Decision comes amid row between companies and insurers on what is covered under policies

Dissatisfaction grows as watchdog calls on courts to act quickly on Covid-19 disputes

Cutting tuition fees is no longer realistic, but there are other ways to better support vital courses

Investors encouraged to take time before making any changes to their retirement plans

FT survey estimates that 1 in 10 employers with defined benefit schemes may look to suspend payments

Industry regulator calls for vigilance over actions of employers during pandemic

Your question for our expert — and readers’ advice

Companies have option to unshackle themselves from expensive payouts

A prolific American talent who defied the snobbery of literary critics

Brexit and election weigh on sentiment as builders suffer eighth month of contraction

PMI rises to 8-month high on reduced uncertainty but downturn continues

Activity grew at its fastest pace in more than a year in February

Taylor Wimpey and Barratt halt work in effort to stem spread of coronavirus

Mixed messages follow industry protests over 2-metre distance ruling

Companies with strong balance sheets are best placed for post-crisis rebuild

Work in the sector slows at fastest rate since financial crisis

Housebuilder Barratt furloughs all but 15% of workforce and slashes executive pay

Jaguar Land Rover, Aston Martin, Taylor Wimpey and Vistry set to reopen some operations

How do democracies measure up against autocratic regimes in handling the pandemic?

Combination of O2 and Virgin Media set to transform British telecoms market

Service would allow retail investors to place own orders on market

Small businesses hope the fast-track credit scheme will be a lifeline

More than £1bn ploughed into equity vehicles after decisive Conservative victory

A number of UK entrepreneurs have banded together to survey Angels about their investment strategy. The initiative comes in the wake of the UK government’s “Future Fund” for startups, which has been criticized as being inadequate for the needs of Angel and Seed-stage startups. The group hopes the survey will give the UK early-stage investment […]

Cuckoo Internet is a new U.K. startup that aims to disrupt the U.K. broadband market. It has now raised £470,000 in seed funding, which includes funding from work.fund, a new Silicon Valley fund operator fund led by Bart Macdonald (Sapling founder). Other investors include Lorin van Nuland (early investor in Betterment), Edward Campbell-Harris (Bulb early […]

Your guide to the investment and business revolution you can’t afford to ignore

Your guide to the investment and business revolution you can’t afford to ignore

Brussels was wrong to treat Brexit as a threat, rather than grasping it as an opportunity

London and Brussels have both turned these negotiations into a zero-sum game

The regulators said “NO” when Telefonica tried to combine its O2 operations in the UK with rival carrier, Hutchison-owned Three, back in 2015. But Telefonica didn’t let go of the idea of divestment, and five years later, in the middle of a health pandemic with related threats of a global economic depression looming over us, […]

The UK’s data protection watchdog confirmed today the government still hasn’t given it sight of a key legal document attached to the coronavirus contacts tracing app which is being developed by the NHSX, the digital transformation branch of the country’s National Health Service . Under UK and EU law, a Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) […]

The UK has this week started testing a coronavirus contacts-tracing app which NHSX, a digital arm of the country’s National Health Service, has been planning and developing since early March. The test is taking place in the Isle of Wight, a 380km2 island off the south coast of England, with a population of around 140,000. […]

The UK may be rethinking its decision to shun Apple and Google’s API for its national coronavirus contacts tracing app, according to the Financial Times, which reported yesterday that the government is paying an IT supplier to investigate whether it can integrate the tech giants’ approach after all. As we’ve reported before coronavirus contacts tracing […]

Britain has less margin for error because it is zigging to everyone else’s zag

Democratic politics functions on the premise that accountability improves outcomes

The attempt to set up gender equality and ethnic diversity as the enemies of prosperity is telling

The John Lewis veteran came late to politics — and wants to bring power back to the regions

It’s time for unloved UK equities to take their place in investors’ portfolios

The chancellor need beware that policies introduced in a crisis are hard to end later

Favourable trends in employment relative to population are not going to be repeated

Britain’s demands for its negotiations with the EU are unrealistic

The FT's chief economics commentator says Boris Johnson's levelling-up mission will come at a cost

The UK has this week started testing a coronavirus contacts-tracing app which NHSX, a digital arm of the country’s National Health Service, has been planning and developing since early March. The test is taking place in the Isle of Wight, a 380km2 island off the south coast of England, with a population of around 140,000. […]

The UK may be rethinking its decision to shun Apple and Google’s API for its national coronavirus contacts tracing app, according to the Financial Times, which reported yesterday that the government is paying an IT supplier to investigate whether it can integrate the tech giants’ approach after all. As we’ve reported before coronavirus contacts tracing […]

The UK’s data protection watchdog confirmed today the government still hasn’t given it sight of a key legal document attached to the coronavirus contacts tracing app which is being developed by the NHSX, the digital transformation branch of the country’s National Health Service . Under UK and EU law, a Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) […]

The UK has this week started testing a coronavirus contacts-tracing app which NHSX, a digital arm of the country’s National Health Service, has been planning and developing since early March. The test is taking place in the Isle of Wight, a 380km2 island off the south coast of England, with a population of around 140,000. […]

The UK may be rethinking its decision to shun Apple and Google’s API for its national coronavirus contacts tracing app, according to the Financial Times, which reported yesterday that the government is paying an IT supplier to investigate whether it can integrate the tech giants’ approach after all. As we’ve reported before coronavirus contacts tracing […]

The coronavirus is proving to have an unexpected upside for the adtech industry. The U.K.’s data protection agency has paused an investigation into the industry’s processing of internet users’ personal data, saying targeted suspension of privacy oversight is merited because of disruption to businesses as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The investigation into adtech […]

Government clarifies report that 400,000 garments were unusable