Ross McEwan to step down from top job at end of October

Stefan Bomhard joins tobacco group from car dealer Inchcape

Minister omits eastern leg to Yorkshire in statement on high-speed rail project

London mayor wants to renegotiate £2bn of existing loans with government to ease cash flow

Court hears claim in lawsuit that has laid bare feud over media, retail and hospitality empire

Optimism of large chains belies scepticism that film goers will flock back

Pandemic has added to pressure on companies already facing tough financial conditions

Boris Johnson’s government was focused on Budget and Brexit — until disease took a grip

Lockdowns and restrictions set to halt Italian coffee maker’s 17-year growth trajectory

Steve Easterbrook lost his job after relationship with colleague but kept stock options

David Crow and guests discuss Standard Chartered chief Bill Winters' 'voluntary' pay cut after a dispute over his pension allowance, Citigroup's confidence in the City of London regardless of the outcome of Brexit, and gathering clouds for Facebook's much hyped digital currency, Libra. With special guest David Livingstone, chief executive of Citigroup in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Contributors: David Crow, banking editor, Stephen Morris, European banking correspondent, and Laura Noonan, US banking editor. Producer: Fiona Symon

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Matthew Vincent and guests discuss revelations about the UK's opening gambit in seeking a deal on 'equivalence' with the EU, Tidjane Thiam's ouster from Credit Suisse, HSBC's delay in choosing a permanent chief executive, and challenger bank Starling's fund raising. With special guest Ann Boden, chief executive of Starling Bank.

Contributors: Matthew Vincent, regulation correspondent, David Crow, banking editor, Stephen Morris, European banking correspondent, and Nicholas Megaw, retail banking correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon

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Struggling parents demand help as work dries up due to coronavirus crisis

President’s intervention over Suleyman Soylu suggests division at regime’s heart, analysts say

Those who have struggled to ‘dress the part’ will find respite in the former Vogue editor’s essays

Formation of regional coalitions offers a path to a staggered exit

Factories reopen but economy still faces challenges from weak services sector

Is the operatic tradition defunct? Where and how should new operas be put on? And which are the great modern operas? On the opening of Alexander Raskatov's A Dog's Heart at the Coliseum in London, Jan Dalley, FT arts editor, puts these questions to Andrew Clark, the paper's chief classical music critic, and Nicholas Payne, former director of The Royal Opera, the English National Opera and Opera North. Plus, Martin Bernheimer, the FT's classical music critic in New York, discusses what he sees as the conservatism of American opera-goers.  

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Europe’s film-makers want protection from the might of Hollywood. That’s understandable, argues the FT’s arts writer, but also wrong-headed: the two traditions are deeply intertwined  

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A forthcoming season on Channel 4 aims to demystify our sexual behaviour – to be ‘open’ and ‘honest’ about a 'normal part of all our lives'. Good luck with that, says the FT’s arts writer  

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The Director of Cultural Partnerships at King's College London reflects on the growing appetite among artists and arts organisations for evidence about the impact and value of what they do  

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Politicians love to keep things simple, at least in their public pronouncements. Artists, by contrast, embrace complication, nuance and imagination – so who better to tackle slippery questions of national identity as the UK prepares for a general election?  

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Ben Lerner is one of the most highly praised and unconventional writers of his generation. The 37-year-old recently met John Sunyer, a commissioning editor on FT Weekend, to talk about why he's 'doomed to write more novels'. Here, he reads one of his favourite poems.  

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Coronavirus hit to global economy depletes vital source of finance for poor nations

Putting women on boards was just the first step

About 2m businesspeople thought to be ineligible for existing coronavirus support schemes

Politicians say properties are being classed as holiday lets to be eligible for grants

Smart speakers don’t yet have the skills to

Group has halted work at number of mines due to pandemic

With an hour of season to go, three of the nine teams were all in with a chance of winning

Academics and students on campus life in the era of ‘knowledge corporations’

Will Britain’s election be decided in the Labour heartlands? Matthew Engel reports

Office providers warn chancellor that companies will go bankrupt without relief

President acts as though Latin America’s second-largest economy is immune to pandemic

David Enrich’s salutary tale of Deutsche Bank’s overreaching ambitions

Just two years ago investors rushed to snap up 100-year debt sold by Buenos Aires

Reimposition of currency controls is admission of defeat by president

Governors seize on criticisms of president over lack of coronavirus stimulus

The Brexit party and the Welsh Plaid Cymru reveal their policies; Corbyn and McDonnell defend tax plans; Tories propose stamp duty rise for foreign buyers; while UK figures show more gloomy outlook

The Conservatives vowed to bring in a new state aid system to protect British industry after Brexit, as the party finesses its message to Leave voters ahead of election day.

Live coverage of the UK election campaign.

The pound has soared more than 2 per cent in its biggest rise since 2017 after an exit poll has projected a strong victory for Boris Johnson’s Conservative party.

The Conservatives secure the biggest majority in parliament since Margaret Thatcher with Labour's 'red wall' crumbling; stocks in London surge while the pound has soared more than 2 per cent in its sharpest rally in nearly three years

Popular funds’ performance woes compounded by coronavirus market sell-off

Pablo Iglesias sets out stall for shift to left with minimum income guarantee proposal

EU has reservations about allowing Britain to link to its carbon cap-and-trade system after Brexit

NSO, an Israeli company whose spyware hacked WhatsApp, has told buyers its technology can now collect a targeted individual’s data stored in the cloud, according to people familiar with its sales pitch. Its tech is said to use industry-wide authentication techniques that have, until now, been thought to be secure. Malcolm Moore discusses the implications with Mehul Srivastava and Tim Bradshaw.

Contributors: Malcolm Moore, technology news editor, Mehul Srivastava, Tel Aviv correspondent, and Tim Bradshaw, global tech correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon

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Britain's new prime minister Boris Johnson has set himself a 100-day deadline to achieve Brexit, with or without a deal with the European Union. Siona Jenkins discusses his chances of achieving this with Miranda Green, deputy opinion editor, and Jim Brunsden, EU correspondent.

Contributors: Siona Jenkins, editor, UK news, Miranda Green, deputy opinion editor, and Jim Brunsden, EU correspondent. Producer: Fiona Symon

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Many of those who voted to leave the European Union live in deprived towns and cities of the UK and were disillusioned with politics. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation teamed up with a think-tank, UK in a Changing Europe, to find out what policies they would like to see to improve their lives. Andy Bounds discusses the findings with Anand Menon, one of the report's authors. Read Andy's article here

Contributors: Andy Bounds, Enterprise Editor and North of England correspondent, and Anand Menon, Professor of European Politics and Foreign Affairs at King's College London and director of the UK in a Changing Europe. Producer: Fiona Symon

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