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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 on Acast, Apple Podcasts, Pocket Casts or Spotify.

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  • Friday, 4 October, 2024
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  • Friday, 20 September, 2024
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  • Friday, 13 September, 2024
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    A terminal diagnosis for the NHS?

    Plus, the battles ahead in party conference season

  • Friday, 6 September, 2024
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    Labour and business: friends or foes?

    Plus, the latest in the Tory leadership race and a UK policy shift on Israel

  • Friday, 30 August, 2024
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    Labour’s descent into ‘miserabilism’

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  • Friday, 23 August, 2024
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    ‘A fractious and divided country’

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  • Friday, 2 August, 2024
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    Is Labour facing a summer of unrest?

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  • Friday, 26 July, 2024
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    Labour confronts £20bn black hole

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  • Tuesday, 23 July, 2024
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    The ‘bin fires’ setting Labour’s in-tray alight

    Plus, will Labour’s ‘devolution revolution’ actually drive growth?

  • Friday, 19 July, 2024
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    Labour's growth fixation

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  • Tuesday, 16 July, 2024
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    Labour builds bridges with Trump

    Plus, UK government launches major defence review

  • Friday, 12 July, 2024
    41 min listen
    Keir Starmer’s debut on the global stage

    Plus, the FT’s William Wallis on the state of the UK’s dangerously overcrowded prisons

  • Tuesday, 9 July, 2024
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    Keir Starmer enters his imperial phase

    What we’ve learned from the new prime minister’s first five days in office

  • Friday, 5 July, 2024
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    Election special: Starmer moves into Number 10

    The FT’s top political commentators answer listeners’ questions about the general election result

  • Wednesday, 3 July, 2024
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    The panel casts ahead to the election results, and reviews the six-week campaigns

  • Friday, 28 June, 2024
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  • Tuesday, 25 June, 2024
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  • Friday, 21 June, 2024
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    Is this the Tory death spiral?

    Plus, how Reform is reshaping politics

  • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
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  • Friday, 14 June, 2024
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  • Tuesday, 11 June, 2024
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  • Friday, 7 June, 2024
    31 min listen
    Tory morale plunges

    Plus, the UK’s place in the wider world

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