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]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/f0a80ab4-8a58-4821-935a-37cc2eda4114</link><guid isPermaLink="false">f0a80ab4-8a58-4821-935a-37cc2eda4114</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2025 08:42:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Labour’s taxes on wealthy are already doing more harm than good]]></title><description><![CDATA[Party has boxed itself in and is gaining none of the political credit for introducing non-dom changes ]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/0d4d3464-dba2-4342-b10f-f6ac9e004672</link><guid isPermaLink="false">0d4d3464-dba2-4342-b10f-f6ac9e004672</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2025 08:30:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Labour drift won’t solve UK’s two-decade sluggishness]]></title><description><![CDATA[Party never explained why Tories failed to restore growth — now it struggles to match policies with hard fiscal reality]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/27048961-55eb-4863-b7f2-9e516dcf0bde</link><guid 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benefits bill will keep rising without NHS reform]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ministers want to get the sick into work, but without proper support for chronic illness the costs will increase elsewhere ]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/4610af5f-071d-40fe-af75-2b132d434afc</link><guid isPermaLink="false">4610af5f-071d-40fe-af75-2b132d434afc</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2025 08:30:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Labour may avoid defeat but it has lost the policy argument]]></title><description><![CDATA[Concessions spare political pain, though case for ‘reform’ was about meeting a fiscal rule rather than efficiency ]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/aa9f3c3d-ec39-4fc9-a10f-54ddb838df2d</link><guid isPermaLink="false">aa9f3c3d-ec39-4fc9-a10f-54ddb838df2d</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2025 09:31:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Denser, smarter cities will boost UK productivity]]></title><description><![CDATA[Britain has skilled workers to compete with peers but not the urban infrastructure to capitalise on agglomeration benefits]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/57678fab-d49d-492e-a587-025c736b379e</link><guid isPermaLink="false">57678fab-d49d-492e-a587-025c736b379e</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2025 08:37:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Welfare U-turn permanently alters Labour’s playbook ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Keir Starmer’s retreat symbolises end of high-handed forceful approach to managing MPs ]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/ff072c3b-9680-4666-8f6f-d6711b90f5ab</link><guid isPermaLink="false">ff072c3b-9680-4666-8f6f-d6711b90f5ab</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2025 08:30:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Labour’s blame game ignores what’s really missing at the top ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Fractiousness among MPs stems from the party’s original sin in making irreconcilable promises]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/5e24a101-382d-4464-b9d2-6983001e2221</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5e24a101-382d-4464-b9d2-6983001e2221</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2025 08:30:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Starmer’s malfunctioning political machine]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dissent against leadership is partly a result of poor policy rationale, partly poor MP management]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/0832076b-ba7b-4bb7-a6a1-f557bdd0378a</link><guid isPermaLink="false">0832076b-ba7b-4bb7-a6a1-f557bdd0378a</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2025 09:02:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Labour’s welfare revolt shows politics always catches up with policy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Benefits system must get better at reducing poverty but these spending cuts will not solve the problem]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/3ff85373-ecc6-46ac-ba05-83430ee499b9</link><guid 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08:30:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Absence of leadership forces Labour to play to electorate]]></title><description><![CDATA[Only a wider governing philosophy will enable Keir Starmer’s party to see off Reform UK threat]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/38a32736-6321-4208-8678-944c3239e331</link><guid isPermaLink="false">38a32736-6321-4208-8678-944c3239e331</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2025 08:30:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deportation case tests Labour’s appetite for ECHR reform]]></title><description><![CDATA[Inability to extradite fugitives wanted for murder and child rape prompts MPs to call for reinterpretation of human rights]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/dfff2b0b-bf06-40db-a742-e112ba143486</link><guid isPermaLink="false">dfff2b0b-bf06-40db-a742-e112ba143486</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2025 09:06:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Labour’s policies on non-doms and welfare risk pleasing no one ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ending non-dom regime started life as a political attack line but is now clashing with the reality of governing  ]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/f41e0e73-510d-4728-ba07-e14be6e2f137</link><guid isPermaLink="false">f41e0e73-510d-4728-ba07-e14be6e2f137</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2025 08:43:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is not how you should legislate assisted dying reform]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bill likely to pass into law but such a major change to society and the state’s role merits government being explicit author]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/a28ab1e8-a494-4238-9478-5d292a39a438</link><guid isPermaLink="false">a28ab1e8-a494-4238-9478-5d292a39a438</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2025 08:40:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whitehall AI tool could help get UK building faster and smarter]]></title><description><![CDATA[Starmer unveiled Extract that can speed up decisions and bring historic paperwork into digital age ]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/7215cf5f-99b0-493a-ac5f-4c7a91c0daf2</link><guid isPermaLink="false">7215cf5f-99b0-493a-ac5f-4c7a91c0daf2</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2025 08:35:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Labour bets big on an infrastructure-led recovery]]></title><description><![CDATA[While the party shows largesse on capital spending, it pencils in pretty tight settlements for public services]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/b35cbc49-24e2-4c24-b0cb-e7668073470e</link><guid isPermaLink="false">b35cbc49-24e2-4c24-b0cb-e7668073470e</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 08:41:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Labour’s growth strategy comes down to difficult decisions on tax]]></title><description><![CDATA[If and when expected state spending cuts bite, how quickly might Labour have to retreat?]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/b42417b2-c571-4613-a247-d2ff73a989d6</link><guid 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GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Industry-wide errors puzzle British pollsters]]></title><description><![CDATA[Statisticians are still trying to work out why Labour’s general election victory was so overestimated]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/83c885e9-52ab-48d2-8a6e-1152d4235dab</link><guid isPermaLink="false">83c885e9-52ab-48d2-8a6e-1152d4235dab</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2025 08:30:53 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>