There are some pretty gigantic non-negotiables for an orchestral musician. You have to be able to perform the right notes in the right order, with a combination of technical expertise, artistry, skill and understanding that demands years, decades and lifetimes of devotion. But there is one figure on the orchestral concert platform who is both…
US President Donald Trump says helping to bolster the Japanese currency is a sign of friendship. Published On 3 Aug 20263 Aug 2026 Japan and the United States have confirmed a rare, coordinated yen-buying intervention to halt the Japanese currency’s slide to 40-year lows, with Tokyo signalling it is willing to take further action if…
Davidson said his teams are having to make changes to the way they usually carry out elections. The ballots are “going to be sometimes longer than the table so we’re having to do double tables and we’re going to have to sort them in batches before we can verify them or even count them.” Paul…
Chancellor John Healey has announced the date of his first Budget will be Wednesday, 28 October. In a video message, he said: “This will be a Budget that moves money and power out of Westminster, and into every postcode around Britain. “It will be built on fiscal discipline. It will meet our fiscal rules. It’ll give…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Cryptocurrency exchanges are offering investors exposure to Chinese AI stocks, circumventing Beijing’s controls on foreign access to the country’s equity market. Trading platforms including tradeXYZ and Gate.com have launched perpetual futures, or “perps”, tracking shares…
Aston Martin has secured £550m in loans as it attempts to boost its finances. The luxury car maker has been struggling in recent years and in March announced it would cut about 600 jobs, as last year’s net losses leapt by a little over 50% to £493.2m. The firm has blamed the effects of US…
Andy Burnham has promised to lead a “cost of living government,” as he chaired his first cabinet meeting as prime minister. He told his newly-assembled top team that he wanted to make living expenses a key priority, and give people a “sense that help is coming” on costs. It comes after he announced a VAT…
A total of 34 candidates have been confirmed for the Clacton constituency by-election, triggered by the resignation of Nigel Farage. The Reform UK leader resigned as MP on 7 July, following increased scrutiny over his finances and a parliamentary investigation, but is standing again. The list contains 20 independents and a number of joke candidates,…
He said that productivity, which measures how efficiently people work, has slowed down in the UK. It is also a particular problem in Wales where it is the lowest of the four home nations and around 15 percent lower than the UK average, external. People in Wales also earn lower wages than the UK average,…
Twice now, the Guardian’s questions about Reform UK’s finances appear to have been pre-empted by stories friendly to the party. This paper revealed in April that Nigel Farage received £5m from the crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne – but an interview with Reform UK’s leader, claiming he needed the cash “for security”, was published hours earlier…
