Leaseholds and fleeceholds are a blot on the UK housing market

If more homes are to be built, the problem of rogue estate management companies has to be addressed

Posted on Sunday February 01, 2026

How Kevin Warsh won the race to become Trump’s new Fed chair

Inside the turbulent contest for the most important job in global finance

Posted on Saturday January 31, 2026

For accountants, the ‘squeezed middle’ is a sweet spot

Mid-tier UK firms make numbers stack up in favour of the middle ground

Posted on Saturday January 31, 2026

Bonus survey: expecting a bigger payout this year?

Answer the FT’s anonymous survey

Posted on Saturday January 31, 2026

Why Trump’s crackdown on big investors in housing may backfire

Curbing institutional ownership of single-family homes does not tackle the affordability crisis and could make things worse

Posted on Saturday January 31, 2026

Who wants to live forever?

The idea of immortality is no longer confined to science fiction

Posted on Sunday February 01, 2026

How to deal with defecting MPs

Voters should be able to force parliamentarians who change parties to face the electorate

Posted on Sunday February 01, 2026

Russia struggles to shake reliance on foreign technology imports

Moscow’s hope of hitting target for independence by 2030 is too optimistic, say analysts

Posted on Sunday February 01, 2026

Chechen warlords’ health crises threaten Putin’s plan for the region

Ramzan Kadyrov is allegedly sick and his likely heir seriously injured, putting at risk the Kremlin’s succession strategy

Posted on Sunday February 01, 2026

Ford held talks with China’s Xiaomi over EV partnership

Deal would open US market to Chinese carmakers

Posted on Sunday February 01, 2026