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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.When the Financial Times launched the FT Financial Literacy and Inclusion Campaign in 2021, the case for financial education was clear. Financial literacy has been shown time and again to improve life outcomes, across ages…

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It is hard to pick out a low point from my dealings with the Foreign Office when I was defence secretary. Hard not because there weren’t any low points, but because there were so many. Like the time of the Sudan emergency, when it turned out that the ambassador, the deputy ambassador, and the head of security…

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emailsSign up to our free breaking news emailsTheresa May has insisted Government officials must “serve the public and not protect themselves” after the Infected Blood Inquiry highlighted an “abject failure” of the British state.Conservative MP Mrs…

Britain owes Caribbean nations more than £200 billion in slavery reparations, a leading academic has claimed.Rev Dr Michael Banner, the Dean of Trinity College Cambridge, said the UK was once “the leading slaving nation in the world”, and that the modern-day descendants of slaves deserved compensation.In a new…

Lawyers and migrant rights campaigners have warned that the government is heading for a repeat of the Windrush scandal after imposing a “cliff edge” deadline for immigrants to switch to new digital visas.By the end of this year an estimated 500,000 or more non-EU immigrants with leave to remain in the UK will need to replace their physical…

The following is a brief update on significant changes to the United Kingdom’s securitisation framework following publication of the final revised securitisation rules by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA). IN DEPTH On 30 April 2024, the FCA and the PRA published their respective policy…

London (CNN) — Royal Mail dates back to the Tudors. It has been operating a postal service in England since the reign of Henry VIII.Now this most British of institutions is on the brink of being sold to a Czech billionaire, Daniel Kretínský, raising fears about the fate of thousands of workers and a key national service.British logistics company…

LONDON: Thousands of Indians who came to the UK on care worker visas are in destitute condition, with some facing deportation, after finding the company they were meant to be working for does not exist.The National Council of Gujarati Organisations (UK), or NCGO, is representing five cases but says there are thousands more with many too scared…

London (AFP) – A UK bill banning the export of livestock for slaughter cleared parliament on Tuesday, with campaigners hailing it as a landmark moment for animal welfare. Issued on: 14/05/2024 - 19:57Modified: 14/05/2024 - 19:55 1 min Activists…