The Office of the Public Guardian

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

ExplainerScottish National Party

What is the SNP legacy as John Swinney takes on the mantle in Scotland?

...Crime Recorded crimes have tumbled to levels not seen for decades during the SNP’s period in office....

May 8, 2024

FT Live

The Impact Of Gen AI On The Legal Sector

How are law firms leveraging technology to transform services and operations?

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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

Nuclear energy

UK nuclear watchdog takes Sellafield operator to court over alleged IT breaches

...The review by the National Audit Office is continuing....

March 28, 2024

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

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

FT Live

Bank of the Year Awards 2024

Recognising the best in banking globally

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

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

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

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

FT Magazine

Hierarchy of Pleasures: Calum Franklin’s five picks from Paris

...Get the lunch tasting menu and let them take care of you. Au Pied de CochonThis is a huge temple to past French gastronomy, located in the centre of Paris. Delicious dishes with great service....

May 4, 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

Life & Arts

Kristi Noem and the truth about self-destruction

...The overconfidence and lack of self-awareness of some public figures should also not be underestimated....

May 5, 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

Transcript

Transcript: Office politics — how to play the game

...And actually, some of the rituals I’m thinking of our own office — you know, the tea run....

February 27, 2024

FT Live

Business Book of the Year Award 2024

The search for the best business book is under way

Working It

Bullies face a time of reckoning

...On this week’s episode of Working It, I talk to Anjli Raval and Amelia Pollard, who have led the FT’s reporting on non-competes. Office Therapy The problem: I just can’t seem to prioritise....

May 1, 2024

John Thornhill

The bitter technological lesson of the Post Office scandal

...It has rightly triggered public fury and forced the government into fresh action. To date, only 93 of the more than 700 people convicted in the affair have seen their convictions overturned....

January 11, 2024

Stephen Bush

Why won’t the Tories talk about their success in education?

...Their political position wouldn’t be transformed if they talked more about the public policy success of their time in office, but at the margin it would surely be less self-destructive than their preferred...

March 6, 2024

Working It

New workers’ rights incoming

...Now we have to be in the office on certain days. Our manager is aware but has their own office so they don’t get the full “effect”....

March 25, 2024

Post Office scandal

Post Office scandal victims call for the ‘truth’ as next phase of inquiry begins

...The next phase of the UK Post Office Horizon public inquiry will resume this week, marking the penultimate chapter of an independent probe into one of the country’s biggest miscarriages of justice....

April 8, 2024

UK immigration

Sunak’s Rwanda asylum scheme could cost UK £580mn, watchdog warns

...The report by the National Audit Office was commissioned after two powerful committees of MPs — public accounts and home affairs — demanded greater clarity about the full costs of the Rwanda policy, which...

March 1, 2024

Jo Ellison

Amy Winehouse and the bankruptcy of the biopic

...This week, we have also seen the spectre of George Michael rising from the dead: the singer, who died in 2016, will resume “live public performances” next year, according to records filed at Companies House...

January 19, 2024

UK immigration

UK to launch operation to detain asylum seekers

...The two-week exercise starting on Monday, first reported by the Guardian, will involve holding asylum seekers who arrive at immigration service offices for scheduled meetings....

April 28, 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

FT CollectionsWar in Ukraine: economy and trade

The surprising resilience of the Russian economy

...Putin’s own top economic officials have warned a surge in public spending comes at the risk of a major overheating of the economy in the near future....

February 2, 2024

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