Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is the author of ‘Growth: A Reckoning’ and an economist at Oxford university and King’s College London The British economy is in trouble. Growth is non-existent. Productivity, which already sits below the US, […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Co-Chair of the newly announced Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), arrives on Capitol Hill on December 05, 2024 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images Elon Musk has questioned whether the United States should “liberate the people of Britain from their tyrannical government” after hitting out at top U.K. lawmakers. […]
He demanded the release of a convicted criminal and far-right agitator. He falsely accused the prime minister, Keir Starmer, of failing to go after child rapists when he was head of public prosecutions. He endorsed a post calling on King Charles III to dissolve Parliament and call elections to remove Britain’s seven-month-old Labour government, a […]
In the six weeks since Donald Trump won the presidential election, Europe has been bracing for a U.S. administration that could strain traditional transatlantic alliances. That sense of uncertainty has just been turbocharged by a disruptive new force: multibillionaire Elon Musk, who has made it clear he intends to leave his mark on politics and […]
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Scientists made a major discovery this year linked to Stonehenge — one of humanity’s biggest mysteries — and the revelations keep coming. A team of researchers shared evidence in August suggesting that the Altar Stone, […]
More than 4,000 years ago, nearly 40 people died extremely violent deaths in what is now England, with a modern analysis of their bones revealing scalping, tongue removal, decapitation, defleshing, evisceration and cannibalism. “It paints a considerably darker picture of the period than many would have expected,” Rick Schultingan archaeologist at the University of Oxford, […]
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Britain will become the first European nation to join an Indo-Pacific trade bloc on Sunday, although the estimated £2bn “long-run” benefits to the UK economy will be dwarfed by Brexit-related loss of trade with the […]
Supporters of gender-affirming care for transitioning minors outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 4, 2024, as the justices hear arguments on a case from Tennessee. Photo: Andrew Leyden/NurPhoto via AP The Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral arguments in a case that will determine the fate of trans youth health care — […]
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is a fellow at the Centre for European Reform and the author of ‘French lessons for Britain’s economy’ If I moved out of the city and into a bigger, suburban house, would that […]
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the UK inflation myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The writer is a distinguished fellow at Chatham House and a former member of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee Businesses around the UK are calculating the impact of last month’s Budget on their […]
