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    • Friday, 16 September, 2022
      ReviewFiction
      Act of Oblivion by Robert Harris — a gripping revenger’s tale

      The bestselling author’s latest historical novel follows a manhunt for king-killers in the aftermath of England’s civil war

    • Tuesday, 19 July, 2022
      ReviewNon-Fiction
      Two and Twenty by Sachin Khajuria — making the case for private equity

      An insider’s account of the controversial investment industry preaches to the converted

    • Thursday, 23 September, 2021
      FT Magazine
      The UK faces an energy crisis. Could nuclear play a vital role?

      Sellafield is at the centre of a debate over Britain’s energy past — and future

    • Tuesday, 30 March, 2021
      The Big Read
      After the Grenfell fire: who should pay the UK’s housing repair bill?

      Making buildings safe could cost up to £15bn, with flat owners worried they will have to shoulder much of the financial burden

    • Sunday, 21 February, 2021
      Inside BusinessRenewable energy
      The creative climate accounting of biomass

      The technology’s green credentials depend on questionable assumptions about the future

    • Sunday, 14 February, 2021
      Inside BusinessEnvironment
      The environmental idiocy of Tesla’s bitcoin bet

      Tech companies should avoid pushing pointless power hungry applications

    • Sunday, 7 February, 2021
      Inside BusinessFinancial fraud
      Boom time for investment fraud in Britain

      The ease of scamming online makes this a crime where punishment is a remote occupational hazard

    • Sunday, 31 January, 2021
      Inside BusinessFinancial services
      UK listings review is about more than the stock market

      There is a need to fix the out-of-kilter balance between public and private regulation

    • Sunday, 24 January, 2021
      Inside BusinessUK energy
      The problem with Britain’s electrical ups and downs

      Keeping the lights on and costs down demands better management of intermittent supply

    • Sunday, 17 January, 2021
      Inside BusinessUK politics & policy
      Britain’s necessary but insufficient battle on modern slavery

      Until groups have more reason to worry about supply chains, the gap between words and deeds will be large

    • Sunday, 10 January, 2021
      Inside BusinessPrivate equity
      Buyouts may be bad for your health

      Capitalism on steroids does not suit sectors such as social care where outcomes are opaque and subsidies are rife

    • Sunday, 20 December, 2020
      Inside BusinessGrenfell Tower disaster
      Grenfell shows the shallowness of business ethics

      Having created a dangerous problem, those responsible must be forced to clean it up

    • Sunday, 13 December, 2020
      Inside BusinessSpecial purpose acquisition companies
      Spacs are oven-ready deals you should leave on the shelf

      Complex structures and high fees mean many of these speculative vehicles will disappoint

    • Wednesday, 9 December, 2020
      FT SeriesFuture of the City 
      Future of the City: how London’s reach will shrink after Brexit

      In the first of a series, Jonathan Ford explores the history of a financial powerhouse and the potential impact of leaving the EU

    • Sunday, 6 December, 2020
      Inside BusinessEnvironment
      Jobs are the wrong metric to judge a ‘Green Industrial Revolution’

      Boris Johnson’s 10-point plan is long on wishful thinking and dubious economics

    • Sunday, 22 November, 2020
      Inside BusinessUK local government finance
      Local authorities need to be weaned off their debt addiction

      UK government has fuelled councils’ bad incentives to gamble on commercial assets

    • Sunday, 15 November, 2020
      Inside BusinessCapital gains tax
      Carried interest is pure fiscal ‘cakeism’

      If buyout groups want their profits taxed as capital gains, they should put capital at risk

    • Tuesday, 10 November, 2020
      UK energy
      US consortium revives plan for Welsh nuclear power plant

      Companies led by Bechtel approach government about building reactor on Anglesey

    • Wednesday, 4 November, 2020
      Inside BusinessESG investing
      Ethical investment is about morals not markets

      The case for helping the environment or improving diversity should not depend on high returns

    • Sunday, 25 October, 2020
      Inside BusinessPensions
      Pension buyouts carry needless credit risks

      Schemes are making ultra-cheap, unsecured, long-term loans to insurers with their members’ savings

    • Sunday, 18 October, 2020
      Inside BusinessInvesting in funds
      The costly fallacy of ‘asset class’ investment

      Too many fund managers and alternative holdings are bad for pension beneficiaries

    • Sunday, 11 October, 2020
      UK energy
      The big challenge facing small nuclear reactors

      Making them cost competitive requires a new approach to constructing plants

    • Tuesday, 22 September, 2020
      News in-depthCoronavirus economic impact
      The UK’s aviation towns reel from the downturn in flights

      Slough, close to Heathrow, has witnessed a sharp rise in claims for unemployment benefits

    • Sunday, 20 September, 2020
      Inside BusinessPrivate equity
      Investors need to lift the lid on private equity

      Level of secrecy within the industry helps no one but the insiders

    • Friday, 18 September, 2020
      ReviewScience books
      Are cooler heads needed on climate change?

      Two controversial authors take aim at the scare stories — and puncture a few myths on the way

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