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  • Monday, 19 January, 2026
    UK public services
    UK Treasury to review wasteful spending by Whitehall departments

    Outside experts will help assess where government initiatives can be more joined-up

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    Whitehall street sign in Westminster with a partial reflection showing the text in reverse. The sign reads "WHITEHALL SW1, CITY OF WESTMINSTER."
  • Monday, 19 January, 2026
    UK business
    UK chancellor hails ‘golden age’ for City after easing tax and regulation

    Rule changes for share and bond listings in London come into force on Monday

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    A large digital display shows "LSEG" at the London Stock Exchange, with stock prices visible on surrounding ticker screens
  • Monday, 19 January, 2026
    UK house prices
    House prices jump across Britain as sentiment rebounds after Budget

    January increase reverses sharp contractions in previous months

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    Brent Howell places a property advertisement in a window display filled with other Templeton Robinson real estate listings.
  • Sunday, 18 January, 2026
    Another shadow Tory minister jumps ship to Reform UK

    Andrew Rosindell cites Chagos Islands dispute in becoming latest sitting Conservative MP to join Nigel Farage’s party

    1 hour ago
  • Sunday, 18 January, 2026
    UK foreign policy
    UK parties unite to condemn Trump’s tariffs threat over Greenland

    Keir Starmer will on Monday urge the US president to step back from the brink of trade war with European countries

    2 hours ago
    Young people march in winter clothing, with one holding a sign reading "Greenland is not for sale!" during a protest in snowy Nuuk.
  • Sunday, 18 January, 2026
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Why the UK needs a credible Conservative Party

    Kemi Badenoch’s Tories have to learn to like Britain again

    Hugh Beattie stands at his stall between colorful geometric paintings of Kemi Badenoch and Margaret Thatcher at the Conservative Party conference.
  • Saturday, 17 January, 2026
    Henry Hill
    Who will prevail in the fight on the right?

    A useful indicator of the health of the Tory party and Reform is whether ambitious people are trying to get in or out

    Robert Jenrick and Nigel Farage shake hands and smile at a press conference, with cameras in the foreground.
  • Saturday, 17 January, 2026
    Elaine Moore
    GTFO: Trump, Minnesota and the new rules of swearing

    Blame the vulgarity vibe shift for more profanities in public life

    Corey Williams gestures while speaking to President Donald Trump, with Bill Ford also gesturing, during a tour of the Ford plant.
  • Friday, 16 January, 2026
    Reform UK seeks court order to prevent delays to local elections

    Populist party says postponing vote in English councils risks undermining campaigns

    A Reform Party supporter wearing a rosette and a Union Jack pin stands outside a polling station sign
  • Friday, 16 January, 2026
    News in-depthNational Health Service
    Doctors’ strike helped forestall NHS winter crisis, say health leaders

    Senior medics who covered for younger colleagues said to be more confident and quicker to discharge patients

    Resident doctors outside St Thomas' Hospital hold signs calling for fair pay and job security during a strike.
  • Friday, 16 January, 2026
    Robert Jenrick
    ‘Sadness’ and ‘betrayal’ in Newark after Jenrick’s defection to Reform

    Former Conservative Party MP’s move rocks constituents and colleagues

    Robert Jenrick walks outside, smiling, with his hand in his pocket, after arriving at Reform UK offices.
  • Friday, 16 January, 2026
    Andy Haldane
    Is Britain ungovernable?

    The public has lost faith in the political system and in the people operating it

    An illustration showing a football manager with a question mark for a face, spinning a soccer ball on his finger in front of numbered jerseys hanging on coat hangers
  • Friday, 16 January, 2026
    Tories ‘getting act together’ after Jenrick defection, says Badenoch

    Conservative leader thanks Reform’s Nigel Farage for doing her ‘spring cleaning’ for her

    Kemi Badenoch speaks to the media with hands raised, standing inside a training facility at 3T Training Services.
  • Friday, 16 January, 2026
    Social Media
    UK ministers draw up options for ban on social media for children

    Officials working on proposals that could be put to public consultation within weeks

    Three teenagers sit outdoors closely together, each focused on their own smartphone.
  • Friday, 16 January, 2026
    UK local elections
    Labour to avoid risk of 10 council losses by delaying May elections

    More than 200 of party’s councillors due to face voters will now serve for another year

    Two people and a dog walk through a gate toward a polling station during local elections in Yarm, England, in 2024
  • Friday, 16 January, 2026
    Political Fix podcast35 min listen
    Disloyalty and defection: the Tory-Reform psychodrama

    Robert Jenrick's accelerated leap to Team Farage. Plus, Labour's U-turns fuel cabinet discontent.

  • Friday, 16 January, 2026
    Nigel Farage
    Farage to attend Davos conference he derided as ‘jaunt’ for ‘globalists’

    Reform UK leader due to appear at World Economic Forum next week

    Nigel Farage speaks on stage with arms raised, wearing a checked shirt, purple tie, and grey jacket against a blue background.
  • Friday, 16 January, 2026
    Ask ShrimsleyRobert Shrimsley
    Do our politicians need better backstories?

    Sometimes, biography isn’t the best judge of what someone might do in public office 

    Cartoonish image of Robert Shrimsley in a judges wig, sitting at the bench, elbows resting on the table
  • Friday, 16 January, 2026
    Inside Politics
    Tories are squandering chance to show why they are not Reform

    Party must set itself apart because anyone who wants to vote for the populist right is well-served by Farage

    Robert Jenrick looks at Nigel Farage, who gestures while speaking at a press conference announcing Jenrick's defection to Reform UK
  • Friday, 16 January, 2026
    InterviewDrug prices
    Trump’s demand for higher NHS drug costs would be ‘huge backwards step’, medicines watchdog says

    Jonathan Benger tells FT that health service payments should not rise for years to come

    Jonathan Benger stands indoors in a suit and tie, his reflection visible in a window beside him.
  • Friday, 16 January, 2026
    News in-depthEU enlargement
    EU ‘membership-lite’ plan for Ukraine spooks European capitals

    Reforms under discussion would tear up accession rules used since cold war to allow Kyiv to join in a potential peace deal

    Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Ursula von der Leyen shake hands and smile in front of Ukrainian and EU flags
  • Thursday, 15 January, 2026
    Jenrick joins Reform UK after being sacked from Tory shadow cabinet

    Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch had ousted former leadership rival for ‘plotting’ to defect

    Robert Jenrick and Nigel Farage shake hands and smile in front of a blue Reform UK backdrop at a press conference
  • Thursday, 15 January, 2026
    News in-depthReform UK
    Betrayal, plots and a mole who derailed Jenrick’s defection to Reform

    Ex-Tory minister’s switch raises questions about whether he will be a help or a hindrance to Farage

    Montage shows, left to right, Nigel Farage, Robert Jenrick wearing a Reform blue tie and Kemi Badenoch
  • Thursday, 15 January, 2026
    Ministry of Defence UK
    UK lowers threshold to bring older reservists back into service in event of war

    New measures aim to make it easier to call up tens of thousands of ex-military personnel

    Reservists from the London Guards in camouflage uniforms and helmets train with rifles outside a building, moving in a tactical formation.
  • Thursday, 15 January, 2026
    Instant InsightStephen Bush
    Jenrick’s sacking is both threat and opportunity for Badenoch

    The surprise departure deprives Farage of some Westminster theatre and gives the Tories a chance to reclaim ground

    Robert Jenrick stands in the centre of a crowded room at the Conservative Party conference, flanked by attendees
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