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    • Thursday, 29 December, 2022
      UK politics & policy
      Sunak urged to stick by plan to rapidly overhaul EU laws

      Jacob Rees-Mogg warns that backtracking could play into the hands of Labour at the next election

    • Tuesday, 27 December, 2022
      Banx
      Best of Banx 2022

      The 12 most notable cartoons of the year

    • Monday, 17 October, 2022
      Energy sector
      Meet Jacob Rees-Mogg, British sun god

      His ascension draws near

    • Friday, 7 October, 2022
      Energy crisis
      Liz Truss vetoed campaign urging UK public to cut energy usage

      Rejection of initiative described as an ‘utter dereliction of duty’ amid warnings of rolling blackouts

    • Monday, 3 October, 2022
      UK business & economy
      Truss quashes Rees-Mogg’s ‘half-baked’ labour market reforms

      Proposals from business secretary would have seen 48-hour week repealed amid slashing of workers’ rights

    • Saturday, 24 September, 2022
      News in-depthFund management
      Rees-Mogg’s Somerset Capital prepares for second act

      Emerging markets fund manager considers sale as chief executive leaves and challenges mount

    • Thursday, 22 September, 2022
      UK politics & policy
      End to UK fracking ban triggers backlash

      Business secretary calls opposition to shale gas extraction ‘sheer Ludditery’

    • Thursday, 22 September, 2022
      Capital markets
      Somerset Capital for sale in potential windfall for Jacob Rees-Mogg

      Emerging markets asset manager explores management buyout or deal with rival

    • Friday, 9 September, 2022
      The Top LineCaroline Binham
      Consultants must hope Rees-Mogg’s Bain ban is not a sign of pain to come

      Decision to bar US consultancy from UK government contracts will worry other companies caught up in scandals

    • Tuesday, 6 September, 2022
      UK politics & policy
      New PM installs close allies in top cabinet jobs

      Kwarteng, Braverman, Coffey and Cleverly handed senior positions

    • Wednesday, 31 August, 2022
      News
      Jacob Rees-Mogg named frontrunner to be next business secretary

      Appointment of ‘climate dinosaur’ would set UK back on net zero targets, says opposition

    • Sunday, 14 August, 2022
      Civil Service UK
      UK civil servants to vet social media of guest speakers at one Whitehall ministry

      Jacob Rees-Mogg’s allies endorse new Cabinet Office edict to trawl accounts for criticism of officials or policy

    • Thursday, 4 August, 2022
      Bain & Co Inc
      Bain considers legal action against UK over state contract ban

      Management consultancy looks at options after minister’s decision caught it by surprise

    • Tuesday, 2 August, 2022
      Accounting & Consulting services
      Bain barred from UK state contracts over ‘grave misconduct’ in South Africa

      Britain becomes first western country to impose penalties on consultant for role in Zuma scandal

    • Friday, 17 June, 2022
      UK Government
      UK Treasury allowed to recruit top graduates despite civil service freeze

      Some Whitehall departments will be able to continue running own fast track schemes

    • Monday, 23 May, 2022
      Nels Abbey
      Why presenteeism is an enduring corporate narcotic

      Some leaders are demanding long hours in offices as if the WFH revolution never happened

    • Friday, 29 April, 2022
      FT MagazineRobert Shrimsley
      The Moggfather: why the minister for Brexit opportunities needs to get more Sicilian

      Jacob Rees-Mogg hasn’t gone nearly far enough with his passive-aggressive notes

    • Thursday, 28 April, 2022
      UK trade
      Rees-Mogg defends further delay to full post-Brexit border checks on EU imports

      Brexit opportunities minister says decision will save £1bn a year but vets, farming groups and port operators are critical

    • Wednesday, 20 April, 2022
      Brexit
      UK prepared to ‘unilaterally’ tear up Northern Ireland post-Brexit trade deal

      Rees-Mogg tells MPs if protocol with EU is not reformed London has sovereign right to take action alone

    • Monday, 18 April, 2022
      UK Government
      Civil servants under pressure to get back to desks

      Jacob Rees-Mogg tells ministers to make sure office space is full again now Covid restrictions are ending

    • Tuesday, 29 March, 2022
      Brexit
      UK explores fourth delay to imposing checks on EU imports

      Warnings from industry of supply chain disaster if full post-Brexit border controls are imposed on July 1

    • Monday, 21 February, 2022
      Brexit
      Rees-Mogg urges rewrite of UK insurance rules in race with EU

      Change to Solvency II regulations delayed by wrangling between ministers and regulators

    • Monday, 21 February, 2022
      UK trade
      No 10 distances itself from idea UK might scrap new goods testing regime

      Brexit opportunities minister Rees-Mogg had backed call to accept inspections by EU and others

    • Thursday, 10 February, 2022
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      Brexit opportunities, not opportunism, are needed

      The UK’s future regulatory design depends on detail, not performative debate

    • Thursday, 10 February, 2022
      Britain after Brexit
      Rees-Mogg’s populist approach will not help business Premium content

      The new minister promised ‘a real Brexit bonus’ but companies need a serious, outcomes-based approach

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