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Stephen Bush

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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.

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  • Friday, 2 June, 2023
    Inside Politics
    Covid inquiry legal fight: a sideshow to broader quarrel about WhatsApp

    Spread of informal messaging across departments raises concerns of slapdash decision-making

  • Thursday, 1 June, 2023
    Inside Politics
    Brexit was built on two irreconcilable visions

    Next Tory leadership election will be set against backdrop of MPs lamenting electoral deal struck to deliver Britain’s departure from EU

  • Wednesday, 31 May, 2023
    Inside Politics
    Probe into devolution’s poster child may cast long shadow over regional projects

    Government inquiry into Ben Houchen’s Teesside regeneration scheme will not necessarily weaken area’s Conservative support

  • Tuesday, 30 May, 2023
    Inside Politics
    Labour stores up trouble over its plans to curb immigration

    Investment in skills is one part of the solution, but is unlikely to lead to meaningful reductions in numbers alone

  • Monday, 29 May, 2023
    Student finance
    The UK needs a new deal for its highly taxed graduates

    Repayments under the student loan system hinder their potential contributions to the economy

  • Monday, 29 May, 2023
    Office life
    Work etiquette: How to make small talk at a diplomatic function

    Do talk about yourself. Don’t ask about politics back home

  • Friday, 26 May, 2023
    Inside Politics
    The old cycle of British immigration policy is unwinding

    Why novelty (and the lack thereof) have a part to play in changing societal and political impacts following migration waves

  • Thursday, 25 May, 2023
    Inside Politics
    Sunak is doomed either way on immigration

    Backing calls to lower record migration levels is one thing, actually swallowing the costs is another

  • Wednesday, 24 May, 2023
    Inside Politics
    Partygate and a government crackdown on overseas students: old stories return anew

    Plus, UK net migration target is far removed from rest of government’s political aims

  • Tuesday, 23 May, 2023
    Inside Politics
    Reduced immigration demands do not align with realities of low funding

    The Conservative party needs to address issue of spending on skills and staffing

  • Monday, 22 May, 2023
    Demographics and population
    Liberalism’s problems are problems of success

    But solutions proposed by ‘national conservatives’ have difficulties of their own

  • Monday, 22 May, 2023
    Inside Politics
    Braverman in speeding saga as net migration row spills into open

    Allies attribute revelations to a smear against home secretary

  • Friday, 19 May, 2023
    Inside Politics
    The vanishing chances of a hung parliament

    A breakdown of what the 2023 local votes and past general elections suggest for future outcomes

  • Thursday, 18 May, 2023
    Inside Politics
    Labour’s gamble on building on greenbelt

    Also in this newsletter, Stellantis’s post-Brexit woes offer way of thinking about EU-UK relations under a Starmer-led government

  • Wednesday, 17 May, 2023
    Inside Politics
    Cabinet battles over big immigration numbers break out into the open

    Plus, why we should be wary of some wacky Labour policies hitting the headlines

  • Tuesday, 16 May, 2023
    Inside Politics
    Marking out the paths to victory

    A big part of Suella Braverman’s speech was about positioning herself for the leadership race. But it comes at a cost for the government

  • Tuesday, 16 May, 2023
    ReviewNon-Fiction
    Fans and fandom — the wonderfully weird ways we define ourselves

    In an online world, the role of our hobbies and obsessions has gained new urgency

  • Tuesday, 16 May, 2023
    Innovation
    There’s no such thing as a digital native

    Technology is changing too rapidly for us to assume that the next generation will fully understand it

  • Monday, 15 May, 2023
    Inside Politics
    Bosses beware: Labour’s right to disconnect is a sign of things to come

    Also in this newsletter, Labour to increase trade union powers, and Priti Patel’s accusation of a managed decline of the Conservative party

  • Friday, 12 May, 2023
    Inside Politics
    Sunak’s five-pledge strategy takes a hit as BoE revises inflation forecast

    Also in this newsletter, Labour misconduct allegations spark anger among female MPs and vetting backlog poses threat to national security

  • Thursday, 11 May, 2023
    Inside Politics
    Badenoch’s leadership prospects in balance as bonfire of EU laws scrapped

    Business secretary is at risk of being neither the candidate of her establishment supporters or her allies on the Brexiter right

  • Wednesday, 10 May, 2023
    Inside Politics
    Khan calls for urgent review after Met ‘regret’ over anti-monarchy arrests

    Also in this newsletter, next steps for the Public Order Act and reigniting calls for police reform

  • Tuesday, 9 May, 2023
    Inside Politics
    No good options left for Rishi Sunak

    Whatever choices the PM makes after the Tories’ local election drubbing will upset somebody

  • Monday, 8 May, 2023
    Racial equality
    Was Cleopatra black or white? The answer is neither

    Modern categories had no meaning in the ancient world and even now evolve as society, the state and the market dictate

  • Friday, 5 May, 2023
    Inside Politics
    Tories look set to suffer heavy losses in local elections defeat

    Also in this newsletter, many results still yet to declare, and differing numbers between BBC’s PNS and Sky’s NEV

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