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  • Wednesday, 9 October, 2024
    Post Office scandal
    Post Office battling to win trust of staff after IT scandal, admits chief

    Nick Read tells inquiry that company is ‘not getting through to everybody’ as workers continue to report problems

    Post Office chief executive Nick Read arrives at the Horizon IT inquiry in London on Wednesday
  • Wednesday, 9 October, 2024
    UK Autumn Budget 2024
    Starmer refuses to rule out raising employer national insurance rate

    Chancellor Rachel Reeves could raise billions of pounds by introducing levy on employer pension contributions

    Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaking during Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of Commons
  • Wednesday, 9 October, 2024
    Conservative party UK
    Jenrick vs Badenoch: meet the next Conservative leader

    Elimination of James Cleverly from contest leaves Tory members with choice between two rightwingers

    Robert Jenrick and Kemi Badenoch
  • Wednesday, 9 October, 2024
    Conservative party UK
    Jenrick and Badenoch to contest Tory leadership after Cleverly knocked out

    Former business secretary topped fourth ballot of MPs on 42 votes

    Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick
  • Wednesday, 9 October, 2024
    UK politics
    Labour to soften worker protection plan after business pressure

    Ministers braced for union backlash after accepting case for letting companies keep employees on probation for up to 9 months

    Four individuals are engaged in welding work at a metal workshop, wearing protective gear including masks and gloves
  • Wednesday, 9 October, 2024
    Chris Giles
    Lessons in law and economics from the Next pay gap case

    Companies need to be careful, but the judgment ultimately preserves market forces

    A Next clothing store within a shopping mall
  • Wednesday, 9 October, 2024
    Executive Pay
    UK companies given greater leeway to award executives big pay rises

    Investment Association simplifies guidelines in effort to stem exodus of London-listed groups

    Skyline of the City of London
  • Wednesday, 9 October, 2024
    Inside Politics
    Should Cleverly try to choose his opponent in final round?

    Gambling with such a small electorate of 121 MPs could end in humiliating defeat

    The remaining Conservative leadership contenders Robert Jenrick, James Cleverly and Kemi Badenoch
  • Wednesday, 9 October, 2024
    ExplainerUK Autumn Budget 2024
    Why Reeves is ‘walking a tightrope’ ahead of the Budget

    UK chancellor will submit proposals to independent watchdog on Wednesday

    Montage shows Rachel Reeves against a backdrop of pound notes in Labour red
  • Wednesday, 9 October, 2024
    Your QuestionsLucy Warwick-Ching
    Should we let friends share our nanny?

    How would this work in practice with pay, holiday and tax?

  • Wednesday, 9 October, 2024
    FT Globetrotter
    A chef’s guide to London’s top Sunday lunches

    British, Turkish, French and Chinese, as recommended by Mike Davies of The Camberwell Arms, the man behind one of the capital’s most celebrated roasts

    Chef Mike Davies of The Camberwell Arms, sitting in a chair and smiling with his eyes closed
  • Wednesday, 9 October, 2024
    Metropolitan Police Service UK
    Met Police misconduct settlements double to £7.6mn

    UK’s biggest force resolves hundreds of cases, including claims of racial profiling and using false evidence

  • Tuesday, 8 October, 2024
    UK employment
    Business seeks clearer timetable on UK worker rights overhaul

    Unions and employer groups receive briefing of draft legislation ahead of its publication on Thursday

    Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner arriving for a cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street on October 8
  • Tuesday, 8 October, 2024
    UK tax
    General Atlantic chief says higher UK taxes will not harm investing

    Bill Ford says his approach would not change if carried interest loophole is closed

    Bill Ford speaking at the FT’s Due Diligence conference
  • Tuesday, 8 October, 2024
    UK economy
    Pension funds call for UK fiscal rule change to spur investment

    Current definition means the government is ‘actively discouraged’ from spending on infrastructure

    People walking on a beach in front of some wind turbines
  • Tuesday, 8 October, 2024
    Thames Water
    Abu Dhabi writes off 9.9% stake in Thames Water

    Writedown comes as UK government is hoping to attract institutional investors

    Maintenance engineers worker at a Thames Water incident site in London
  • Tuesday, 8 October, 2024
    Security Service UK
    Russian spies plan ‘mayhem’ on British streets, warns MI5 chief

    UK faces sharp rise in state-backed espionage as well as resumed threat from al-Qaeda, says Ken McCallum

    MI5 head Ken McCallum
  • Tuesday, 8 October, 2024
    Conservative party UK
    Cleverly takes lead in Tory leadership race as Tugendhat is knocked out

    Former home secretary secures more MPs’ backing than rivals after third round of voting

    James Cleverly
  • Tuesday, 8 October, 2024
    High Speed Two Ltd
    HS2 rail link will run into central London, says minister

    Louise Haigh says ‘it would never have made sense’ for controversial project to end in London suburbs

    Workers walk beside an HS2 high-speed rail construction site at Euston
  • Tuesday, 8 October, 2024
    Demographics and population
    Immigration drives fastest UK population growth for half a century

    Official data highlights country’s demographic challenges

    Shoppers on Oxford Street, London
  • Tuesday, 8 October, 2024
    Gilts
    UK borrowing costs climb as Reeves walks ‘tightrope’ over spending plans

    Gap between yields on gilts and German bonds has reached widest in more than a year ahead of Budget

    Montage of chart, Bank of England building and Rachel Reeves
  • Tuesday, 8 October, 2024
    Inside Politics
    Starmer’s missions need the government machine to run better

    Previous governments have attempted the Whitehall silo-busting needed by Labour to achieve its five big aims

    Prime minister Keir Starmer making a statement in the House of Commons
  • Tuesday, 8 October, 2024
    UK infrastructure
    UK water companies fined £158mn for missing sewage targets

    Regulator Ofwat calls on industry to address ‘issues of culture and leadership’

    An overflow pipe releases water into the River Thames
  • Tuesday, 8 October, 2024
    Transport for London
    Survivors of accidents on London bus and Tubes accuse TfL of neglecting safety

    Campaigners highlight what they say is defensiveness and victim-blaming

    A damaged bus in London
  • Tuesday, 8 October, 2024
    Stephen Bush
    There is such a thing as British culture

    That is why politicians of all stripes should be wary of undermining the BBC

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