Accessibility helpSkip to navigationSkip to contentSkip to footer
  • Sign In
  • Subscribe
Open side navigation menuOpen search bar
Financial Times
SubscribeSign In
  • Home
  • World
    Sections
    • World Home
    • Middle East war
    • Global Economy
    • UK
    • US
    • China
    • Africa
    • Asia Pacific
    • Emerging Markets
    • Europe
    • War in Ukraine
    • Americas
    • Middle East & North Africa
    Most Read
    • China demands schoolteachers hand in their passports
    • Ireland slams Israel’s ‘outrageous’ demands to its peacekeepers
    • Trump would raise the US debt by twice as much as Harris, report finds
    • EY to hold back some pay from US partners after tough year
    • Starmer wields the knife after shaky first 100 days
  • UK
    Sections
    • UK Home
    • UK Economy
    • UK Politics
    • UK Companies
    • Personal Finance
    Most Read
    • Starmer wields the knife after shaky first 100 days
    • Reeves to spare PE bosses top UK tax rate in compromise on ‘loophole’
    • Sue Gray quits as Number 10 chief of staff as Starmer overhauls team
    • Uncertainty over UK government’s plans puts brakes on hiring
    • IFS urges Labour party to make ‘serious reforms’ to capital gains tax
  • Companies
    Sections
    • Companies Home
    • Energy
    • Financials
    • Health
    • Industrials
    • Media
    • Professional Services
    • Retail & Consumer
    • Tech Sector
    • Telecoms
    • Transport
    Most Read
    • EY to hold back some pay from US partners after tough year
    • How Jane Street rode the ETF wave to ‘obscene’ riches
    • Why private credit’s gung-ho growth needs proper monitoring
    • BBC and other public UK broadcasters strike Amazon streaming service deal
    • How I learnt to stop worrying and (mostly) love the e-bike
  • Tech
    Sections
    • Tech Home
    • Artificial intelligence
    • Semiconductors
    • Cyber Security
    • Social Media
    Most Read
    • America’s chips effort is at a crossroads
    • US funding drives investment for European military tech start-ups
    • Why tech unicorns struggle to avoid the glue factory
    • OpenAI is right to abandon non-profit status
    • Venture capitalist Ben Horowitz to make ‘significant’ donation to Harris
  • Markets
    Sections
    • Markets Home
    • Alphaville
    • Markets Data
    • Crypto
    • Capital Markets
    • Commodities
    • Currencies
    • Equities
    • Wealth Management
    • Moral Money
    • ETF Hub
    • Fund Management
    • Trading
    Most Read
    • How Jane Street rode the ETF wave to ‘obscene’ riches
    • Why private credit’s gung-ho growth needs proper monitoring
    • Beijing tightens grip on renminbi after stimulus rally
    • Spain to propose mini-coalitions to break EU capital markets stalemate
    • Whistleblower demands apology from FCA over ‘inaccurate’ report
  • Climate
  • Opinion
    Sections
    • Opinion Home
    • Columnists
    • The FT View
    • The Big Read
    • Lex
    • Obituaries
    • Letters
    Most Read
    • Why private credit’s gung-ho growth needs proper monitoring
    • How I learnt to stop worrying and (mostly) love the e-bike
    • America’s chips effort is at a crossroads
    • To really change the EU, the northern flank must take the lead
    • The case for office pettiness
  • Lex
  • Work & Careers
    Sections
    • Work & Careers Home
    • Business School Rankings
    • Business Education
    • Europe's Start-Up Hubs
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Recruitment
    • Business Books
    • Business Travel
    • Working It
    Most Read
    • How I learnt to stop worrying and (mostly) love the e-bike
    • The case for office pettiness
    • US funding drives investment for European military tech start-ups
    • Why tech unicorns struggle to avoid the glue factory
    • Make sure you are buying the dip not the freefall
  • Life & Arts
    Sections
    • Life & Arts Home
    • Arts
    • Books
    • Food & Drink
    • FT Magazine
    • House & Home
    • Style
    • Travel
    • FT Globetrotter
    Most Read
    • How I learnt to stop worrying and (mostly) love the e-bike
    • Regeneron head says weight-loss drugs could cause ‘more harm than good’
    • The unusual perks of London’s oldest members’ club
    • Leaving stuff on the stairs to take up later is not OK
    • Four design-led destinations to inspire autumn getaways
  • HTSI
MenuSearch
  • Home
  • World
  • UK
  • Companies
  • Tech
  • Markets
  • Climate
  • Opinion
  • Lex
  • Work & Careers
  • Life & Arts
  • HTSI
Financial Times
SubscribeSign In

Stephen Bush

Columnist and Associate Editor

Stephen Bush is an associate editor and columnist at the Financial Times. He writes a daily newsletter, Inside Politics, charting the course of politics and policy in the United Kingdom, and a wide-ranging weekly column. You can subscribe to Inside Politics here.

