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Six foolish mistakes for the new chancellor to avoid

John Healey will be under pressure on many fronts, but bear-pits are lurking . . .

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Uk Economy

Why the world trusts China more than America

Countries suspicious of the US are to be found on every continent, not just in its own back yard

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Geopolitics

Pointers for Burnham on what Britain really wants

The new prime minister can learn from 40 years of polling the UK population

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Uk Society

Why Canada isn’t listening to American whining in the wine wars

Donald Trump’s tariffs have taught us an important lesson in the value of retaliation

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Trump Tariffs

The Big Read. Midwest sunset: Trump’s tariffs hit America’s agricultural powerhouse

The US is on the verge of losing its status as the world’s leading exporter

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Agricultural Trade

The FT View. Andy Burnham’s tenure begins with troubling signals

Britain needs to revive animal spirits, not return to a statist past

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Uk Politics

Don’t blame colonialism for Africa’s trade woes

The continent’s growth is being hemmed in by blocked trade arteries, not arbitrary borders drawn in Berlin in 1885

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African Economy

Labour has handed Burnham a blank cheque

The new premier’s MPs think they have backed a winner but have no idea what his programme will be

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Uk Politics

The Middle East needs its own Helsinki Act

Trust is not a prerequisite for peacemaking — and Iran and its neighbours should follow the example of cold war détente

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Middle East War

How I got into Berghain, Berlin’s notoriously selective club

The mystique of its intimidating door policy still convinces people to fly in from all around the world

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Berlin

Trump is slipping into an Iran quagmire

America cannot achieve its aims by negotiation. So regime change is back on the agenda

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Middle East War

The Big Read. The new Fed boss is tight-lipped. That might upset the markets

Warsh is reluctant to signal future interest rate moves — how will the hedge funds that own US Treasuries react?

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Federal Reserve

Burnham must remember the first rule of government

The biggest mistake of all would be to imagine the country enjoys a free fiscal lunch. In fact, it only has hard choices

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Uk Public Finances

Training AI models might be the chance for a workplace power play

It is becoming clear that the knowledge they require is currently locked inside employees’ heads

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Artificial Intelligence

UK must focus on insiders vs outsiders not north vs south

Economists and politicians want to boost growth, but it must include people on the periphery of hotspots

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Uk Economy

Why ‘rightwing’ is no longer such a dirty word in Britain

When words like fascist and Nazi are thrown around, being merely conservative seems mild by comparison

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Uk Politics

The FT View. It’s time for Europe to embrace air conditioning

More frequent hot summers will harm productivity and claim lives

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Climate Change

India’s rupee problem has been misdiagnosed

Currency weakness reflects subdued private investment and uncertainty over the business climate

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Indian Economy

Obituary. Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, former ruler of Qatar, 1952-2026

The ‘Father Emir’ transformed the Gulf nation into a financial and geopolitical heavyweight

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Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani

Why your odyssey to see ‘The Odyssey’ matters

The extremes that film fanatics are going to in order to watch Nolan’s latest tell us something

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Film

Ageism: the silent but deadly threat to your retirement

For Gen X, financial planning needs to involve career planning

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Personal Finance

The Big Read. How to fix the housing crisis

Deregulation isn’t enough. Nor is government intervention. We need both

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Property Sector

The FT View. Britain’s Burnham and nostalgia for a semi-imaginary past

The new prime minister has to set out a coherent and business-friendly platform

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Uk Politics

How long can oil markets absorb the Hormuz shock?

Improvements in oil intensity have cushioned the global economy so far — but could prompt reckless political choices

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Middle East War

SpaceX and the myth of independent Wall St research

Buy recommendations from IPO banks underscore the limits of post-dotcom reforms

17.07.2026 10

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Investment Research

Lionel Messi, Argentine legend with nothing left to prove

As he plays his third World Cup final, the star has created an alternative global hierarchy

17.07.2026 10

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Person In The News

Lionel Messi, Argentine legend with nothing left to prove

As he plays his third World Cup final, the star has created an alternative global hierarchy of football

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Person In The News

Andy Burnham will find that hope is not enough to govern

Once in Downing Street, the new prime minister should tell the Labour Party what it doesn’t want to hear

17.07.2026 6

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Uk Politics

The ‘go big or stay home’ economy reshaping live music

Consumers will spend multiples of an annual streaming subscription for three hours of music at a giant stadium

17.07.2026 9

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Music

AI isn’t destroying entry-level jobs. It’s changing them

Here are the ways leading companies are already responding to the AI revolution in professional services

17.07.2026 9

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Technology Sector

Why Iran is returning to war

Its rulers believe that further escalation will force the US to offer the security and economic relief it craves

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Middle East War

The dangers of investor fatalism

Reports of a Russo-Chinese plan to disable satellites underline how markets are ignoring geopolitical threats to the tech boom

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Technology

The FT View. The great British corporate sell-off

The UK’s business case needs strengthening to stop a self-reinforcing exodus

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Uk Economy

We need humanities more than ever in the age of AI

Subjects like literature, languages and history are vital to a thoughtful and prosperous society

16.07.2026 9

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Uk Society

Why socialists should embrace luxury apartments

High-end developments can be more effective at unlocking affordability than social housing programmes

16.07.2026 6

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Global Economy

The FT View. Ukraine’s self-defeating reshuffle

Sacking of the defence minister is a setback for the country’s military efforts

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Ukrainian Politics

Conflicts of interest are back — and more blatant than ever

Democrats would do well to focus their fire on the use of public office by Donald Trump’s circle for private gain

16.07.2026 5

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Populism

The perks of parenting by spreadsheet

One simple trick to share it equally

16.07.2026 10

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Parenting And Families

The Big Read. After the strongman

What will the dismantling of the Orbán machine lead to?

16.07.2026 5

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Hungary

Vibes, not results, will dictate Burnham’s true election timetable

The political realities point to the new PM going long — but not too long

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Andy Burnham

The Big Read. The Magyar revolution: Hungary’s new era

The prime minister has begun dismantling the old Orbán machine. But is the country just exchanging one strongman for another?

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Europe

The perks of parenting by spreadsheet

One simple trick to share it equally

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Parenting And Families

Takanomics vs Abenomics: the $2.3tn prizefight

Japan’s new prime minister has broken with her mentor by encouraging firms to invest according to a government plan

16.07.2026 10

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Japanese Economy

Conflicts of interest are back — and more blatant than ever

Democrats would do well to focus their fire on the use of public office by Donald Trump’s circle for private gain

16.07.2026 10

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Populism

The FT View. Ukraine’s self-defeating reshuffle

Wartime leadership is not a popularity contest

15.07.2026 10

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Ukrainian Politics

The UK finally has a blueprint for innovation — now it must act on it

The Whittle Lab aims to transform aerothermal engineering, one of the country’s strongest manufacturing industries

15.07.2026 10

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Uk Companies

The UK is forgetting the dull bit of climate change policy

Adaptation has never been the priority, but this summer’s heat is a message that the Treasury needs to act

15.07.2026 10

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Climate Change

A new economic order will be built piece by ad hoc piece

Traditional trade deals will not address geopolitical concerns

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Global Trade

One answer to EU strategic autonomy is orbiting overhead

The Galileo satellite programme offers a model for funding joint defence projects and creating joint revenues

15.07.2026 8

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Satellites

What Wisconsin socialists tell us about the Democratic fightback

The gubernatorial primary is a test bed for a radical pitch to voters in Midwest Trump country

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Us Midterm Elections 2026