September, 2023

London mayoral election

London’s tightening mayoral race offers window into future of road charges

Opposing schemes such as Ulez will become more popular, though the politics of it in the capital are not straightforward

Thursday, 7 September, 2023

Rishi Sunak

Understatement is getting Sunak nowhere

Ahead of G20 India trip PM squanders chance to show how he embodies change, though trumpeting Horizon deal isn’t the answer

Wednesday, 6 September, 2023

UK local government finance

Not all English councils will survive government’s long funding squeeze

Once hailed as an exemplary authority, Birmingham’s history of poor governance has left it facing big bills

Tuesday, 5 September, 2023

Labour Party UK

Starmer’s battle-ready cabinet restores institutional memory

Shake-up brings in experienced players and is designed to sharpen party’s attack operation, particularly on crime

Monday, 4 September, 2023

UK schools

School building closures are political disaster for Sunak’s government

Former top civil servant’s claim PM had cut funding to fix school problems when chancellor makes it a personal problem too

Friday, 1 September, 2023

UK politics

Mini shake-up sharpens Sunak’s defences

Willing to show his loyalty in public, new defence secretary Grant Shapps fills a gap in PM’s armoury

Thursday, 31 August, 2023

Brexit

Brexit scepticism may ease under Labour as rejoiners face hard yards

Pro-European movement may lose strength under a Starmer government pushing for closer ties to bloc

Wednesday, 30 August, 2023

UK foreign policy

Cleverly’s pragmatic China stance clashes with Tory hawks

Foreign secretary rejects calls from sceptics including his former boss Liz Truss to designate Beijing a ‘threat’

Tuesday, 29 August, 2023

UK politics

Trump’s enduring presence will have a bearing on UK election and beyond

Labour leader’s caution on fiscal policy may jar with geopolitical reality

Friday, 25 August, 2023

UK schools

UK sobers up to flaws of algorithms in policy

Automated forms of decision making can be poorly applied, with potential to hit disadvantaged groups

Thursday, 24 August, 2023

Rishi Sunak

Sunak risks election hopes if governing takes a back seat

PM needs to show voters his administration still has life in it by nailing policy areas to campaign on

Wednesday, 23 August, 2023

UK public finances

Sense of brighter outlook raises pressure for pre-election tax cuts

Government speculation swirls over whether to change chancellor before public vote

Tuesday, 22 August, 2023

Demographics and population

Global spread of birth rate decline makes problem more not less urgent

Demographic challenge grips UK but non-UK born migrants having children in the country has not moved the dial

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