Email Stephen Bush @stephenkb  on Twitter (link opens in a new browser window)
  • Friday, 4 October, 2024
    Inside Politics
    Chagos Islands, British treatment and Tory rivalries

    Conservative leadership hopefuls attack Labour and clash over decision, though there is a historical irony in all this

    James Cleverly
  • Thursday, 3 October, 2024
    Inside Politics
    Conservatives should pick James Cleverly. Here’s why they won’t

    Former home and foreign secretary poses biggest threat to Labour, but members will erroneously choose candidates offering more radical solutions

    James Cleverly speaks at the Conservative party conference
  • Wednesday, 2 October, 2024
    Inside Politics
    Why this Tory beauty pageant shouldn’t bet on a Cameron-style turnaround

    Exceptional performer was more able to capture attention than this year’s leadership contenders following Middle East escalation

    Delegates at Conservative party conference yesterday watched news coverage of Iranian missiles being launched into Israel
  • Tuesday, 1 October, 2024
    Inside Politics
    Robert Jenrick likely to be the next Tory leader

    His main rival Kemi Badenoch has lost momentum among MPs, following series of gaffes

    Robert Jenrick at the Conservative party conference
  • Tuesday, 1 October, 2024
    Conservative party UK
    The Conservatives’ biggest problem? Age

    They need to be able to appeal to successful economically liberal graduates again

    Montage image of Tom Tugendhat, Kemi Badenoch, Robert Jenrick and James Cleverly
  • Monday, 30 September, 2024
    Inside Politics
    This Tory conference reads like a familiar story, risking a longer spell in opposition

    Leadership frontrunners appear to prescribe moving the party closer to its activist base, but this approach rarely pays off

    Robert Jenrick at Conservative party conference yesterday, in front of a screen displaying the leadership hopefuls vying to succeed Rishi Sunak
  • Sunday, 29 September, 2024
    Conservative party UK
    Sunak warns Tories they risk marginalisation if divisions persist

    Former prime minister urges Conservatives to unite behind who succeeds him as party leader

    Rishi Sunak
  • Friday, 27 September, 2024
    Inside Politics
    How public perceptions haunt Tories and Labour

    New Conservative leader must reshape image, while Keir Starmer’s party seen as increasingly ‘extreme,’ poll finds

    Rishi Sunak speaking the day after the general election on July 4.
  • Thursday, 26 September, 2024
    Inside Politics
    Why Keir Starmer’s freebies have cut through to the public

    Unless government can draw a line under the row, it will continue to suck up attention

    Keir Starmer
  • Wednesday, 25 September, 2024
    Inside Politics
    Starmer reveals what needs to get ‘worse’ before it gets better

    PM points to disruption caused by building and hints at need to ‘properly fund policies’ ahead of expected tax rises in Budget

    Keir Starmer at Labour party conference
  • Tuesday, 24 September, 2024
    Inside Politics
    Reeves sets apart Labour’s fiscal approach from the Tories’ and signals more borrowing

    Chancellor reaffirms party pledge to not raise income tax and national insurance

    Rachel Reeves
  • Tuesday, 24 September, 2024
    Politics
    Every campaign needs a Tim Walz

    Finding someone who can reassure important voter blocs is a key part of any successful election bid

    Illustration of the White House, with Kamala Harris and Tim Walz on the lawn, surrounded by giant legs and feet
  • Monday, 23 September, 2024
    Inside Politics
    Starmer faces 2 challenges in Liverpool

    The PM must deliver a speech that activists can cheer about and get a grip on Downing Street

    Keir Starmer delivering a speech
  • Friday, 20 September, 2024
    Inside Politics
    Why half of voters think Labour has done a poor job so far

    Dodgy donations, infrastructure challenges and anticipation of October’s ‘painful’ Budget weigh on party’s approval ratings

    Keir Starmer gives a speech
  • Thursday, 19 September, 2024
    Inside Politics
    Why has Sue Gray’s salary stoked unease and vicious briefings?

    Downing Street chief of staff’s £170,000 wage is a blow as special advisers are handed surprisingly low pay settlements

    Sue Gray
  • Wednesday, 18 September, 2024
    Inside Politics
    Lib Dem call to tax rich more may be a poor pitch to its base

    Ed Davey urges Labour to increase spending to ‘winterproof’ the NHS in a strategic move

    Ed Davey at the Lib Dem party conference
  • Tuesday, 17 September, 2024
    Inside Politics
    Lib Dem strategy rests on how it responds to Labour and Tories

    After party’s historic results it will double down on being an anti-Conservative force, with Ed Davey deciding how

    Ed Davey holds a Lib Dem umbrella
  • Tuesday, 17 September, 2024
    UK prisons
    Want to fix UK prisons? Let the women out

    Imprisonment is not obviously a good solution to drug addiction or for those who have been coerced into crime

    A Ewan White illustration of a woman in handcuffs holding the bars of her prison cell — with an envelope-sized opening in the bars
  • Monday, 16 September, 2024
    Inside Politics
    Lib Dems enjoy a festival of calm, but fissures are never far away

