It was a historic moment for the Greens. But on the night of the party’s first-ever parliamentary by-election win in the Manchester seat of Gorton and Denton, there was one thing missing from Hannah Spencer’s victory speech: the environment. Under the new leadership of Zack Polanski, the party has become a leftwing threat to Sir … Read more
This article is an on-site version of our Inside Politics newsletter. Subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered every weekday. If you’re not a subscriber, you can still receive the newsletter free for 30 days The Greens have won the Denton and Gorton by-election, a historic result by any measure. By-elections are … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the UK tax myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. HM Revenue & Customs collected an extra £16bn from the biggest businesses last year after it took a “more hands-on approach” with dedicated officials and more fines, the National Audit Office found. The amount of … Read more
Well, my last column provoked a reaction. Not in the same league as the report by Citrini Research I’m glad to say, which predicted a world of white-collar zombies eating babies instead of Deliveroo. I merely said that AI was superior to financial advisers. This week, I’d planned some additional prompts in my quest for … Read more
It was 4.30am on Friday and the smiling face of Green candidate Hannah Spencer confirmed that Sir Keir Starmer’s worst fears had come true. The remarkable victory by the 34-year-old plumber in the Gorton and Denton by-election felt like a seismic moment in British politics. “To my customers, I’m sorry, but I think I might … Read more
Investment by Beijing has transformed the country’s institutions despite lingering questions about research quality and intellectual freedom
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world What might halt America’s artificial intelligence boom? There are many potential candidates. One is swelling anti-tech populism: a new survey shows 58 per cent of Americans do not trust AI. Excess leverage is … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world The writer is an FT contributing editor, visiting scholar at the Hoover Institution and author of a forthcoming book on globalisation If you have followed the news in 2026 you might think that … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The Pentagon is seeking to make AI-powered cyber tools to identify infrastructure targets in China as part of an effort to improve US capabilities in any future military conflict with Beijing. The department was in … Read more
Sir Keir Starmer is under renewed pressure after the Green Party won the Gorton and Denton by-election, with Labour in third place behind Reform UK in second. The leftwing Greens comfortably won the key parliamentary by-election in south-east Manchester, in a previously safe Labour seat. Labour’s defeat is likely to weaken the prime minister further, following … Read more