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Get the latest intelligence on the UK general election from the FT's quick-witted columnist and associate editor Stephen Bush. Every weekday Inside Politics guides readers through the parties' political strategies and how they work, as well as the policy stories that matter.

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  • Friday, 21 June, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    Election-betting scandal further ties the Tories up in knots

    Sunak’s futile handling of the incident highlights the deceit at the centre of his campaign

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    Rishi Sunak opens his hands during the debate as he makes a point
  • Thursday, 20 June, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    Why we can’t be sure of the size of the Labour swing

    Tactical voting, negative polarisation and local campaigns could all temper the result

    Keir Starmer stands at a lectern with the Labour tagline ‘Change’ in the background
  • Wednesday, 19 June, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    Potential routes forward for the Tories post-election

    The party can only rebound if its leadership hopefuls learn the right lessons

    Rishi Sunak chats to a voter in a barn in Clovelly
  • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    Could the Lib Dems become the official opposition?

    A Conservative meltdown plus favourable opinion polling could help Ed Davey’s party chart a path to second place

    Ed Davey high fives someone while pushing a yellow wheelbarrow
  • Monday, 17 June, 2024
    Stephen Bush
    Labour’s tax-and-spend commitments will hamper ‘change’ plans

    Myriad challenges — from drinking water to prisons — will require increased spending to solve

    A person holding the Labour party general election manifesto
  • Friday, 14 June, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    Reform’s second-place standing in polls underscores potential scale of Tory defeat

    Plus, some thoughts on Labour’s no-surprises manifesto

    Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner at the manifesto launch event in Manchester
  • Thursday, 13 June, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    Despondence grows as election campaign reaches halfway point

    Conservative party staffers — and the people most likely to vote for them — despair at their languishing pitch

    People view the Conservative party’s manifesto at its launch event in Northamptonshire
  • Wednesday, 12 June, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    The Conservative party manifesto is an exercise in wishful thinking

    Patchy delivery record makes pledges hard to believe

    Rishi Sunak launches his manifesto
  • Tuesday, 11 June, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    The Lib Dem strategy to restore their third party status

    Holding the line on taxes and zany photo opportunities are bolstering the party’s campaign

    Lib Dem leader Ed Davey and party members on a ride at Thorpe Park
  • Monday, 10 June, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    What to expect from party manifestos this week

    The Conservatives will talk up their boldness, while Labour will exhibit caution

    Rishi Sunak at a campaign event, with people holding Conservative party placards in the background
  • Friday, 7 June, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    Rishi Sunak’s D-Day gaffe is a gift to Reform

    Nigel Farage’s eighth bid to become an MP could reconfigure British party politics as we know it

    Nigel Farage stood on a beach
  • Thursday, 6 June, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    Why the £2,000 tax claim aimed at ensnaring Labour proves costlier for the Tories

    Rishi Sunak takes a page out of Vote Leave’s playbook, to no avail

    Two women sit in a pub while the UK election debate plays out on a TV behind them
  • Wednesday, 5 June, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    TV debates can give parties an edge, but this one is unlikely to shift any ground

    Scrappy head-to-head reminds us of the Tories’ best attack line — tax

    Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer participate in a televised debate
  • Tuesday, 4 June, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    Why Farage’s comeback matters as Tories stare into heavy defeat

    Former Ukip leader seizes on opportunity to return to frontline politics as Reform rises in polls and PM’s campaign struggles

    Nigel Farage
  • Monday, 3 June, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    Labour’s pledge to cut immigration tightens party’s fiscal straitjacket

    Ultra-cautious policy approach carries risks of its own if Starmer makes it into No 10

  • Friday, 31 May, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    Why I think Labour will let Diane Abbott run

    Rush to fill selections always involves infighting over party processes. Due to her national acclaim, this time it’s different

    A placard in support of Diane Abbott
  • Thursday, 30 May, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    Diane Abbott row spotlights Labour’s grubby pre-election tradition

    Party yet to confirm who will stand in MP’s constituency, but backlash has ripple effects for its direction and leadership

    Diane Abbott with supporters in London
  • Wednesday, 29 May, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    Sunak and Starmer trust the opinion polls are right

    PM’s latest proposals target people who voted Tory in 2019, but are now saying they will vote Reform or not at all

    Rishi Sunak meets members of the Market Bosworth Bowls Club during a general election campaign event
  • Tuesday, 28 May, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    ‘The lady or the tiger’: how candidate selections work

    Pre-election period grants more powers to central committees, with Labour’s rule book allowing it to impose contestants on constituencies

    Jade Botterill, the Labour candidate for Ossett and Denby Dale, and Rachel Reeves at a campaign event in West Yorkshire
  • Monday, 27 May, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    Sunak’s national service policy swamped by cynicism and incompetence

    Move recalls Corbyn’s previous bet that popular policies would improve his standing, except for PM few voters care enough about the issue

    Rishi Sunak laying a brick in a workshop
  • Friday, 24 May, 2024
    UK general election
    TV debates can change election campaigns. Leaders should choose wisely

    Rishi Sunak’s best hope is to go up against all main parties, not a head-to-head with Keir Starmer

    Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss at leadership hustings in 2022
  • Thursday, 23 May, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    Tale of campaign contrasts as UK parties step out on day one

    By calling July general election Sunak has some benefits, but surprise decision will worry Tory MPs who are already fretting

    Rishi Sunak gives his statement in the rain
  • Wednesday, 22 May, 2024
    UK politics
    Labour’s long list of challenges

    Starmer’s main hurdle in the next parliament will be whether the party can effectively blame the Tories for future problems

    Sue Gray
  • Tuesday, 21 May, 2024
    UK general election
    An anatomy of Liberal Democrats’ contested strategy

    Decisions made in the coalition years leading up to party’s 2015 poll collapse shed light on Ed Davey’s tactics today

    Nick Clegg holds up his 2015 manifesto
  • Monday, 20 May, 2024
    UK general election
    Liberal Democrats target 3 types of seats

    High on the list are constituencies where the party has previously defeated its Conservative opponents

    Ed Davey surrounded by Liberal Democrat supporters
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