    Party will eventually seek to rejoin the EU, but this may spark internal clashes on preferred timing

    Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey
  • Friday, 13 September, 2024
    Inside Politics
    Starmer has convinced people of the dire challenge but he must respond with action

    Labour hopes to exceed people’s rock-bottom expectations, but recent poll suggests it must do more to win confidence

    UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer
  • Thursday, 12 September, 2024
    Inside Politics
    Labour’s NHS reform conundrum

    Need to raise funding for institution could sharply limit government’s capacity to improve other public services

    Keir Starmer and Wes Streeting visit University College London Hospital to see how Proton Beam therapy is used
  • Wednesday, 11 September, 2024
    Inside Politics
    Tory party conference gives leader candidates chance to upend fight

    David Cameron’s 10-minute pitch at the 2005 event was enough to secure him a strong following

    Mel Stride and Robert Jenrick walk out of Number 10
  • Tuesday, 10 September, 2024
    Inside Politics
    BBC still dominates as news consumption shifts from TV to online

    Public service broadcaster allows the public access to a decent set of agreed facts, no matter your politics

    Representatives from the UK’s main parties take part in a live TV debate on the BBC on June 7 2024 ahead of the UK general election
  • Tuesday, 10 September, 2024
    Artificial intelligence
    Not everyone needs to have an opinion on AI

    Too many organisations feel compelled to speak out on matters outside their control

    Ewan White illustration o of a thinker holding his chin with his hand, drawn on a background of red computer digits,
  • Monday, 9 September, 2024
    Inside Politics
    Starmer faces his biggest rebellion yet, but it won’t matter in the long run

    More important is whether Labour can revive public services amid an ageing population and spending cuts

    Keir Starmer in the House of Commons
Previous page You are on page 1 Next page

Useful links

Support

View Site TipsHelp CentreContact UsAbout UsAccessibilitymyFT TourCareers

Legal & Privacy

Terms & ConditionsPrivacy PolicyCookie PolicyManage CookiesCopyrightSlavery Statement & Policies

Services

Share News Tips SecurelyIndividual SubscriptionsProfessional SubscriptionsRepublishingExecutive Job SearchAdvertise with the FTFollow the FT on XFT ChannelsFT Schools

Tools

PortfolioFT AppFT Digital EditionFT EditAlerts HubBusiness School RankingsSubscription ManagerNews feedNewslettersCurrency Converter

Community & Events

FT Live EventsFT ForumsBoard Director Programme

More from the FT Group

Markets data delayed by at least 15 minutes. © THE FINANCIAL TIMES LTD 2024. FT and ‘Financial Times’ are trademarks of The Financial Times Ltd.
The Financial Times and its journalism are subject to a self-regulation regime under the FT Editorial Code of Practice.
Edition:UK
International
Subscribe for full access

Top sections

  • Home
  • World
    • Middle East war
    • Global Economy
    • UK
    • US
    • China
    • Africa
    • Asia Pacific
    • Emerging Markets
    • Europe
    • War in Ukraine
    • Americas
    • Middle East & North Africa
  • UK
    • UK Economy
    • UK Politics
    • UK Companies
    • Personal Finance
  • Companies
    • Energy
    • Financials
    • Health
    • Industrials
    • Media
    • Professional Services
    • Retail & Consumer
    • Tech Sector
    • Telecoms
    • Transport
  • Tech
    • Artificial intelligence
    • Semiconductors
    • Cyber Security
    • Social Media
  • Markets
    • Alphaville
    • Markets Data
    • Crypto
    • Capital Markets
    • Commodities
    • Currencies
    • Equities
    • Wealth Management
    • Moral Money
    • ETF Hub
    • Fund Management
    • Trading
  • Climate
  • Opinion
    • Columnists
    • The FT View
    • The Big Read
    • Lex
    • Obituaries
    • Letters
  • Lex
  • Work & Careers
    • Business School Rankings
    • Business Education
    • Europe's Start-Up Hubs
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Recruitment
    • Business Books
    • Business Travel
    • Working It
  • Life & Arts
    • Arts
    • Books
    • Food & Drink
    • FT Magazine
    • House & Home
    • Style
    • Travel
    • FT Globetrotter
  • Personal Finance
    • Property & Mortgages
    • Investments
    • Pensions
    • Tax
    • Banking & Savings
    • Advice & Comment
    • Next Act
  • HTSI
  • Special Reports

FT recommends

  • Alphaville
  • FT Edit
  • Lunch with the FT
  • FT Globetrotter
  • #techAsia
  • Moral Money
  • Visual and data journalism
  • Newsletters
  • Video
  • Podcasts
  • News feed
  • FT Schools
  • FT Live Events
  • FT Forums
  • Board Director Programme
  • myFT
  • Portfolio
  • FT Digital Edition
  • Crossword
  • Our Apps
  • Help Centre
  • Subscribe
  • Sign In