Palantir and Anduril, two of the largest US defence technology companies, are in talks with about a dozen competitors to form ...

In the mid-1990s, Hands kick-started the UK private equity boom, becoming a billionaire and one of the country’s most ...

Bond funds attracted more than $600bn in inflows so far this year, according to data provider EPFR, topping the previous high of almost $500bn in 2021, as investors sensed that slowing inflation would ...

Qatari energy minister Saad al-Kaabi told the Financial Times that if any EU state imposed non-compliance penalties on a ...

Traditionally hung as signs in the country’s shop doorways, these delicate textiles are being adopted and adapted by ...

Written in the 19th century, the story of the Magi has been jazzed up, folkified and adapted for the playground ...

Of course there is a fiscal gap to be bridged and debt levels need to be contained, yet it is increasingly clear that the Budget’s changes to national insurance taxation (in particular) were misguided ...

Re “Health chiefs ‘confused’ over Starmer’s priorities” (Report, December 12), there is no confusion. All governments want a Rolls-Royce NHS service on a Morris Minor budget. With an ageing, ...

The photo accompanying your article “Does the UK have enough workers to get Britain building” provides a perfect illustration of the productivity problem in construction (The Big Read, December 13).

Artificial intelligence is threatening the North American electricity grid, according to your story (Report, December 18). The piece says that thanks to the fact the grid needs to service such worthy ...

Last Monday’s resignation of Canada’s finance minister Chrystia Freeland wasn’t shocking (Report, December 17). Poignantly, her letter illustrated and validated reports of rising tensions due to ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Sir Keir Starmer should agree to a “comprehensive” pact enabling young people to study and work in the UK and ...