FirstFT: Starmer fights to save premiership
Also in today’s newsletter: Oil majors’ windfall and Reform UK plans
Also in today’s newsletter: Oil majors’ windfall and Reform UK plans
‘Legends’ is a nail-biting Netflix thriller; Lucy Punch returns in cosy comedy ‘Amandaland’; ‘Widow’s Bay’ is a superb horror comedy. Reviews by Rebecca Nicholson
Chamber of Commerce says west is running out of time to sever its growing reliance on Chinese supply chain
Victoria Craig talks to Peter Campbell and Lucy Fisher
Trading desks at BP, Shell and TotalEnergies outshine US rivals
Central bank’s outgoing vice-president Luis de Guindos says Berlin’s intervention goes ‘against spirit of single market’
Staff from consultancy firms drafted in to work on Federated Data Platform project set to benefit
Fixing it will require much more than the new farm bill can deliver
New blast furnace projects threaten to undermine shift to greener production elsewhere
Middle East conflict is driving many Asian nations in particular to turn to the carbon-intensive fuel
Fragmented field on left and centre boosts far right hopes for the Élysée Palace
Central bank appears to be shifting its focus more to wholesale markets
The strange, soothing art of plane music
Father-son duo sell 15% of Matchroom, which has been propelled by stars such as Anthony Joshua and Luke Littler
Our first-past-the-post electoral system cannot handle the new era of multi-party politics
Biggest groups have gained $5.4tn in value since conflict began — but semiconductor sector accounts for most of the gains
In Europe the reliance on American digital services is now so profound that daily life would almost cease to function without them
As Nigel Farage targets national power, his policies are still tangled in ambiguity and impracticality
Urban wineries are turning pockets of industrial London into hubs of creative fermentation, their playful, low-intervention releases winning fans far beyond the capital
Companies locked in a ‘confidence game’ with consumers to persuade them to book
GLP-1s and a backlash against woke attitudes have dented the body positivity movement. Who stands to gain from it?
Affordable rents, children playing, 20 saunas and 14 swimming pools — no wonder there’s a five-year waiting list
There is a way to reduce the risk of a run on gilts and decrease the cost of government borrowing
High-octane area of mortgage market under scrutiny following messy collapses