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    • Tuesday, 14 November, 2023
      News in-depthUK politics
      David Cameron joined by familiar faces as he returns to UK politics

      New foreign secretary attends first cabinet in more than 7 years after Rishi Sunak reshuffles top team

      Foreign secretary David Cameron and minister for development in the foreign office Andrew Mitchell
    • Tuesday, 14 November, 2023
      Inside Politics
      Sunak offers up Cameron 2.0 to woo back Tory voters

      Prime minister’s biggest risk will be failing to match shift to centre ground with actions after ditching his ‘change’ strategy

      David Cameron
    • Monday, 13 November, 2023
      Is this the age of churn in UK politics?

      Some policy experts say rapid turnover of cabinet positions since Brexit vote has undermined effectiveness of government

    • Monday, 13 November, 2023
      UK politics
      Cameron returns as UK foreign secretary after Braverman sacked

      Former prime minister back in political frontline as Rishi Sunak reshuffles cabinet

      David Cameron arriving at 10 Downing Street on Monday
    • Monday, 13 November, 2023
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      David Cameron’s return reflects a vacuum in strategy

      Sacking Suella Braverman was overdue but sets up a clash with the Conservative right

      A smiling David Camerson walks past press photographers on his way out of 10 Downing Street
    • Monday, 13 November, 2023
      Instant InsightRobert Shrimsley
      Sunak reshuffle shows a government running on empty

      The prime minister picks a fight with the right as the pragmatists return

      Four men in suits
    • Monday, 13 November, 2023
      News in-depth
      Sunak sets up fight with Tory right as he brings back Cameron

      UK prime minister gives politically damaged predecessor top role weeks after casting himself as a change candidate

      Composite images of David Cameron and Rishi Sunak
    • Friday, 10 November, 2023
      UK politics
      Met warned to ignore political pressure in policing pro-Palestine march

      Saturday’s protest is due to go ahead in central London despite coinciding with Armistice Day commemorations

      Heavy police presence as pro-Palestine protesters march in Regent Street, London, on Saturday last week
    • Friday, 10 November, 2023
      News in-depth
      ‘Tragicomic’: Nadine Dorries’s potboiler book highlights Tory disunity

      Book by staunch Boris Johnson loyalist is a sign of the dysfunction in the UK’s ruling Conservative party

      Montage of Nadine Dorries and cover of book ‘The Plot: The Political Assassination of Boris Johnson’
    • Friday, 10 November, 2023
      Michelle Mone
      Experts warn on libel tactics after Baroness Mone admits PPE Medpro links

      Conservative peer previously denied any ties to medical equipment company through her lawyers

      Doug Barrowman and Michelle Mone
    • Friday, 10 November, 2023
      News in-depthTees Valley Combined Authority
      Taxpayer support for controversial Teesworks project set to hit £650mn

      Inquiry into governance of regeneration initiative is expected to report back this month

      The demolition of the blast furnace and hearth at Redcar Steelworks
    • Thursday, 9 November, 2023
      UK politics
      Braverman’s job on the line after she defied Sunak

      UK prime minister under pressure to sack home secretary after Times piece criticising Met police provokes fierce backlash

      Suella Braverman, pictured in October
    • Thursday, 9 November, 2023
      News in-depthSuella Braverman
      ‘She’s toast’: Braverman dares Sunak with provocative rhetoric

      UK home secretary risks the sack as she builds her leadership ambitions on a foundation of controversial remarks

      Composite photos of Suella Braverman and Rishi Sunak
    • Thursday, 9 November, 2023
      Andy Haldane
      To fix towns, politicians must not forget about cities

      Labour and the Conservatives plan to improve the lives of swing voters in neglected areas — but regional policy would be better

      Tower blocks on September 1, 2022 in the Thamesmead area of London, England
    • Thursday, 9 November, 2023
      Inside Politics
      Sunak should ditch running campaign on five pledges

      Options to show public Tory renewal are falling away as party trails Labour by 20 points in polls

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    • Thursday, 9 November, 2023
      UK public policy
      Tory MPs warn Jeremy Hunt against squeezing benefits to fund tax cuts

      Influential Conservative figures say savings should not be driven by real-terms reductions to benefits for poorest

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    • Wednesday, 8 November, 2023
      Robert Shrimsley
      The strategic confusion at the heart of Rishi Sunak’s final push

      Embodying change worked for his more shameless predecessor but this prime minister has failed to make a break

      Ellie Foreman-Peck illustration of King Charles III giving a speech.
    • Tuesday, 7 November, 2023
      UK politics
      King’s Speech begins countdown to next UK general election

      Package marks Rishi Sunak’s last legislative pitch to voters ahead of poll expected by autumn 2024

      King Charles, sitting next to Queen Camilla, delivers his speech in the House of Lords
    • Tuesday, 7 November, 2023
      UK general election26 min
      Sketchy Politics: mapping the next election | FT

      The FT's Robert Shrimsley and Miranda Green trace out the political landscape

      Sketchy politics: The battleground
    • Monday, 6 November, 2023
      UK politics
      King’s Speech to set out political battle lines ahead of UK election

      Rishi Sunak will try to sharpen the political divide with bills on tougher sentencing and North Sea oil drilling

      Prince Charles delivers the Queen’s Speech during the state opening of Parliament at the House of Lords on May 10 2022
    • Monday, 6 November, 2023
      Sexual misconduct allegations
      Sunak under pressure to launch investigation after MP accused of multiple rapes

      Party chair reported to have written to police after allegations surrounding unnamed politician were not addressed

      Birds flock over the River Thames as the sun sets behind the Palace of Westminster
    • Monday, 6 November, 2023
      Inside Politics
      Sunak’s dash to pull the ‘don’t know’ bloc of Tory voters on side

      New policies draw dividing lines with opposition, though retaining Conservative 2019 backers at next election will be tough

      Conservative party conference delegates in Manchester last month
    • Sunday, 5 November, 2023
      UK Inequality
      Braverman’s plan to ban rough sleeper tents will cause deaths, charities warn

      Leaders of 15 homelessness charities urge home secretary to ‘urgently reverse’ proposals

      A person walks past a homeless person’s tent in Belgravia, London
    • Friday, 3 November, 2023
      Tory MP found guilty of racially abusing activist

      Bob Stewart fined £600 over exchange with protester outside reception hosted by Bahraini embassy in London

    • Friday, 3 November, 2023
      Tories under pressure to return Lycamobile donation after fraud ruling

      French entities of UK-headquartered international mobile virtual network were convicted of fraud in Paris

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