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    • Thursday, 18 August, 2022
      UK energy
      The energy bills emergency has barely begun

      Millions of British households are already on the brink — and the months-long squeeze is only just starting

    • Thursday, 11 August, 2022
      National Health Service
      The NHS is being squeezed in a vice

      Excess deaths not related to Covid are rising in a system under almost intolerable strain

    • Thursday, 4 August, 2022
      Data PointsUK politics & policy
      Britain faces growing competition to attract global talent

      It has benefited from a steady influx of working-age people over the past 40 years, but now risks forfeiting that privilege

    • Friday, 29 July, 2022
      Data PointsFood diet
      To tackle obesity, we must change conditions not people

      Expanding waistlines have little to do with individual responsibility, and everything to do with how we live and work

    • Thursday, 21 July, 2022
      Data PointsNational Health Service
      Chronic illness makes UK workforce the sickest in developed world

      Every country saw economic inactivity spike during Covid but only in Britain is a rise in worklessness continuing

    • Friday, 15 July, 2022
      News in-depthTravel & leisure industry
      US tourists drive rebound in foreign visitors to London’s top attractions

      Strong dollar and relaxation of Covid testing rules boost American numbers but Asians have yet to return

    • Thursday, 14 July, 2022
      Data PointsClimate change
      The British still think heatwaves are fun — not for much longer

      The frequency and magnitude of extreme heat events are rapidly increasing, with impacts on health and productivity

    • Sunday, 10 July, 2022
      Coronavirus pandemic
      Omicron sub-variants push up Covid hospitalisations in Europe and US

      Infections less likely to cause severe illness or death than past waves, FT analysis suggests

    • Friday, 8 July, 2022
      Data PointsCoronavirus pandemic
      Covid’s chronic effects loom increasingly large

      Despite fewer severe cases, the sheer volume of infections means hundreds of thousands are unwell for the long term

    • Thursday, 23 June, 2022
      Data PointsSport
      Don’t blame market forces for female tennis stars being short-changed

      Give these players their share of the limelight and the money and watch the sport thrive

    • Friday, 17 June, 2022
      Coronavirus pandemic
      Covid hospital admissions rise in Europe as sub-variants fuel new wave

      Omicron offshoots BA.4 and BA.5 drive increase in infections in Portugal, UK, France and Germany

    • Thursday, 16 June, 2022
      Data PointsChildcare
      Men stepping up at home is key to boosting birth rates

      Career vs family is no longer such a trade-off for women, but ‘having it all’ is only possible with increased paternal childcare

    • Friday, 3 June, 2022
      Data PointsNational Health Service
      How to fix Britain’s chronically ill healthcare system

      The NHS needs long-term investment to build capacity and a shift in the balance away from hospital treatment

    • Monday, 30 May, 2022
      Covid-19 vaccines
      Why Africa’s first Covid vaccine factory struggles to find customers

      With high prior rate of infection and apathy, demand is dwindling for jabs on the continent

    • Friday, 27 May, 2022
      Data PointsFootball
      European football now belongs to the highest bidder

      The widening financial gulf between Premier League clubs and the rest is shrinking the pool of competition

    • Friday, 20 May, 2022
      Data PointsCoronavirus economic impact
      Death notices for the city are premature

      Indicators show urban dynamism is back to near pre-pandemic levels

    • Thursday, 12 May, 2022
      Data PointsUK immigration
      Britain is now a high-immigration country and most are fine with that

      With a growing sense that borders are under control, the appetite for hostile environment policies is shrinking

    • Thursday, 5 May, 2022
      Data PointsRoe vs Wade
      Repeal of Roe risks exacerbating the US’s most shameful statistic

      Abortion ban would increase the country’s dreadful maternal mortality rate and fall hardest on the most vulnerable

    • Thursday, 28 April, 2022
      Data PointsHealth Care
      UK healthcare is already being privatised, but not in the way you think

      The creeping Americanisation of British medical bills reflects the strains on the NHS

    • Friday, 22 April, 2022
      Coronavirus pandemic
      UK Covid infection rate declines sharply from recent peak

      Accelerating downward trend eases pressure on overstretched NHS

    • Sunday, 17 April, 2022
      News in-depthNational Health Service
      Number of vacant NHS hospital beds falls to lowest level since start of pandemic

      Health service in England is grappling with twin challenges of Covid and clearing record treatment backlog

    • Wednesday, 30 March, 2022
      News in-depthCoronavirus pandemic
      Health experts warn end of mass Covid testing in UK may be premature

      As infections reach a record high, scientists question government plans to scale back free tests within days

    • Friday, 25 March, 2022
      Coronavirus pandemic
      UK Covid infections jump by a million in a week

      One in 11 Scots now have the virus, with England and Wales not far behind, as Omicron BA.2 variant rips through population

    • Friday, 25 March, 2022
      Coronavirus pandemic
      European wave of Omicron sub-variant BA.2 foreshadows US surge

      North America is likely to be hit by a sharp rise in infections within weeks, experts warn

    • Friday, 18 March, 2022
      Coronavirus pandemic
      Covid infections surge to record high for over-70s in UK

      Health experts fear impact on NHS as new highly infectious Omicron variant drives increase

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