The austerity state: Get in depth coverage of the effect of central government spending cuts on UK local council finances, in a series from FT.com

Compensation expected to be announced after conclusion of seven-year public inquiry on Monday

https://www.ft.com/content/89d2053a-5f1e-442d-95aa-270d35fc900a

A recent furore over rainbow lanyards demonstrates the absurdity of the way the phrase is being used

https://www.ft.com/content/58648748-6b53-4aaf-9c00-bf3cd0600f7e

Culture secretary Lucy Frazer says focus will be on transparency after media and arts executives voiced concern

https://www.ft.com/content/17f4c7ee-b1bc-4bde-8e92-bebb555479a2

These individuals enhance and enrich the economy and the British university experience

https://www.ft.com/content/48c1c513-5ac9-4a4b-a275-8df75aa5b697

Plans to bring in carbon tax a year after EU will see shipments ‘diverted’ to Britain, industry says

https://www.ft.com/content/1de4045e-bda5-4b24-b286-8b7c2b52afed

Potential investors tell Jeremy Hunt regulatory clarity also essential before backing new power plants

https://www.ft.com/content/70cd278f-8ef5-4904-9535-305fe1095768

Newly found correspondence includes a 2009 email from Jeremy Hunt raising constituents’ concerns about Horizon

https://www.ft.com/content/e0a58c80-4559-43d1-8546-f3992e83f9a0

With a poll date still unknown, concerns grow over Labour readiness for office

https://www.ft.com/content/5f8fcc27-5720-46f9-b57d-cfb67c040aa6

Live-updating state of the parties polling ahead of the general election

https://www.ft.com/content/c7b4fa91-3601-4b82-b766-319af3c261a5

People are much more open and honest in their private lives and now expect the same from their leaders

https://www.ft.com/content/112ac3c1-b34d-4289-a956-1db72981d50f

Plus, a row over graduate visas could leave UK universities fighting for their future

https://www.ft.com/content/dd1d7481-2c2e-402a-9cc8-dab864ce316d

UK chancellor accuses Labour of ‘a lie’ and funding ‘black hole’ in political speech

https://www.ft.com/content/a268da06-a421-4bfc-96a6-b6f72178e724

How both main parties are positioning themselves in this long election campaign

https://www.ft.com/content/b5b9143b-263e-471d-9f36-162a6cd15196

The FT's UK political commentator Robert Shrimsley and deputy opinion editor Miranda Green sketch out Rishi Sunak's defectors, the fallout from the recent elections, and political drama in Scotla...

https://www.ft.com/video/d50e02c5-5226-44db-9e1c-7a7c639cc75c

The academic evidence suggests that the gains from greater certainty are not to be sniffed at

https://www.ft.com/content/8163c3b7-c3df-437d-8461-e1e80dab8910

Landlords face hit to their rents from scheme that seeks to deal with blight of boarded-up high streets

https://www.ft.com/content/f0ec7e49-9af1-490d-ac55-4a22775d3c0f

Prime minister seeks more ways to cut international university attendees

https://www.ft.com/content/2ca908c5-465c-4fe1-8416-c81bccf7d775

Final report of public inquiry will seek to bring closure to dark chapter of British medical history next week

https://www.ft.com/content/f07bb491-fad5-4afd-b39a-7ef3c0af17e8

Extra government funding for tax authority is not enough, say experts

https://www.ft.com/content/b66092a5-68a5-493d-9565-0d17cd632c86

Public priorities at odds with government spending programme for community healthcare, data show

https://www.ft.com/content/78be031c-ade8-4b96-8a43-1bfb9bdd262d

Protesters and staff call for divestment from holdings in Alphabet and Amazon

https://www.ft.com/content/e5ddee87-be2b-4283-8a1f-ecddbd95c368

Decision comes week after London ordered ‘undeclared military intelligence officer’ to leave Britain

https://www.ft.com/content/e63f36d3-10c4-4f06-ab5f-6426926ba2c6

Watchdog says growth forecasts are ‘not credible’ as ministers consider further curbs on international applications

https://www.ft.com/content/67f00a0c-5680-4751-8e02-c5b99301131a

By restricting student visas, the UK is endangering its world-class university sector

https://www.ft.com/content/9e211b0c-5fb0-4c52-9c16-f2c02d5c809e

Upgrading state will take more than money; plus, businesses bewail new hostile environment for overseas graduates

https://www.ft.com/content/7ac769ae-868e-4dd9-9cb9-b5ba0ec02f01