8:45pm

Inflation fall boosts Osborne against IMF

Chancellor prepares to face criticism over austerity drive

10:07am

UK inflation falls to seven-month low

Lower transport costs big factor in easing price pressures

Chris Giles Chris Giles from UK POLITICS & POLICY 12:14am

Scottish debate uses economics as weapon

The combatants share little common ground on the secession debate’s burning issues

John Plender from MARKETS 5:42pm

Central bankers turn deaf ear to warnings

Negative index-linked bond yields point to fear of resurgent inflation

From MARKETS 5:32pm

Pound slides on inflation slowdown

CPI of 2.4% for April was lower than expected

FT Alphaville from UK POLITICS & POLICY 11:06am

FT Alphaville: Secret liquidity and Scottish independence

Scottish £5 Note ©Dreamstime From UK POLITICS & POLICY 9:39am

Salmond outlines case for Scottish independence

Report says Scotland would be better off if it left the UK

A pedestrian outside the HM Revenue & Customs building in Whitehall, London, Britain, 27 May 2009. Downing Street has said that ministers named in the Daily Telegraph "appear to have honoured their tax liabilities". More than 40 Labour ministers were reimbursed for help with tax returns. HMRC is understood to be looking at MPs' tax returns. ©EPA From UK POLITICS & POLICY May 20, 2013

Tax clamp could cost jobs, warns minister

Exchequer secretary sees dangers in backlash against business

British astronaut Major Tim Peake speaks with British Prime Minister David Cameron during a meeting in 10 Downing Street in London on May 20, 2013. The former army helicopter pilot was on May 20 named as the first "home-grown" British astronaut to head to the International Space Station. Major Tim Peake, 41, will fly out to the ISS in November 2015 as part of a six-man crew, becoming the first Briton ever to travel to space on a British government-funded mission. ©AFP May 20, 2013

Space industry’s hopes ride on ‘Major Tim’

First UK astronaut for two decades tasked with giving sector a boost

Film Character Robin Hood in front of Cityscape ©FT Graphic From COMMENT May 20, 2013

Robin Hood tax: A long shot

European plans for a financial transaction levy are likely to be diluted

May 20, 2013

Bank resolution laws are ‘essential’

Paul Tucker speech highlights ‘too big to fail’ problem

From UK BUSINESS May 19, 2013

Worker insecurity at 20-year high

Public sector employees worried about losing jobs, says study

May 19, 2013

King warns Osborne over mortgage scheme

Stimulating market ‘could cause problems’

From UK BUSINESS May 19, 2013

BCC calls for more support for UK exports

Survey shows EU remains most popular market

From UK POLITICS & POLICY May 18, 2013

MPs accused of ‘demonising’ US companies

Lobby group says criticism was ‘misguided’

May 17, 2013

Singleton households dominate marketing

Data show UK has nearly twice as many one-person homes as family ones

Martin Wolf from COMMENT May 17, 2013

Capital gains fuel visions of a free London

Is it time Britain’s cash cow became a city-state?

May 17, 2013

ONS analyses Olympics and Jubilee effects

Hard to evaluate economic boost says watchdog

May 17, 2013

Homeworker numbers up 13% in five years

Increase of 470,000 since 2007, says Trades Union Congress

May 16, 2013

Data show surge in migration from Europe

Much of the European influx was from Poland

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