Starmer vows to ‘spend more’ on UK defence but other areas face cuts
UK chancellor Rachel Reeves wants to delay increasing defence spending to 2.5 per cent — at an additional annual cost of about £5bn-£6bn — for as long as possible to ease pressure on public finances ...
European countries clash over sending troops to Ukraine
Poland, Germany and Spain express reluctance before crisis meeting on response to Trump’s peace talks with Russia ...
Pina Bausch’s ‘Vollmond’ has the recipe for a terrific show: just add water
At London’s Sadler’s Wells, Tanztheater Wuppertal’s dancers revel in a piece that creates exquisite stage pictures ...
Protections afforded to refugees benefit us all
Attacks on the rights of refugees is the canary in the coal mine. These now extend beyond the Refugee Convention to other instruments of international law including the European Court of Human Rights ...
Supreme Court rejects UK chancellor’s car finance intervention
The decision by the five-member panel of judges, including Supreme Court president Lord Reed, to prevent the government from stepping in is a setback for banks facing a compensation bill running into ...
Chase UK tops latest banking customer satisfaction survey
Chase, a division of US bank JPMorganChase, rose two places in the latest ranking of Britain’s 17 largest personal current account providers, which is commissioned by the UK’s Competition and Markets ...
The real Russian economy. With Sergei Guriev.
Today on the show, host Martin Sandbu poses these questions to Sergei Guriev, dean of the London Business School, and an ...
Badenoch likens Conservatives to Trump’s Maga movement
Badenoch was referring to the Conservative party’s 14-year period in power that ended last summer. Her analogy may raise ...
Israeli troops to keep control of 5 ‘strategic’ locations inside Lebanon
The Israeli assault succeeded in devastating Hizbollah’s rocket and missile arsenal and assassinating much of its top leadership, including secretary-general Hassan Nasrallah. Israeli troops also ...
Carrion Crow — a visceral tale of a woman subjected to gothic cruelty
Heather Parry’s unflinching novel depicts inherited trauma and women complicit in handing down the worst of the patriarchy ...
And the FTAV charts quiz winner is
Writing the FTAV Friday charts quiz winner post is easy today, as there were zero correct entries. Yep, not a single one of ...
Diet Coke is a symbol of modern office culture
Diet Coke’s reputation for promoting productivity predates the US president, of course. Financier Bob Diamond, the former CEO of Barclays, was said to have dedicated fridges of Diet Coke in his office ...