Former justice minister had accused president of political interference in police work

Governors seize on criticisms of president over lack of coronavirus stimulus

Jeremy Corbyn unveils party's ‘most radical’ plans in decades, Tories backtrack on national insurance pledge while pressure on public finances increases

Jeremy Corbyn defends party's processes for dealing with racism after Ephraim Mirvis's criticism. Conservatives put opposition to independence at heart of Scottish campaign. Sterling slips as Labour makes inroads on Tories' polling lead.

Live coverage of the UK election campaign.

Plaintiffs plan fresh challenge against central bank’s emergency bond-buying programme

ECJ issues rare warning over EU legal order after German judges question its superiority

Greta Thunberg, the Swedish climate activist, opted to sail to the US from Europe this month, rather than catching a plane.  Her choice reflected a growing recognition that air travel carries a heavy cost to the environment. Sylvia Pfeifer, acting industry editor, discusses how airlines are responding to the challenge with Janina Conboye and Leslie Hook.

Contributors: Sylvia Pfeifer, acting industry editor, Janina Conboye, industry reporter, and Leslie Hook, environment correspondent, Producer: Fiona Symon

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Google is allegedly using hidden web pages that feed the personal data of its users to advertisers, circumventing EU privacy regulations that require consent and transparency. Madhumita Murgia, the FT's European technology correspondent, discusses the implications for both privacy and competition with Malcolm Moore.

Conributors: Malcolm Moore, technology news editor, and Madhumita Murgia, European technology correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon

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Chinese carmaker Geely is investing in German flying taxi start-up Volocopter. Josh Noble discusses China’s interest in this technology and the future of flying taxis wirh the FT’s motor industry correspondent Peter Campbell and global technology correspondent Tim Bradshaw

Contributors: Josh Noble, weekend news editor, Peter Campbell, motor industry correspondent, and Tim Bradshaw, global technology correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon

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John Ruskin was a towering figure in the Victorian era: an art critic, social reformer and all round thinker who had a huge influence on British society. After his death he fell out of favour. Yet much of what he wrote about the nature of work and the importance of protecting the environment is relevant today. James Pickford discusses his legacy with Sandra Kemp, an academic who oversees the Ruskin collection at Lancaster University and Andrew Hill, management editor.

The Ruskin: Museum of the Near Future

Contributors: James Pickford, deputy FT Money editor, Sandra Kemp, director of the Lancaster University’s Ruskin Library, and Andrew Hill, management editor. Producers: Fiona Symon and Persis Love

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Europe’s top court has ruled that individual countries can force Facebook to take down illegal content, including hate speech, both inside the EU and across the world. Malcolm Moore discusses the implications of the ruling for freedom of expression with Mehreen Khan and Madhumita Murgia.

Contributors: Malcolm Moore, technology news editor, Mehreen Khan, Brussels correspondent, and Madhumita Murgia, European Technology correspondent, Producers: Fiona Symon and Persis Love

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A Chicago start-up has found a way of turning microbes into edible protein, part of a growing trend towards a microbial revolution in food. Leslie Hook discusses why investors are increasingly interested in this area with Emiko Terazono, commodities correspondent, and Clive Cookson, science editor.

Contributors: Leslie Hook, environment correspondent, Emiko Terazono, commodities correspondent, and Clive Cookson, science editor. Producers: Fiona Symon and Persis Love

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Hundreds of millions of people turn to the web each day to seek answers to medical concerns. But the information they share is far from secret. Madhumita Murgia, the FT's European technology correspondent, has been looking into what happens to the personal health information we share with these websites, and she tells India Ross what she discovered..

Contributors: India Ross, tech creative producer, and Madhumita Murgia, European technology correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon

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Biotech group’s shares have soared this year on hopes drug could be used to treat coronavirus

British and American consumers are unlikely to ‘spend, spend, spend’ after the lockdowns

Well-capitalised businesses will have an increased advantage for the next few years

Eight-and-a-half-hour day is needlessly long, say customers

The Jimmy Choo shoe designer says jewellery has influenced her work

Bids complicate Chinese investor’s efforts to buy out whole of troubled company

Canadian group makes all-stock proposal public after talks fail to get off ground

Restrictions have hampered miner’s ability to move money out of the country

This is the first in a new FT Globetrotter series, in which correspondents and writers explore their local area up close. In Japan’s capital, despite the deserted shopping streets, nature is in full bloom

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

Judicial review sought over alleged breach of 2015 law, claiming cost benefits should go to scheme members

How will your retirement finances change BC and AC — before and after coronavirus?

Editor who raised the profile of the Financial Times’ coverage in Japan

A trailblazer who broke the glass ceiling in Washington

A sharp-eyed editor and foreign correspondent who turned a killing phrase

Organisers expected to delay flagship event in order to let European domestic leagues finish

Should the UK deliver its promises, infrastructure contractors will be in for a bonanza

Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, Hannah Kuchler and Gideon Rachman assess the next stage of the coronavirus crisis

The ECB’s asset purchases are vital to the stability of the eurozone

Strategists expect concerns about eurozone stability to dent the currency

ECB intends to resist court injunction to justify its sovereign bond purchases

Bundesbank told to halt participation unless central bank shows policy is ‘proportionate’

President’s pet project holds line on output growth despite oil crisis and mammoth losses

An esoteric choice they may be for private investors, but if you’re selective they can add value

Whether we like it or not, spending on arms and security will rise in the next few years 

James Max, the FT columnist, takes questions from readers about the misery of household chores

As numbers and statistics come to the fore, can we boost national numeracy?

Learning how to budget is a vital skill to master at the beginning of a career

How to navigate government help schemes, the benefits system, redundancy pay and help from banks

Take steps to improve your relationship with money and the role it plays in your life

Lockdown presents a golden educational opportunity, particularly if you work in investment

New York company wins bidding against Kerry for nutrition and biosciences unit

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

The problem with bad data is that it lures us into believing false truths

Refugee crisis looms as ‘gates open’ on the Turkish border

A few months ago, the idea of a hand-washing app would have seemed trivial, at best. We’re all adults here, right? We’ve been washing our hands our entire lives. But things change. It’s mid-April and we’re afraid to go outside and engage with other humans — and thorough hand-washing is one of very few tools […]