Reform UK gets record £9mn donation from Christopher Harborne
Nigel Farage’s party attracts far more funding than both Labour and the Conservatives
Ofgem green lights £28bn investment in UK energy infrastructure
Funding is first step in programme UK energy regulator says will add £108 to British households’ bills
Inside the Burberry bounceback
An American CEO and a fresh cast of faces have set the British luxury brand on a new course. Is it blue skies ahead?
Sterling jumps as business survey triggers unwinding of negative bets
Better than expected activity adds to dollar weakness to send the pound to its highest level since October
The Abandons — Gillian Anderson and Lena Headey face off in Netflix’s overblown western
The pair play warring matriarchs in a grandiose series that feels like watching a soap opera at its most heightened
‘Too hot to handle’: climate change pushing Arab region to limits, says WMO
Stretch of 22 countries is warming at twice the global average, inaugural UN agencies report shows
New Rio Tinto chief to cut costs and sell assets in push to boost profits
Miner banks on rising copper production to increase earnings under new chief Simon Trott
FTAV’s further reading
China; fraudster; stockpicking; stock-valuing; opinion polling; Hong Kong; debt; election data; regional Fed presidents; Xmas jumpers; giant
Stocks’ irrational rate-cut rally
And the prospects for a Hassett-led Fed
South-east Asia’s EV acceleration and Japan’s data centre bottlenecks
The inside story on the Asia tech trends that matter, from Nikkei Asia and the Financial Times
Why the vaporised Austrian century bond was actually a great bet
Losing 96 per cent of your money was *checks notes* good?
Luxembourg lashes out at Germany and Brussels over border checks
Also in this newsletter: How Brussels wants to boost supervision of EU financial markets
Transcript: Splits in the Maga movement
Gideon Rachman talks to Jacob Heilbrunn, editor of the National Interest
Transcript: Defying death — The longevity lab
Michael Peel talks to Hannah Kuchler, Boyang Wang and others
Macron warns of ‘disintegration’ risk to world order in Xi meeting
Two leaders stress need for multilateralism amid rising trade tensions
FirstFT: Investors uneasy about Fed chair frontrunner
Also in today’s newsletter: EU to probe WhatsApp AI feature and Macron in China
Japanese 10-year bond yields rise to highest level since 2007
Investors fret over government’s spending plans and brace themselves for interest rate increase
The FT Style Holiday Gift Guide 2025
Anya Hindmarch, Paolo Carzana, Merlin Labron-Johnson, Eiesha Bharti Pasricha, Campbell Addy and more share the best gifts for fashion, beauty and the home
Bill Gates warns aid cuts risk big increase in child deaths
Global health aid is set to fall more than a quarter this year as rich countries reduce funding
HSBC’s chair search ends where it began
Plus, Blue Owl bought its shares and Bending Spoons embraces financial engineering in Europe
France must cut spending to tackle deficit, urges state auditor
Pierre Moscovici warns politicians not to rely on taxes in race to agree budget for 2026
Fallen Angels joyously propelled by booze and sexual abandon
Noël Coward’s 1920s comedy is riotously led by Janie Dee and Alexandra Gilbreath at London’s Menier Chocolate Factory
Europe exhausts legal tricks on frozen Russian assets
Proposal marks a last-ditch attempt to keep Ukraine solvent using Moscow’s immobilised wealth
The rise of humanoid robots threatens political disruption
Our delighted faith in the automatons raises the question of how they will integrate into human society