Sir Keir Starmer is facing a backlash in Whitehall over plans to force out cabinet secretary Sir Chris Wormald after just 14 months in the role. Dame Antonia Romeo, permanent secretary at the Home Office, is seen as frontrunner to succeed Wormald as head of the UK civil service, although the government is yet to … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Four EY partners have left the firm after breaches of independence rules in its audit of Shell that resulted in the oil major stripping the accounting firm of a $66mn-a-year contract. The partners left the … Read more
Ministers, advisers and civil servants are braced for political fallout from the impending release of tens of thousands of documents relating to the disgraced peer Lord Peter Mandelson and his appointment as UK ambassador to the US. Many fear highly embarrassing messages will emerge, including some that contain criticism of Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer … 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 US energy secretary Chris Wright said that Washington “wants to see a flood of investment” come into Venezuela after meeting with the country’s interim president Delcy Rodríguez in Caracas, even as he insisted … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. “Landslide” has been used extensively to describe Sanae Takaichi’s record-breaking victory in Sunday’s election: a triumph that positions her atop a whopping supermajority in the powerful lower house of parliament. But the description misses the … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. When AstraZeneca chief Pascal Soriot said the drugmaker would make $80bn in revenue by 2030, his goal seemed wildly ambitious. It would, after all, entail doubling sales over six years. A year and a half … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Russian politics myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Millions of Russians were abruptly cut off from the encrypted WhatsApp messaging service on Wednesday afternoon after months of efforts to force them on to a “national messenger” built for surveillance. Russian authorities removed the … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Elon Musk has overhauled xAI’s executive ranks after the merger of his AI start-up with SpaceX, telling staff he wants to build a factory and city on the Moon and catapult AI satellites into space. … 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 House of Representatives has voted to overturn Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canada in a major rebuke of the US president’s signature economic policy. The Republican-controlled House voted 219-211 on Wednesday in favour … Read more
Rachel Reeves has vowed to seize the “biggest prize” in global trade with a new push to build ties with the EU, as the UK chancellor prepares to pull back from a potential clash with Brussels over habitat rules. Setting out plans for closer economic and security ties with the EU, Reeves on Wednesday heralded … Read more