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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The UK economy unexpectedly shrank 0.1 per cent in October, the second contraction in a row, in a blow to the Labour government’s economic agenda. The monthly change in GDP published on Friday by the

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Thames Water should be “put out of its misery” and renationalised, according to the deputy leader of Reform UK, in a sign that the backlash against water privatisation has become an increasingly populist issue. Richard

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Donald Trump’s election victory last month ignited a trading frenzy at brokerage houses and Wall Street banks as expectations for sweeping policy changes added fuel to a US stock rally. Trading volumes in

George Sweeney strides across the site of a partially constructed 27-storey apartment block in Bermondsey, in south-east London, shaking hands and chuckling with the construction workers he passes.  The 17-year-old says he was the only teenager in his class at secondary school to do a construction apprenticeship last year. Throughout mainstream education “you’re pushed down

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world It is taken as read that America’s next president is bad news for diversity, equity and inclusion — the now-ubiquitous shorthand for the notion that workplaces should be fair, encouraging and open to

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world The writer is a faculty member at Yale, formerly chair of Morgan Stanley Asia, and is the author of ‘Accidental Conflict: America, China, and the Clash of False Narratives’ A tit-for-tat between China

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Rachel Reeves has insisted she will not give “false hope” to proponents of building a new railway line north of Birmingham as an alternative to the cancelled leg of HS2. The chancellor said the government’s

Standing under a “Bitcoin 2024” logo at a US crypto conference this summer, Donald Trump likened the audience of “bitcoiners” to the inventors and industrialists who pioneered high-tech industries at the turn of the 20th century. “You are the modern day Edisons and Wright Brothers and Carnegies and Henry Fords,” he said. “My job will

Syrian rebels who helped topple Bashar al-Assad’s regime less than a week ago have pressed ahead with a separate, less-publicised offensive. The Syrian National Army, a rebel group supported by Turkey, has in recent days battled the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, a US-backed militant movement that Ankara deems a severe threat. Syrian Kurds, who at

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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the UK energy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Ministers are considering weakening the rights of communities to object to new pylons or wind farms in their neighbourhoods as they race to decarbonise the electricity system by 2030.  The UK government is exploring overhauling

Shares in software provider ServiceTitan have closed their debut up 42 per cent in New York, wrapping up the US calendar for large public listings with an encouraging signal for 2025. The lossmaking group, which provides tradespeople with services such as scheduling and advertising, raised $625mn selling shares at $71 apiece, having raised its initial

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. HSBC is reviewing its retail banking operations outside the UK and Hong Kong, a move that could see it substantially scale back operations in countries including Mexico, as it seeks further cost cuts. The bank

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A British hedge fund trader at the heart of Europe’s sprawling “cum-ex” dividend scandal has been sentenced to 12 years in prison by a Danish court for defrauding the Nordic country of DKr9bn ($1.3bn). Sanjay

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world The fatal shooting of Brian Thompson, the CEO of America’s largest health insurer, in Manhattan last week sent chills through US boardrooms. The suspect charged with the UnitedHealthcare executive’s murder on Monday was

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Inflation is hitting the Big Apple harder than a slew of other major US cities — with prices surging at their fastest pace since early last year, according to fresh government data released Wednesday. From rent to groceries to school tuition, consumer prices across the New York and New Jersey metro area spiked 4.3% from