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UK politics

  • Wednesday, 6 May, 2026
    Markets
    Gilts and UK local elections: Bad vibes, bad timing

    Plus, more on emerging markets

    Daire MacFadden
    Premium content
    A row of black and white dominoes tipping over against a divided pink and blue background.
  • Wednesday, 6 May, 2026
    UK social care
    Private equity benefits as spending on social care providers jumps 20%

    Children’s sector offers steady revenues for buyout firms as cases of autism and other conditions increase

    3 hours ago
  • Wednesday, 6 May, 2026
    UK local elections
    Angela Rayner weighs options as leadership hopes fade

    Neither the former deputy Labour leader nor her rivals have a clear path to replacing Sir Keir Starmer

    3 hours ago
    Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner sit at a table on stage, listening to speeches at the Labour Party Conference.
  • Wednesday, 6 May, 2026
    UK local elections
    ‘Independence is not on the ballot’: Plaid Cymru broadens its pitch to Welsh voters

    Party is vying with Reform UK ahead of this week’s Senedd vote as Labour support collapses

    3 hours ago
    Rhun ap Iorwerth speaking outdoors, holding notes, with Plaid Cymru supporters behind him holding campaign signs.
  • Wednesday, 6 May, 2026
    UK defence spending
    Start-ups complain they are helping British military modernise on the cheap

    Small tech groups impatient with ‘jam tomorrow’ promise of contracts in return for discounted or free equipment

    3 hours ago
    Two soldiers from 16 Air Assault Brigade in camouflage uniforms prepare to launch a military drone during a training exercise.
  • Tuesday, 5 May, 2026
    Green Party UK
    Labour urges Greens to expel candidates who have spread ‘antisemitic hatred’

    Criticism of populist leftwing party intensifies ahead of key elections on Thursday

    Steve Reed speaks at a podium, gesturing with both hands, during a meeting attended by seated participants.
  • Tuesday, 5 May, 2026
    Gilts
    UK long-term borrowing costs hit highest level since 1998

    Yields on 30-year gilts hit 28-year high on expectations BoE will raise rates two or three times to counter inflation threat

    People walk in front of the Bank of England building in London, with scaffolding visible on the upper facade.
  • Tuesday, 5 May, 2026
    Inside Politics
    Anti-racism movement is not ‘muted’ — it has been left to shrink

    Instead of asking more from depleted groups, Westminster should focus on how to rebuild and better resource them

    Sarah Sackman stands beside Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley as he speaks to the media, with police and journalists gathered.
  • Tuesday, 5 May, 2026
    Antisemitism
    How not to defeat antisemitism

    The only way to overcome this scourge is to see it for what it is: racism

    Stephen Bush
    Illustration of a man looking in the mirror, with his reflection showing his head engulfed in flames
  • Tuesday, 5 May, 2026
    Middle East war
    Reeves clashed with Bessent over Iran war criticism

    Dispute between UK chancellor and US Treasury secretary underscores allies’ diverging stances on the conflict

    Scott Bessent and Rachel Reeves stand side by side in front of US and Treasury department flags.
  • Tuesday, 5 May, 2026
    Scottish politics
    What is at stake in Britain’s elections?

    Reform, the Greens, SNP, Plaid Cymru and Lib Dems are hoping to make gains at the expense of the two mainstream parties

    Montage shows Sir Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch against images of the Scottish parliament building, Westminster and the logo for the Welsh parliament
  • Tuesday, 5 May, 2026
    UK Government
    Starmer loyalist urges prime minister to go further on tax

    Jeevun Sandher says Labour MPs ‘have to do the deep thinking’ to solve Britain’s problems

    Jeevun Sandher gesturing with his hand while speaking at a forum.
  • Monday, 4 May, 2026
    UK local elections
    Trouble for Labour across a scrambled political map

    Breadth of previous support for the party makes it vulnerable to losing everywhere, to everyone, this week

    Lewis Baston
    Nigel Farage appears on a Reform UK leaflet alongside a Labour leaflet accusing Reform UK of being aligned with the Conservatives.
  • Monday, 4 May, 2026
    Reform UK
    Who are Reform UK’s voters?

    Six Britons tell the FT about what attracts them to Nigel Farage’s populist party, which is ahead in opinion polls

    A photo compilation of six supporters of Reform UK
  • Monday, 4 May, 2026
    Gilts
    Gilt traders warn of ‘swing to the left’ as Labour faces electoral losses

    Investors warn loosening fiscal rules or change of prime minister could add to pressure on UK borrowing costs

    Green Party campaign posters for Zoë Garbett, Rolf Dekker, Claudia Turbet-Delof, and Penny Wrout cover the windows of a blue front door.
  • Monday, 4 May, 2026
    FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen
    Global industries squeezed as Iran war enters third month

    Middle East crisis throws travel and commodities into disarray

  • Sunday, 3 May, 2026
    UK foreign policy
    UK and EU to start formal talks on Ukraine loan scheme

    Negotiations come as London and Brussels seek closer defence alignment in wake of Trump threats

    Keir Starmer shakes hands with Ursula von der Leyen in front of UK and EU flags at the European Commission headquarters.
  • Sunday, 3 May, 2026
    Labour Party UK
    Starmer ‘won’t accept deals’ to quit Number 10, allies say

    Prime minister braces for a Labour wipeout in elections on Thursday and fresh calls to resign

    Keir Starmer exits 10 Downing Street holding documents, wearing a navy suit and red tie, heading towards the House of Commons.
  • Sunday, 3 May, 2026
    Foreign aid
    UK backs away from funding pledge to protect nature overseas

    Labour government is making a retreat on a Boris Johnson-era climate commitment

    Two rhinoceroses stand close together in a dry savannah landscape, with hills in the background.
  • Sunday, 3 May, 2026
    UK local elections
    Britain enters the era of seven-party politics

    Labour and the Conservatives combined account for barely a third of voters in polls — threatening the UK’s constitutional certainties

    Montage shows a hand putting a white slip of paper in a ballot box against the colours of the five main UK political parties
  • Saturday, 2 May, 2026
    UK housebuilding
    English councils to trial Google AI tool to speed up planning decisions

    Artificial intelligence will make recommendations on whether to grant or refuse projects

    Aerial view of a large new housing development in the UK with rows of semi-detached homes, many featuring rooftop solar panels.
  • Friday, 1 May, 2026
    UK crime
    Golders Green attack suspect tried to kill another man earlier in the day, court told

    Essa Suleiman, 45, appears charged with attempted murder of two Jewish men this week in north London

    Several men, some wearing traditional Jewish attire, stand behind police tape as a police officer and another official speak with them in Golders Green.
  • Friday, 1 May, 2026
    Political Fix podcast37 min listen
    Labour braces for ballot box bloodbath

    Plus, the rise of the populist parties

  • Friday, 1 May, 2026
    Inside Politics
    Welsh Labour is heading into a perfect storm

    Leadership upheaval and dissatisfaction with Westminster are putting pressure on the party

    Signs for Welsh Labour and Plaid Cymru are displayed outside houses, surrounded by greenery and flowers.
  • Friday, 1 May, 2026
    UK employment
    Greens to pledge £15 minimum wage in employment rights’ push

    Insurgent party seeks to court voters and trade unions with promises on pay and secondary picketing

    Zack Polanski and Zoë Garbett greet stall workers at an outdoor fruit market, with oranges and grapes visible on the stall.
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