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Political Fix is a news podcast hosted by Financial Times. It has 585 episodes, with the latest published April 2026.

The Financial Times takes you into the corridors of power to unwrap, analyse and debate British politics with a regular lineup of FT correspondents and informed commentators. New episodes available every Friday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Labour lambasted over defence

2

Squeezed Britain: student loans, salaries and strikes

3

Trump taunts drive Starmer into EU’s arms

4

The case for keeping Starmer

5

Introducing Untold: Opus Dei

6

Angela’s ambitions

7

Mandelson mess and Middle East U-turns

8

Iran shock for Starmer

9

Green grief for Starmer: by-election special

10

Farage against the machine

11

Mandarin mayhem

12

Mandelson, money - and the risk to the prime minister

13

Chinese whispers — at home and abroad

14

When the ‘special relationship’ isn’t so special

15

Disloyalty and defection: the Tory-Reform psychodrama

16

Trump trouble: Starmer's tricky start to 2026

17

Swamp Notes: Is the US economy really K-shaped?

18

Quizmas special: Political Fix’s 2025 nerd-out!

19

Political Fix Live: Labour’s year in review

20

Deals, donations and damage limitation

21

Bonus: What does the 2025 Budget mean for your money?

22

Budget bonanza: tax highs and growth lows

23

Coming soon from Tech Tonic: Defying death

24

Boats and the Budget: the battlelines are drawn

25

Is Starmer’s leadership on the line?

26

To tax, but who to tax, that is the question

27

Reeves’ £30bn treasure hunt

28

Budget, boats and a by-election

29

Britain: a beacon of economic stability?

30

Introducing Untold: Toxic Legacy

31

Has Kemi Badenoch silenced the critics?

32

Coming soon from Tech Tonic: Mission to Mars

33

Labour’s conference comeback?

34

Does Starmer have a northern problem?

35

Trumpery, pageantry and the ‘special relationship’

36

Starmer in a spin as the ‘Dark Lord’ bites the dust

37

Bonus ep: How the UK is navigating the Trump era

38

Rayner, Reeves and Reform

39

Farage, flags and the ghosts of Labour’s past

40

The mess in the NHS

41

Starmer's superpower: soft power?

42

Introducing Swamp Notes: The real cost of gutting USAID

43

Why Starmer changed his mind about Palestinian statehood

44

One year in opposition

45

The Afghan files: the inside story on the catastrophic leak

46

Resetting Franco-British relations: the cross-channel contract

47

A year of Keir

48

Starmer’s welfare woes

49

Starmer on standby

50

Reeves sets Labour’s course – but what will it deliver?

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