Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Former General Atlantic executive Anton Levy is launching his own $1bn-plus venture capital firm to chase what the star investor views as a new AI-driven generation of fast-growing technology companies. Levy, who stepped down a … 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 director of the climate change and risk programme at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute President Donald Trump’s push to acquire Greenland earlier this year sparked alarm in European capitals. … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Rachel Reeves’ market-sensitive Spring Statement was accessed many more times than previously thought after it was released online early by the UK fiscal watchdog in March last year, a review will say this week. The … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. It’s become a commonplace to suggest — indeed I’ve written it myself — that Sir Keir Starmer’s problem is that he has no vision or ideology. It’s not quite true. Starmer does have an ideology … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Capital markets myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Alphabet has lined up banks to sell a rare 100-year bond, stepping up a borrowing spree by Big Tech companies racing to fund their vast investments in artificial intelligence this year. The so-called century bond … Read more
Anas Sarwar, Scottish Labour leader © Jane Barlow/PA Wire Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar will call for Sir Keir Starmer to resign, deepening the crisis engulfing his premiership, according to people familiar with the matter. Sarwar, who has been seen as a Starmer ally, is the most senior Labour figure to date to call for … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Police have said they are assessing information about financial links between Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Jeffrey Epstein after files released by the US justice department showed the former prince shared substantial information with the child sex … 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 “It’s only four years,” groaned a senior British official — shortly after Donald Trump won the 2024 presidential election. The thought process was clear. America’s allies had to hold their breath for the … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has vowed to use her dominance of Japan’s parliament after her huge election win to attempt to amend the country’s constitution for the first time in almost 80 years. Speaking … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Downing Street director of communications Tim Allan has stepped down as a scandal over Sir Keir Starmer’s appointment of Lord Peter Mandelson as US ambassador threatens to engulf his premiership. Starmer has come under increasing … Read more