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Bloomberg UK Politics

Bloomberg's Caroline Hepker, Stephen Carroll, Yuan Potts and Lizzy Burden have your daily guide to British politics. We'll tell you what's happening and explain why it matters.

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Brexit Special: Friends Reunited (with Nicholas Soames)

Brexit Special: Friends Reunited (with Nicholas Soames)

Former MP and leading Tory rebel Nicholas Soames says the Conservatives are united now on Brexit. He tells Bloomberg Wes... Read more

31 Jan 2020

22mins

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Float Like A Butterfly, Sting Like a Boris (with Nigel Evans)

Float Like A Butterfly, Sting Like a Boris (with Nigel Evans)

Former deputy speaker and Conservative candidate Nigel Evans tells Bloomberg Westminster's Sebastian Salek and Roger Hea... Read more

19 Nov 2019

22mins

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Lockdown Nation (with Colum Eastwood MP)

Lockdown Nation (with Colum Eastwood MP)

The UK has been late to dealing with the coronavirus outbreak, SDLP leader Colum Eastwood MP tells Bloomberg Westminster... Read more

19 Mar 2020

22mins

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Curtains For Corbyn? (With Tim Bale)

Curtains For Corbyn? (With Tim Bale)

Labour has failed to close the polling gap as quickly as it did in the 2017 election, says Tim Bale, co-director of the ... Read more

6 Dec 2019

22mins

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Britain Shuts Up Shop (with James Murray MP)

Britain Shuts Up Shop (with James Murray MP)

Boris Johnson has finally announced a full lockdown to combat the coronavirus outbreak. Bloomberg's Joe Mayes details th... Read more

24 Mar 2020

23mins

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Brexit: It's Game Over (with Roger Mortimer)

Brexit: It's Game Over (with Roger Mortimer)

After the election, the Brexit issue is fully resolved for the British people, says Roger Mortimer, professor of public ... Read more

16 Dec 2019

22mins

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No Deal Is Still Real

No Deal Is Still Real

Could the U.K. still be heading for a no-deal Brexit at the end of the year? Therese Raphael, columnist for Bloomberg Op... Read more

22 Jan 2020

22mins

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Who Would Win a General Election? (with Tobias Ellwood MP)

Who Would Win a General Election? (with Tobias Ellwood MP)

Conservative MP Tobias Ellwood tells Bloomberg Westminster's Caroline Hepker and Sebastian Salek that his party's manife... Read more

29 Oct 2019

22mins

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LibDems: Labour is Spend, Spend Spend (with Siobhan Benita)

LibDems: Labour is Spend, Spend Spend (with Siobhan Benita)

Labour's manifesto commitments to taxing the high earners shows they are moving back to the world of high spending and d... Read more

21 Nov 2019

22mins

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HS2: Full Speed Ahead? (with Andrew Mitchell MP & Tony Berkeley)

HS2: Full Speed Ahead? (with Andrew Mitchell MP & Tony Berkeley)

With the fate of HS2 finally being decided this month, we speak to Tony Berkeley, Labour peer and critic of the project ... Read more

7 Feb 2020

22mins

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High Fidelity? (Chris White and Robbie Gibb)

High Fidelity? (Chris White and Robbie Gibb)

Boris Johnson went into the cabinet reshuffle suggesting he would reward competence but has he prioritised loyalty? Two ... Read more

14 Feb 2020

22mins

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Can Sussex Inc. Work for Harry and Meghan?

Can Sussex Inc. Work for Harry and Meghan?

From Instagram posts to speaking events, Alex Webb of Bloomberg Opinion crunches the numbers on Harry and Meghan's poten... Read more

13 Jan 2020

22mins

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Another Election in February? (with Crispin Blunt MP)

Another Election in February? (with Crispin Blunt MP)

Will Jennings, politics professor at Southampton University, tells Bloomberg Westminster's Caroline Hepker and Sebastian... Read more

5 Nov 2019

22mins

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Can Johnson Lose Now? (with Lord Mayor William Russell)

Can Johnson Lose Now? (with Lord Mayor William Russell)

The odds are heavily stacked in the PM's favour, but is there still time for a shock outcome? Bloomberg's Yuan Potts and... Read more

9 Dec 2019

22mins

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Pay Everyone (with Adam Price, AM)

Pay Everyone (with Adam Price, AM)

A universal income is the best stop-gap solution to the problem of making sure the self-employed survive the coronavirus... Read more

26 Mar 2020

23mins

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And They're Off!

And They're Off!

Voting begins in the contest to replace Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader. Our U.K. Government editor, Stuart Biggs, tells ... Read more

24 Feb 2020

22mins

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Boris Johnson's "Extraordinary" Gamble (with Alistair Burt MP)

Boris Johnson's "Extraordinary" Gamble (with Alistair Burt MP)

Fresh from having the Conservative whip restored, Alistair Burt tells Bloomberg Westminster's Caroline Hepker and Sebast... Read more

31 Oct 2019

23mins

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Did the Tories Steal Labour's Clothes? (with Peter Dowd MP)

Did the Tories Steal Labour's Clothes? (with Peter Dowd MP)

Yesterday's Budget saw the biggest tax-and-spending giveaway since 1992. So is this coming right out of Labour's playboo... Read more

12 Mar 2020

22mins

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Virus Special: Who Should Pay You to Self Isolate?

Virus Special: Who Should Pay You to Self Isolate?

The coronavirus risks putting a large number of people out of work. But who should pay those in temporary or freelance j... Read more

6 Mar 2020

22mins

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Window of Opportunity for Fixing Social Care

Window of Opportunity for Fixing Social Care

The Conservatives have promised to fix the crisis in social care with fresh funding and cross-party consensus but Boris ... Read more

10 Jan 2020

23mins

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