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  • Wednesday, 19 June, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    Weary Crawley voters stuck in ‘Robin Hood’ economy

    Mixed fortunes in Sussex ‘new town’ dent confidence in main parties’ ability to restore prosperity

    Queen’s Square, Crawley
  • Wednesday, 19 June, 2024
    IPOs
    Zilch warns it might ‘go somewhere else’ unless UK boosts IPO market

    Fintech’s chief says he has had positive discussions with Conservative and Labour parties ahead of possible listing

    Philip Belamant sits onstage at a conference with the words ‘Founders Forum Global’ in the background
  • Wednesday, 19 June, 2024
    UK mortgage rates
    Credit card debt hits UK mortgage affordability

    Outstanding card balances on the rise as interest rates remain high

    A pile of assorted credit cards
  • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
    Labour party UK
    Labour proposes to ease planning restrictions on onshore wind farms

    Party wants to allow more turbines as part of plan to boost renewable power if it wins election

    Onshore wind farm  in English countryside
  • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
    Conservative party UK
    Tories deploy Boris Johnson to try to rejuvenate election campaign

    Former PM endorses candidates as new poll predicts historic Conservative loss

    Montage of Boris Johnson, left, and Rishi Sunak
  • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
    ExplainerUK general election 2024
    Why UK private equity is ‘encouraged’ by Labour’s signals on promised tax crackdown

    Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves’s comments were received well by those who believe she has opened the door to less harsh options

    The HSBC building in Canary Wharf, London
  • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Britain’s broken public services

    Neither Tories nor Labour are being upfront about what is needed to fix them

    Building works at a London hospital last year
  • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    Nigel Farage threatens legal action against candidate vetting company

    Reform UK embarrassed after failure to spot previous support for BNP or praise for Hitler’s leadership

    Nigel Farage
  • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
    News in-depthUK general election 2024
    Opposition to ‘monster pylons’ puts Scotland’s energy transition at risk

    Resistance to grid expansion in Aberdeenshire becomes big election issue

    Tracey Smith, of Save Our Mearns action group stands in front of a sign that reads “Stop Monster Pylons Save Our Countryside”
  • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
    Law
    Serco settles landmark shareholder lawsuit

    Case over share price drop was first of its kind in England to go to trial

    A Serco flag flies alongside a Union flag
  • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    Tory leadership hopefuls jostle to replace Sunak

    Potential aspirants are courting MPs, building up grassroots support and stepping up social media output

    Prime Minister Rishi Sunak holds two lobsters while campaigning at the fishing harbour of Clovelly in Devon
  • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
    Political Fix podcast32 min listen
    Campaign catch-up: Labour’s dash for growth

    Plus, what Rachel Reeves told the FT

  • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
    Inside Politics
    Could the Lib Dems become the official opposition?

    A Conservative meltdown plus favourable opinion polling could help Ed Davey’s party chart a path to second place

    Ed Davey high fives someone while pushing a yellow wheelbarrow
  • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    UK election updates from June 18: Labour to win 453 seats, says Ipsos poll
  • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
    Andy Haldane
    Post-election, Britain will once again waive the rules

    Self-imposed fiscal constraints risk starving the economy of the investment needed to boost growth

  • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
    John Lewis Partnership PLC
    John Lewis and Waitrose blame shoplifting surge on ‘greed not need’

    Retail group introduces tactics to tackle industry-wide record levels of theft and staff abuse

    People shop at Waitrose
  • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
    UK insurance industry
    Insurance bosses say London falling behind in market for in-house cover

    Growing numbers of large companies are setting up entities to insure their own risks

    Skyscrapers and commercial buildings on the skyline of the City of London
  • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
    Stephen Bush
    Neither politicians nor the public think straight on immigration

    The problem is that voters aren’t willing to pay for a policy they say really matters to them

    Ewan White illustration of bricklayers building a wall in a desert.
  • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    Labour’s private equity tax crackdown to exempt bosses who risk their own capital

    If executives invest their own money in a deal, earnings would be taxed as a capital gain rather than income

    Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves
  • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
    Your QuestionsLucy Warwick-Ching
    Will we need to pay tax on gifting our Swiss apartment?

    My wife and I would like to gift our flat to our children

  • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
    UK schools
    State schools have enough space for exodus of private pupils

    Labour’s VAT school plan would not overstretch state class sizes in England, data show

    Student taking exams
  • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    ‘Project A30’: The Lib Dems’ plan to win over the South West

    From London to Land’s End, Ed Davey says cash boost needed to bring ‘out of reach’ votes into range

    Ed Davey with party activists carrying Lib Dem posters
  • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    Labour taps veteran Australian strategist for election campaign

    David Nelson’s move to UK underlines ties between centre-left parties in Britain and Australia

    Labour leader Keir Starmer on the general election campaign trail in Essex
  • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
    Consumer trends
    Discounting fails to tempt European consumers as cost of living crisis drags on

    Promotions are up but sales remain muted in sign that demand is not recovering

    A shopping trolley full of groceries in a supermarket aisle
  • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
    Residential
    The idea of a fantasy home surreptitiously peddled by the film Sliding Doors

    To our writer, a teenager in the late 1990s, the seemingly effortless comfort of the characters’ lives included their London apartments

    Two people engage in a friendly handshake on a subway platform, with a blue train visible in the background. The woman has long brown hair and is smiling warmly, while the man looks pleased
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