Jim Pickard | Financial Times

Accessibility help Skip to navigation Skip to content Skip to footer

A new world is possible. Let's not go back to what wasn't working anyway.

Lead the way with 50% off

Thursday, 16 September, 2021

Deforestation
Food retailers and green groups criticise ‘watered down’ UK environment bill
House of Lords fails to amend legislation to limit products linked to deforestation in food supply chains
Wednesday, 15 September, 2021

News in-depthUK politics & policy
Johnson swings axe to kill perception of No 10 drift
UK PM confident enough to promote Gove and Truss, two rivals for his job
Wednesday, 15 September, 2021

UK business & economy
Pre-departure Covid tests to be scrapped for travellers into England with jabs
Current ‘traffic light’ system of restrictions to be simplified to aid tourist industry
Wednesday, 15 September, 2021

UK housebuilding
Johnson draws property industry’s ire over watered-down planning reforms
Plans aimed to curb councils’ power to oppose developments and speed up delivery of new homes in England
Tuesday, 14 September, 2021

UK politics & policy
Chinese ambassador to UK banned from event in Houses of Parliament
Commons and Lords Speakers act in response to 5 MPs being among 10 people placed under Beijing sanctions
Tuesday, 14 September, 2021

InterviewTransport for London
London’s transport chief calls for £17bn long-term funding boost
Money needed over the next decade to cover pandemic recovery and capital spending, Andy Byford argues
Monday, 13 September, 2021

Labour Party UK
Starmer to pledge new deal for UK workers under a Labour government
Opposition leader will promise a £10 minimum wage with full rights and protections for all
Monday, 13 September, 2021

UK government spending
Treasury pinpoints first targets of Sunak’s spending crackdown
Bridge to Northern Ireland and New Enterprise scheme are first casualties in countdown to agenda-setting review
Monday, 13 September, 2021

Covid-19 vaccines
UK cancels €1.4bn Covid vaccine deal with France’s Valneva
Doses were to be manufactured in Scotland with deliveries starting in 2022
Promoted Content
Sunday, 12 September, 2021

Covid-19 vaccines
Unison chief lambasts mandatory Covid jabs plan for NHS workers in England
Christina McAnea says government’s ‘heavy-handed’ approach poses threat to health sector
Wednesday, 8 September, 2021

UK politics & policy
Johnson brushes off Tory rebels to pass health and social care bill
Prospect of £12bn a year in higher taxes triggers abstentions and 5 votes against by PM’s own MPs
Wednesday, 8 September, 2021

UK business & economy
New test system no quick fix for UK lorry driver shortage, hauliers warn
Industry welcomes planned shake-up for getting HGV licences but still seeks easing of visa rules
Wednesday, 8 September, 2021

Universal credit
UK ministers braced for ‘catastrophic’ end to welfare uplift
Analysis shows homelessness and poverty will rise when universal credit boost finishes
Sunday, 5 September, 2021

News in-depthUK business & economy
UK employers plot return of office workers
Companies have created hybrid working models that are being rolled out this month
Sunday, 5 September, 2021

UK politics & policy
PM looks to defend UK role in Kabul withdrawal
Commons will be told Johnson intends to use ‘every lever’ to protect Britain from harm and help Afghan people
Sunday, 5 September, 2021

UK social care
Johnson faces battle to win over critics of social care reform plan
Range of opponents hit at plan to raise national insurance rates, with TUC arguing for wealth taxes
Sunday, 5 September, 2021

Coronavirus pandemic
Large English venues to bring in Covid vaccine passports
Government seeks to avoid having to introduce another lockdown over winter
Saturday, 4 September, 2021

Afghanistan
John Major attacks ‘strategically stupid’ decision to leave Afghanistan
Former UK prime minister says retreat is a sign of a more isolationist US
Friday, 3 September, 2021

UK social care
Johnson to break election tax pledge to fund social care reform
Ministers close to agreement on national insurance increase to overhaul creaking system
Friday, 3 September, 2021

UK politics & policy
Labour urges Boris Johnson to tackle rising gas bills
Ed Miliband warns surging cost of gas was ‘deeply concerning’ for consumers and businesses
Friday, 3 September, 2021

Labour Party UK
Starmer headache as Corbyn vows to attend Labour conference
Former leader threatens to overshadow event and underline deep splits within party
Friday, 3 September, 2021

Coronavirus pandemic
UK gears up for battle to renew emergency Covid legislation
Tory rebels say ‘draconian’ Coronavirus Act is no longer needed to contain the pandemic
Thursday, 2 September, 2021

UK energy
Gas crunch threatens industry in UK and Europe
Cold winter could push prices higher and force some companies to cut back production
Thursday, 2 September, 2021

Brexit
UK proposal to rewrite section of Brexit deal wins lawyers’ backing
Revisiting Brussels’ scrutiny of British state-subsidy decisions deemed reasonable
Wednesday, 1 September, 2021

UK politics & policy
Whitehall watchdog rebukes former UK chancellor over lobbying Treasury
Hammond contacted senior official on behalf of a bank he was advising