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  • Saturday, 25 June, 2022
    Conservative Party UK
    Boris Johnson insists he will not undergo ‘psychological transformation’

    Defiant prime minister brushes off by-election defeats and vows to tackle cost of living crisis and war in Ukraine

  • Saturday, 25 June, 2022
    LexUK employment
    Wages: data measurement encourages its weaponisation Premium content

    Examining salaries in Britain’s rail industry demonstrates how easily numbers can take diverging tracks

  • Saturday, 25 June, 2022
    FT readers respond
    Rail strikes across Britain: FT readers share their views

    Commenters post their opinions on the walkouts and the UK’s potential ‘summer of discontent’

  • Saturday, 25 June, 2022
    Travel & leisure industry
    Travel chaos and cost of living leave Britons holidaying at home

    Domestic bookings have jumped since start of June as people seek to save money and avoid disruption

  • Friday, 24 June, 2022
    UK by-elections
    Johnson’s leadership in fresh crisis after Tories lose two by-elections

    Oliver Dowden quits as party chair after defeats and ex-leader Michael Howard calls on PM to step down

  • Friday, 24 June, 2022
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    Boris Johnson’s double by-election defeat

    The PM’s leadership is in question after the Conservatives lost two crucial by-elections

  • Friday, 24 June, 2022
    UK labour disputes
    Third rail strike to cripple services across Britain as talks fail to reach deal

    Transport secretary accuses RMT union of ‘damaging lives of everyday hardworking people’

  • Friday, 24 June, 2022
    Boris Johnson fails to oust Lady Scotland as Commonwealth chief

    Former Labour attorney-general defeats rival by 27 votes to 24 in fresh political blow to UK PM

  • Friday, 24 June, 2022
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    Boris Johnson’s electoral coalition shows signs of unravelling

    Tory by-election losses highlight how party is losing ground in both northern and southern England

  • Friday, 24 June, 2022
    Tim Bale
    Lessons for Conservatives from the double by-election blow

    Scores of other seats could go the way of Tiverton and Honiton and fall to the Lib Dems; the message from Wakefield for Labour is less clear

  • Friday, 24 June, 2022
    Christian Wolmar
    No one is in charge of Britain’s chaotic railways

    Since the privatisation and break-up of British Rail, train transport has proved itself ill-suited to conventional capitalism

  • Friday, 24 June, 2022
    Inside Politics
    Return of tactical voting leaves Tories in disarray

    Plus, Oliver Dowden’s exit as Conservative party chair portends more resignations and manoeuvring for power

  • Friday, 24 June, 2022
    Helen Thomas
    UK’s Arm-twisting confirms critics’ worst deal-vetting fears

    Using national security powers to make chip designer list in London shows drift from stated aims of new rules

  • Thursday, 23 June, 2022
    UK business & economy
    UK consumer confidence falls to lowest level since records began

    Mood gloomier than at height of pandemic or in 2008 financial crisis as inflation hits household pockets

  • Thursday, 23 June, 2022
    UK business & economy
    UK oil and gas producers warn Sunak over windfall tax

    ‘Candid’ meeting with N Sea groups hears levy could force cancellation of projects and deter investors

  • Thursday, 23 June, 2022
    UK labour disputes
    UK faces summer of travel chaos as strike threats spread

    BA check-in staff at Heathrow vote to walk out during school holidays and rail talks break up without deal

  • Thursday, 23 June, 2022
    Cost of living crisis
    UK explores 5% pay rises for public sector workers

    Ministers examine more generous deals because of concern about strikes

  • Thursday, 23 June, 2022
    Britain after Brexit
    If a nimble UK is to be better regulated than the EU it has to be just that — nimble Premium content

    Outgoing regulator warns that Britain risks becoming a rule-taker from Brussels

  • Thursday, 23 June, 2022
    Coronavirus treatment
    UK prepares to include over-50s in autumn Covid booster campaign

    Javid says he asked officials to revise previous plans that would exclude under-65s

  • Thursday, 23 June, 2022
    Inside Politics
    UK schools are nearing crisis point

    Public sector pay dispute and rail strikes stress-test the Tory election machine

  • Thursday, 23 June, 2022
    Due Diligence
    Crypto’s John Pierpont Morgan Premium content

    Plus, inside the UK’s efforts to keep Arm within its borders and Mars’s shift from candy bars to cat food

  • Thursday, 23 June, 2022
    FT Magazine
    How ‘vice-signalling’ swallowed electoral politics 

    Politicians have always pandered. But lately, political stunts, from Trump’s wall to Johnson’s Rwanda flights, have taken a darker turn

  • Thursday, 23 June, 2022
    Chris Giles
    Complacency led policymakers to misdiagnose inflation

    Politicians and central bankers took their eyes off price problems but running a high pressure economy is dangerous

  • Wednesday, 22 June, 2022
    Workplace diversity & equality
    Most UK employers failing to act against ageism, survey shows

    Managers think they are doing right thing on inclusivity but in practice very few are

  • Wednesday, 22 June, 2022
    Brexit
    UK financial services co-operation with EU hit by Northern Ireland row

    Lords committee finds sector has become ‘collateral damage’ in post-Brexit dispute over trade agreement

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