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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Like the exquisite yarn of the Andean vicuña, the conglomerate is becoming an exotic rarity. The corporate need for nimbleness means such beasts seem increasingly headed towards extinction. There is an exception, though: the world … Read more

Big City firms are urging Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, to scale back tax breaks for cash Isas, a form of saving beloved by millions of Britons, in an effort to boost UK financial services and — they say — the economy, by channelling those savings into stocks. The government would love to see more of … Read more

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Alaska Airlines flight 1805, Los Angeles to Washington DC, March 5 2020. So spookily empty is the cabin, the nice stewardess keeps offering me the surplus sandwiches, somehow not realising that the physical splendour … Read more

One of the most common laments in the wine world today is that young people are not interested in wine. Send the lamenters to Manchester, I say. I went on a long wine-bar crawl there last month and came away amazed by how much youthful enthusiasm for wine there is in what mayor Andy Burnham … Read more

new video loaded: Australians Brace for Tropical Cyclone Alfred transcript Back transcript Australians Brace for Tropical Cyclone Alfred Dangerous conditions brought on by Tropical Cyclone Alfred’s destructive winds and flooding have caused thousands of people to evacuate on Australia’s eastern coasts, and the storm has not even made landfall yet. “Tropical Cyclone Alfred remains a … Read more

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Coming, ready or not. The battle plans drawn up by the US’s trade antagonists — ie everyone — are being tested. Donald Trump’s trade war has begun. How can trading partners respond? Canada … Read more

Soviet-style ‘inner emigration’ is no escape from today’s reality

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world The writer is chief executive of the New America think-tank and an FT contributing editor As the Trump administration threatens to refuse compliance with judicial decisions and interferes with the federal government’s prosecutorial … Read more

As winter gives way to spring, the changes show most clearly in gardens at ground level. Persistent wet weather has induced another superb display from Britain’s snowdrops. Crocuses began well but their flowers have been hit by repeated storms. Now it is the turn of small irises, scillas and narcissi, and those mountain plants which … Read more