Could the election results still surprise us?
With under a week to go until polling day, Lucy Fisher and her panel — the FT’s Miranda Green and Stephen Bush — pull together the threads of the campaign to explore the remaining ‘known unknowns’ in ...
28 Jun 202436min
Campaign catch-up: Why this UK election result could be the most distorted ever
The Conservatives’ embattled campaign suffered yet another setback this week, as the betting scandal escalated and the party finally suspended two candidates ensnared by the row. But when did it first...
25 Jun 202428min
Is this the Tory death spiral?
An election-betting scandal is sending the Tory campaign into freefall. The latest blow to the Conservatives comes as some polls predict a wipeout for the party on July 4. The FT’s Whitehall editor Lu...
21 Jun 202441min
Campaign catch-up: Labour’s dash for growth
Labour is promising voters not to raise a raft of taxes, not to borrow to fund day-to-day spending and not to return to austerity with major cuts to public services. How will it manage this? Shadow ch...
18 Jun 202431min
Labour’s manifesto: where will the money come from?
Keir Starmer has unveiled Labour’s manifesto - declaring that his is the “party of wealth creation”. But while the plans combine sweeping aspirations for growth with modest tax and spending measures, ...
14 Jun 202433min
Campaign catch-up: the Tories’ ‘kitchen sink’ manifesto
Rishi Sunak has pledged more than £17bn in tax cuts as the Tories attempt to revive their stalled election campaign. But will it be enough to override questions about the party’s record in office, or ...
11 Jun 202433min
Tory morale plunges
Morale within the Conservative campaign is low and was damaged further this week after the party chair became the fifth Tory MP to abandon his seat in the north to fight for a safer seat in the south ...
7 Jun 202431min
Campaign catch-up: Farage is back!
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s troubled re-election bid has been dealt a fresh double blow, as Nigel Farage seized the reins of Reform UK and announced he would stand as a candidate, while a new poll sh...
4 Jun 202423min
