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News in-depthEU-China relations
Europe turns on China’s Nuctech after decade of awarding security contracts
...The raids this week at Nuctech’s Rotterdam and Warsaw offices are part of a broader crackdown by Brussels on Chinese companies seen to be unfairly benefiting from subsidies from Beijing at the expense of...
April 25, 2024
Post Office scandal
Campaigner Alan Bates accuses government of ‘vindictiveness’ in treatment of Post Office victims
...intense public interest....
April 9, 2024
FT Live
Bank of the Year Awards 2024
Recognising the best in banking globally
Wednesday, 4 DecemberLondon, UK
Special ReportBusiness Legal Leaders
Post Office scandal exposes ethical dilemmas of general counsel
...Now, a public inquiry into the scandal is gaining momentum as it takes evidence from senior Post Office executives, government ministers and figures from Fujitsu, ahead of its conclusion this summer....
April 23, 2024
News updates from April 9: OpenAI and Meta ready new AI models; EU launches probe into Chinese wind turbine companies
Public inquiry will push ahead despite late disclosure of documents by Post Office
...Sir Wyn Williams, chair of the public inquiry, said witnesses would be recalled if required after it emerged that tens of thousands of documents had been disclosed late by the Post Office in recent months...
April 9, 2024
UK government spending
Rachel Reeves warns of challenge facing Labour if party wins election
...The shadow chancellor told the BBC on Sunday that an incoming Labour government would carry out a spending review shortly after entering office, but she was unable to rule out possible cuts in public services...
March 10, 2024
FT Alphaville
FTAV’s further reading
...privilege of a 12-year-old, paid his attorneys the lowest salaries in the state, gave away office guns to a motorcycle club without documenting it and used the office’s spending power to pay for lavish...
March 22, 2024
FT Live
Future of the Car
The technology and new business models shaping the next decade in automotive
Tuesday, 7 MaySancroft, Paternoster Square, London EC4M 7DQ, UK
The FT ViewThe editorial board
The myth of victimless tax rises
...Debates on the details of the UK tax system are welcome, but the tweaks both parties have been jostling over are piddling compared to the scale of the public finance challenges facing the future government...
April 17, 2024
Post Office scandal
UK government rejects claim Post Office compensation stalled ahead of election
...for the sake of public finances....
February 18, 2024
Israel-Hamas war
Israel grapples with ‘Eichmann’ dilemma over Hamas attack trials
...The public defender’s office was “dragged with the whole populistic atmosphere. Every ministry wanted to show the public their patriotic position,” Baker said. “It’s a shame.”...
February 21, 2024
Undercover EconomistTim Harford
The surprising public health benefit of unemployment
...They examine the impact of the great recession of 2007-09 on death rates in different parts of the US, some of which suffered sharper increases in unemployment than others....
March 8, 2024
UK business
Badenoch row with ex-Post Office chair risks putting business leaders off public posts
...The government said it expected “a high level of experience and professional conduct in public roles” and that “holders of public office are expected to maintain and work to those professional standards”...
February 23, 2024
Correction
Correction: Office for Budget Responsibility
...The Office for Budget Responsibility has warned that freezing fuel duty in the long run would cost the Treasury £6.3bn by the end of the decade, not more than £8bn as wrongly state in an article on...
March 19, 2024
Working It
Secrets of perfect panel moderation
...Office Therapy The problem: My line manager is refusing to let me take part in a company-wide volunteer programme with local community groups....
April 17, 2024
Post Office scandal
Former Post Office executive denies misleading High Court
...Investigators were critical of the Post Office’s handling of sub-postmasters’ complaints, while executives accused them of reaching biased conclusions....
April 25, 2024
Bridge - Card game
Bridge — unless their plan spells doom, ignore defenders’ ideas; focus on your own
...The suit-establishment plan is clear-cut, the only matter is timing: this must be done while there is still a trump in dummy to prevent the cashing of a third diamond....
January 3, 2024
FT Live
Business Book of the Year Award 2024
The search for the best business book is under way
Monday, 9 December1 Grosvenor Pl, London SW1X 7HJ, UK
Post Office scandal
Post Office told UK government it would oppose appeals by half of convicted sub-postmasters
...The Post Office letter came as the government was considering how to respond to a public outcry following an ITV dramatisation of the long-running scandal....
January 24, 2024
Camilla Cavendish
The UK has an accountability problem — just look at the Post Office
...But we have seen the same pattern in other tragedies where public or quasi-public bodies either fail to join the dots or actively conspire in cover-ups....
January 13, 2024
Kalin Anev Janse
Celebrate that European safe assets have joined the €1tn club
...As this June’s elections loom, the question of how to finance European public goods is becoming unavoidable. In the past, we have seen that a joint response has yielded positive results....
March 25, 2024
Live news: Macron calls for overhaul of eurozone monetary policy
Former Post Office executive denies misleading courts over Horizon scandal
...A former Post Office executive has denied misleading the courts when giving evidence in the Horizon scandal....
April 25, 2024
Sundar Pichai
Sundar Pichai: AI can strengthen cyber defences, not just break them down
...Diversifying public sector technology procurement could help institutions avoid the risks of relying on a single legacy supplier....
February 15, 2024
Working from home
The banks on the frontline of the remote working battle
...At the other end of the scale, staff at the UK’s NatWest are expected to work in the office just twice a month, with 95 per cent adopting a hybrid approach and staff coming into the office on average once...
March 4, 2024
News in-depthClimate change
Pivotal case in UK law begins over climate protest at JPMorgan offices
...He noted “it had been almost unheard of since the 1930s for members of the public to be imprisoned for peaceful protest in the UK”....
February 19, 2024
Letter
Letter: Don’t keep voters in the dark over Big Tech’s role
...Peter CalowProfessor, Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota,Minneapolis, MN, US...
April 15, 2024
UK foreign policy
Sunak to increase UK military aid to Ukraine to £3bn this year
...The UK has 400 troops stationed permanently in Poland and has recently sent thousands more there temporarily as part of Britain’s contribution to “Steadfast Defender”, Nato’s largest military exercise since...
April 22, 2024
News in-depthPost Office scandal
Former judiciary chief warns on Post Office mass exoneration
...of disclosure and could lead to the Post Office opposing hundreds of appeals....
April 5, 2024

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