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Starmer’s charm offensive pays off as number of companies buying stands rises ahead of UK general election
Also in this newsletter: how inflation is flattering UK trade figures
Party officials shift focus to making independent schools pay VAT and business rates in event they win power
Burnham says northern leg could be delayed if government commits to east-west route
Pledge by shadow business secretary follows legislative delays and rash of company scandals
Conservatives handed potential lifeline in Mid Bedfordshire following the resignation of Nadine Dorries
Wishful thinking is not enough to forge strategy on this most important plank of foreign policy
Labour does not want ‘dynamic alignment’ but ministers call position rejoining in all but name
Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves says OBR would be given independent powers to produce forecasts
Labour’s charter of Budget responsibility aims to give businesses certainty — with no repeats of the ‘mini’ Budget
UK opposition’s stance on warming homes is sign of fraught politics around UK move away from fossil fuel heating
Prime minister and chancellor Jeremy Hunt recognise more pain lies ahead for many voters even as inflation falls
The EU must confront its €300bn question
Leader of UK’s main opposition party tells business leaders in Paris he wants to rewrite Brexit deal with EU
UK’s opposition leader pledges to repair relations with EU leaders but may find they have other priorities
Starmer’s time as leader of the opposition offers the template he wants to follow in securing a mandate
Twenty-five years after Blair and Clinton proclaimed ‘Third Way’, UK Labour leader joined centre-left counterparts at Canada summit
Labour leader tells FT his government would put closer trading relationship with Brussels at heart of growth policy
UK opposition party’s caution comes after Tory government refuses to commit to northern section of project
Labour leader will tell centre-left summit in Canada he intends to rebuild partnerships damaged by Brexit and Sunak
Also in this newsletter, Rishi Sunak needs to rely on opposition party votes occasionally if he wants to make his mark
Sir Keir Starmer proposes returns agreement with the bloc under which UK would take in asylum seekers
Keir Starmer should expect to cop political heat from the right as he moves to ease trade friction with the bloc
Conservatives warn deal will force Britain to accept asylum seekers from across the bloc
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