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  • Monday, 5 August, 2024
    UK Budget
    Labour has the UK’s wealthier over-65s in its sights

    Removing winter fuel subsidies for all but the poorest pensioners, is the first of many tough choices, the chancellor has warned

    Montage of two pension age people in front of a vote share graphic
  • Monday, 5 August, 2024
    FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen
    UK leaders court US investors

    Asset managers fret over lost gains as investor cash piles up on the sidelines

  • Sunday, 4 August, 2024
    UK inward investment
    UK chancellor to court investors in New York visit

    Rachel Reeves will attempt to sell Britain under Labour as a ‘stable place to do business’

    Rachel Reeves
  • Sunday, 4 August, 2024
    News in-depthUK housebuilding
    Labour faces tough task in winning community support for building boom

    Experts warn that public backing for development is essential in new government’s bid to end housing crisis

  • Sunday, 4 August, 2024
    Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC
    Can the Rolls-Royce rally continue?

    Erginbilgiç targets post-2027 growth in bid to turn FTSE 100 engineer around for the long-haul

    Rolls-Royce boss Tufan Erginbilgiç
  • Saturday, 3 August, 2024
    UK equities
    UK mid-caps outshine blue-chips as investors bet on economic rebound

    Infrastructure and building-related stocks advance on hopes Labour policies will spur growth

    A man carries a bag of cement at the Vauxhall depot of building material supplier Travis Perkins in London
  • Friday, 2 August, 2024
    InterviewUK trade
    UK must drop ‘post-imperial delusions’ over trade, warns Douglas Alexander

    New UK trade minister says task is to rebuild post-Brexit links and revive deals with India and Gulf states

    The UK’s new trade minister Douglas Alexander
  • Friday, 2 August, 2024
    Paris Olympics
    GB’s Olympians warned of potential French tax shock

    Sponsorships and appearance money at Paris 2024 could attract taxes

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  • Friday, 2 August, 2024
    UK property
    Owners of flats struggle to step up housing ladder

    Stagnating prices have made it hard to build equity, research reveals

    Apartment homes in Manchester
  • Friday, 2 August, 2024
    House & Home
    The end of the house party

    Have the housing and rental markets finally killed this form of wild, bombastic chaos — and reduced it to a nostalgic, commercialised ‘immersive experience’?

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  • Friday, 2 August, 2024
    ExplainerNon-dom tax status
    Inside Labour’s plans to scrap the UK’s ‘non-dom’ tax status

    Tighter terms have been set out with some ‘olive branches’ to ease transition

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  • Thursday, 1 August, 2024
    News in-depthBank of England
    BoE doves vs hawks split leaves rate trajectory uncertain

    Central bank governor Andrew Bailey warns of dangers of moving ‘too much or too quickly’ after first reduction in more than four years

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  • Thursday, 1 August, 2024
    The State of Britain
    Labour must not eschew big investments in the name of ‘tough choices’ Premium content

    Also in this week’s newsletter: civil service headcount balloons

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  • Thursday, 1 August, 2024
    LexThames Water
    Thames Water has breached its licence to operate. So now what?

    For a start, the regulator must act quickly if it is to retain any shred of credibility

  • Thursday, 1 August, 2024
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    A momentous week for central banks

    The rate-cutting cycle is unlikely to be a smooth ride down

    Chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve Jerome Powell and Governor of the Bank of England Andrew Bailey
  • Thursday, 1 August, 2024
    UK interest rates
    UK property market buoyed by interest rate cut

    Homebuying expected to pick up this autumn as confidence returns, say analysts

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  • Thursday, 1 August, 2024
    Property sector
    The Bank of England’s Catch-22

    How higher rates really can drive higher inflation

  • Thursday, 1 August, 2024
    UK interest rates
    BoE lowers rates to 5% in first cut since 2020

    Knife-edge vote marks boost to Labour government’s promise to kick-start economic growth

    Line chart showing Bank of England’s interest rate decisions since 2020
  • Thursday, 1 August, 2024
    UK house prices
    UK house prices rise more than expected in July

    2.1% year-on-year increase comes as BoE cuts benchmark rate to 5%

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  • Thursday, 1 August, 2024
    Global Economy
    Inflation and interest rates tracker: see how your country compares

    Inflationary pressures are beginning to wane but not all central banks have taken action yet. See how this affects you

  • Thursday, 1 August, 2024
    Chris Giles
    Reeves has more legacy junk to ditch as the Treasury sorts out its finances

    The difficult reality is a recognition that we will have to spend more and get less than promised from public services

    A woman in a suit stands to deliver a speech  in the UK parliament hall
  • Thursday, 1 August, 2024
    UK labour disputes
    GPs in England to cap appointments in latest industrial action

    Family doctors voted for move in dispute over pay

    Consultants and junior doctors on the picket line in London last year
  • Thursday, 1 August, 2024
    Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC
    Rolls-Royce shares surge to record high as dividend reinstated

    UK engineering group also lifts profit forecast as recovery under chief executive Tufan Erginbilgiç takes hold

    A model of the Rolls-Royce UltraFan
  • Thursday, 1 August, 2024
    Sarah Moody
    Britain’s property obsession should not come at the expense of pensions

    Less than two-fifths of UK adults are saving enough for a comfortable retirement

    A man holds a model of a house in his palm
  • Thursday, 1 August, 2024
    UK government spending
    UK ministries should get five-year budgets to ensure stability, think-tank says

    Labour government needs to reform spending review process if it wants to reach its mission targets, IfG warns

    Rachel Reeves
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