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    • Sunday, 24 July, 2022
      UK business & economy
      The UK needs a coherent economic strategy

      Conservative members must choose a leader who can tackle productivity problems with more imagination

    • Monday, 7 February, 2022
      UK business & economy
      Ex-Treasury minister Jim O’Neill slams UK government’s economic policy

      O’Neill tells Commons Treasury committee level of interest rates is ‘ridiculous’ and calls for greater investment and ‘massive devolution’

    • Thursday, 20 January, 2022
      Special ReportFT Health: Future of Antibiotics
      Antibiotic resistance kills over 1m people a year, says study

      Research underscores the dangers of bacteria developing the ability to resist drugs

    • Monday, 29 November, 2021
      Global Economy
      Twenty years on, the Brics have disappointed

      The challenge of how these countries achieve higher prosperity across society remains unsolved

    • Tuesday, 18 May, 2021
      Property sector
      Jim O’Neill takes control at flexible office start-up Second Home

      Provider hopes for post pandemic boom after previously struggling to open new sites

    • Friday, 30 April, 2021
      Football
      The beautiful game of football is in sore need of a credible regulator

      Hare-brained scheme for a European Super League shows it is time for the UK government to act

    • Friday, 25 September, 2020
      English devolution
      UK ‘levelling up’ agenda requires more devolution, ex-minister says

      Jim O’Neill believes Covid crisis has shattered belief that ‘Whitehall knows best’

    • Saturday, 11 May, 2019
      English devolution
      Stockport offers Britain’s towns a blueprint for revival

      The area is tackling the problems that beset declining places close to big cities

    • Wednesday, 27 March, 2019
      Drugs research
      Industry must turn words into action on superbugs, says Jim O’Neill

      Biotech companies need big pharma to bring innovative antibiotics to market

    • Monday, 29 October, 2018
      UK Budget
      Resources for regions dismissed as lacking substance

      Chancellor says investment will ‘fire up’ projects in northern England and Midlands

    • Friday, 21 September, 2018
      Brexit
      Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour looks poised to shake up the status quo

      The UK opposition steps into an economic void left by a government grappling with Brexit

    • Friday, 13 April, 2018
      Health
      FT Health: Why ‘sin taxes’ are good economics

      Tackling NCDs, Jim O’Neill, bad news for night owls

    • Saturday, 1 July, 2017
      UK politics & policy
      Northern Powerhouse regains post-election ‘momentum’

      Jim O’Neill optimistic over project’s future after PM’s previous indifference

    • Friday, 23 September, 2016
      UK business & economy
      Jim O’Neill resigns as Treasury minister

      Former Goldman Sachs executive upset at grammar schools, Hinkley Point and Northern Powerhouse plans

    • Sunday, 31 July, 2016
      US & Canadian companies
      Ex-Goldman star threatens to quit over UK’s China policy

      Treasury minister Jim O’Neill seeks clarity on role after Hinkley Point delay

    • Monday, 4 July, 2016
      Brexit
      Northern powerhouse plans must continue, says Jim O’Neill

      Treasury official threatens to quit if project is downgraded

    • Thursday, 19 May, 2016
      The FT ViewUK business & economy
      Pull together to prevent a superbug apocalypse

      Drug companies need market incentives to generate new antibiotics

    • Thursday, 19 May, 2016
      Pharmaceuticals sector
      Big pharma hits back at tax to tackle superbugs

      Drugmakers say levy to fund R&D on antimicrobial resistance wrong way to address lack of new antibiotics

    • Wednesday, 18 May, 2016
      Pharmaceuticals sector
      Multibillion-dollar pharma levy proposed in superbugs battle

      UK minister wants ‘play or pay’ scheme in search for effective new antibiotics

    • Monday, 18 April, 2016
      Brain drain
      Northern Powerhouse project threatened by ‘brain drain’

      Calls for regional tax incentives as young people move to London while few head the other way

    • Thursday, 11 February, 2016
      UK companies
      O’Neill ‘superbug’ review promotes wider use of vaccines

      Smarter vaccination policy crucial to prevent ‘slow-motion car crash’ on antibiotics

    • Tuesday, 8 December, 2015
      Global Economy
      Superbug panel wants limit on antibiotics used in animals

      Livestock in China harbouring bacteria resistant to colistin

    • Thursday, 22 October, 2015
      Pharmaceuticals sector
      Lord O’Neill seeks investment to prevent misuse of antibiotics

      Funds needed to improve rapid diagnosis of bacterial infections

    • Wednesday, 21 October, 2015
      Chinese politics & policy
      George Osborne’s four lords push for stronger UK-China ties

      Peers move between British politics and the corporate world

    • Wednesday, 23 September, 2015
      UK business & economy
      Jim O’Neill defends Osborne’s praise for China

      Treasury minister says UK must give Beijing ‘special’ attention

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