We call it the Starmer strategy. The buck starts here
A behind-the-scenes look at the work of Rutherford Hall, critical communications strategist
School IB economics: White House moves to ban institutional investors from buying single-family homes
Demand and supply
IB Geography class
Read a selection of FT articles and classroom questions
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Global resource consumption and security
UK, US and global politics: what students should know
Read FT articles picked by our teacher advisers
School politics class: UK ban on Palestine Action ruled unlawful
Rights in the UK
School economics class: UK swings to record £30bn budget surplus in January as retail sales surge
Fiscal policy
Business school professors’ picks
Topical FT articles and suggested classroom questions
Japan mines Pacific Ocean mud for rare earths to counter China’s chokehold
Ocean floor resources could help protect supply chains from Beijing’s export bans
Letter: A defence loan can be a deterrent and offer investors a return
From Alastair Irvine, Grantham, Lincolnshire, UK
Letter: Fiscal responsibility is the Conservatives’ lodestar
From Rt Hon Sir Mel Stride, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, House of Commons, London SW1, UK
Letter: Positively Orwellian
From Tony Tyler, Hong Kong
Letter: What Lasch wrote about elites and the global bazaar
From Francis Ghilès, Senior Researcher, Barcelona Centre for International Affairs, Paris, France
Letter: Tories have always shied away from the hard choices
From Tim Bale, Professor of Politics, Queen Mary University of London, London E1, UK
Letter: AI’s shortcomings — evident with every email
From Margaret McGirr, Greenwich, CT, US
Letter: Maga’s Delors effect
From Chris Boyd, Sète, France
Letter: Wagner: the only composer on the DMT wavelength
From Craig Sams, Hastings, East Sussex, UK
Gadgets that watch, feed and clean up after our pets
The latest tech can look after your cats and dogs’ wellbeing even when you are absent from home
Share of UK companies with low productivity higher than in 1997
BCG research points to Britain falling behind peers in growth sectors
Conservatives should not just focus on voters lost to Reform, analysis suggests
Polling finds that Tory voters who have drifted left or become disengaged outnumber those turning to Nigel Farage’s party
FT Crossword: Number 18,301
Mexico hit by wave of violence after security forces kill cartel leader
Death of Jalisco New Generation Cartel boss ‘El Mencho’ follows US calls for action against traffickers
Ministers pledge £3.8bn of extra cash for special needs education in English schools
Labour government aims to end need for parents to ‘battle’ for support as it bids to avoid backbench revolt over reforms
FirstFT: Leaked documents reveal Iran’s €500mn arms deal with Russia
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