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This article is an on-site version of Free Lunch newsletter. Premium subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered every Thursday and Sunday. Standard subscribers can upgrade to Premium here, or explore all FT newsletters Welcome back. Next week marks the first anniversary of the UK Labour party’s return to power after 14 … Read more
Almost a year ago, Sir Keir Starmer proclaimed that “the work of change begins immediately”. Standing on the steps of Downing Street only hours after becoming prime minister, he laid out bold plans — from reviving the NHS to fixing the British economy to spurring housebuilding — and asked people to judge his government on … Read more
Sir Keir Starmer hopes he has averted the biggest rebellion of his premiership by agreeing to dilute his controversial welfare reforms, but he will be left counting the political and financial costs for years to come. The sudden capitulation came during hastily-arranged, surreptitious talks with senior Labour MPs in Westminster on Thursday. It will carry … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Vicky Foxcroft has resigned as a Labour whip in protest against plans to cut disability benefits, increasing the pressure on Sir Keir Starmer’s government as it faces the threat of a wider rebellion over the … Read more
US restaurants are bracing for staff shortages as the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown threatens to squeeze an already-tight labour market. Restaurant operators nationwide said they were coming under greater scrutiny as immigration officials conduct enforcement sweeps to verify the employment status of workers, including visits to more than a hundred Washington businesses in May. This … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Scottish Labour defied predictions to defeat the ruling Scottish National party in a key Scottish by-election where Reform UK finished in third place. Davy Russell took the Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse seat for Labour with … Read more
In the coming fortnight, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage will travel to an undisclosed town in the Welsh valleys to fire the starting gun on his quest to end the Labour party’s historic grip on the nation’s politics. Labour has held power in the Senedd parliament in Cardiff for 25 years, since the start of … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. New US college graduates are struggling to find jobs as businesses reduce hiring plans because of economic uncertainty, in what economists warned could be an early sign of trouble for the broader labour market. Job … Read more
Immigration officers at Gatwick’s border control. Stefan Rousseau – PA Images | PA Images | Getty Images British businesses are warning the U.K. government that plans to tighten immigration rules on foreign workers — and to instead train and recruit more British personnel — will lead to labor shortages in key sectors. The British government … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Sir Keir Starmer is facing fresh pressure from his Labour MPs to reverse cuts to the winter fuel allowance after the government’s welfare decisions were partly blamed for the party’s setbacks in Thursday’s local elections. … Read more
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