Political Fix

Political Fix

The Financial Times takes you into the corridors of power to unwrap, analyse and debate British politics with a regular lineup of FT correspondents and informed commentators. New episodes available every Friday.

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Labour braces for ballot box bloodbath

Labour braces for ballot box bloodbath

With just one week to go before voters across the UK deliver their verdict on Sir Keir Starmer’s government – our panel discusses another agonising week for the PM, Labour’s forecast devastation at th...

1 Mai 37min

Introducing: The Story of Money

Introducing: The Story of Money

The economist John Kenneth Galbraith once quipped that “there can be few fields of human endeavour in which history counts for so little as in the world of finance.” This show sets out to prove the op...

29 Apr 1min

The Mandelson Starmer saga stumbles on

The Mandelson Starmer saga stumbles on

The rolling drama over the appointment of Lord Peter Mandelson as US ambassador is eating the government alive, with more committee hearings coming next week and crucial elections for Labour on May 7....

24 Apr 37min

Labour lambasted over defence

Labour lambasted over defence

It’s not just the Trump administration attacking the UK’s defence capabilities. Now a Labour grandee and former head of Nato, Lord George Robertson, has accused Sir Keir Starmer of ‘corrosive complace...

17 Apr 35min

Squeezed Britain: student loans, salaries and strikes

Squeezed Britain: student loans, salaries and strikes

Sir Keir Starmer had promised 2026 would be the year the UK economy and household finances would finally “turn the corner”. But the Iran war has nixed those hopes. Now the pressure from unions to incr...

10 Apr 36min

Trump taunts drive Starmer into EU’s arms

Trump taunts drive Starmer into EU’s arms

Donald Trump has heaped insults on Sir Keir Starmer in recent weeks over his stance on the Iran war. The US president labelled the UK prime minister “no Winston Churchill”, said Britain’s aircraft car...

2 Apr 41min

The case for keeping Starmer

The case for keeping Starmer

Sir Keir Starmer’s authority is slipping and Westminster is alive with speculation about potential successors. But chief political commentator Robert Shrimsley joins host Lucy Fisher, alongside deputy...

27 Mar 37min

Introducing Untold: Opus Dei

Introducing Untold: Opus Dei

Introducing Opus Dei, a new season of Untold from the Financial Times. Host Antonia Cundy uncovers the cultural and political influence of a controversial Catholic organisation in America. Opus Dei ex...

23 Mar 1min

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