The capital has been skewing Britain’s economic geography for more than a century

Downing Street counts political and financial cost after initial response fanned flames of unrest

‘If there’s one family that hasn’t profited off politics, it’s the Trump family,’ president’s son says in an interview

Calls for European governments to repatriate the bullion they store in the US are a sign of something bigger

‘Quantitative tightening’ is driving up borrowing costs and piling pressure on public finances, according to fund managers

All sides are keen to reach an investment decision in July after years of delay and months of negotiations

The FT30 celebrates its 90th birthday next week — and the UK’s oldest continuous stock index has quite a story to tell

Omead Afshar leaves electric vehicle maker as the company contends with a steep slump in sales

Output plunges after Aston Martin and other British carmakers halt exports to the US

Scott Bessent says deal with G7 would stop global minimum taxes from applying to American companies

Maga’s ‘second American revolution’ has inspired European politicians on both left and right to rebrand themselves

The hope (and hype) is as powerful as ever but it is hard to see where the needed revenues will come from

Brussels has warned German chancellor not to expect UK-style carve-out for car sector in EU deal with Donald Trump

Figures are latest to show distortion to trade caused by US president’s ‘liberation day’ trade levies

Preliminary assessments indicate Tehran was able to move much of its stockpile

How users treat a product in the real world can diverge wildly from what the designers intended

Central bank governor highlights lower labour demand and ‘significant decline’ in wage growth

Former Centrica chief thinks UK oil major will need painful restructuring if it is to avoid being taken over

Judge says former Barclays chief did not fully disclose relationship with convicted sex offender but trims £1.8mn fine

Official data fuels concerns over Labour’s ambition to attract foreign capital to Britain

Retreat on welfare cuts is a blow to the UK prime minister’s authority

Supreme leader’s comments come amid conflicting accounts of the damage to country’s nuclear facilities

With peaceful norms fading, a new weapon has made conflict cheaper and easier 

Board of Deputies of British Jews says signatories to the letter had breached the body’s code of conduct

US president brands case against Israeli leader a ‘witch-hunt’ in latest intervention in a foreign judicial process

PM tries to fend off uprising by more than 120 Labour MPs over ‘brutal’ reforms

Owner of Vivergo plant says it has started a wind-down consultation in case rescue talks fail

Populist party is already taking credit for a Home Office contractor’s pause in asylum placements

Oil major says no talks have taken place between the companies over a tie-up

US dollar fell after report that Donald Trump could name nominee to succeed Jay Powell as soon as this summer

Investors have exited funds at fastest rate since 2020 at height of Covid pandemic

The climate shocks that could trigger wider market turmoil

Keep an eye on the yen and other areas of consensus as temperatures rise

Far-right motion relating to pandemic scandal threatens to derail European Commission president’s second-term agenda

Satellite images show misfires in Jewish state and damage to Iranian nuclear sites as foes emerge from conflict

Hg’s €19bn software group provisionally selects UK over Amsterdam for listing next year

US president says Democrats have crossed a line with 33-year-old’s victory in New York mayoral primary

Chief of staff to UK prime minister argues government needs to head off Nigel Farage by leaning to the right

Chip designer claws back market losses from Donald Trump’s trade war and DeepSeek breakthrough

Pledge to raise defence spending to 5% of GDP would unleash hundreds of billions of euros