Burnham to step up UK business outreach amid fears of Budget tax rises
Prime minister and chancellor to meet chief executives and lobby groups after complaints about lack of detail on plans for economy
City of London hits out at Burnham’s plan to scrap non-compete clauses
Prime minister’s pledge is backed by tech groups but hedge funds and banks say it will damage competitiveness
How to pay for social care
Automatic enrolment worked for pensions — a similar scheme could pool the risk of heavy costs from illness and infirmity in later life
Healey’s Budget will be ‘fiction’ without plan for £35bn hole in spending, IFS warns
Influential think-tank says a ‘do nothing’ fiscal event on October 28 is not an option
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FirstFT: India’s ‘Cockroach’ movement vows more protests after release of leaders
Also in today’s newsletter: deadly Houthi attacks on Riyadh’s airport and the US threatens to block arms for Ukraine
Trump faces Republican opposition to his diesel deal with Russia’s Putin
Lawmakers from both parties say the agreement would finance Putin’s war machine in Ukraine and violate US law
Raphaël Glucksmann wins nomination for France’s centre-left
Pro-European MEP beats Socialist party rival as he bids to unite the ‘democratic left’ ahead of next year’s presidential election
EU ‘safeguards’ hybrid car sector from Chinese imports under new deal
Auto sector welcomes ‘understanding’ reached with Beijing but other industries warn China’s huge trade surplus will persist without further action
US hits commercial tanker in Gulf of Oman as tensions flare
Ship tried to break through American naval blockade of Iranian ports, Central Command says of its first attack in a month
US threatens to block arms for Ukraine over attacks on Russian refineries
Officials lobby European capitals and Kyiv following Trump’s diesel deal with Putin
VW chief calls for France and Germany to co-operate on China car fightback
‘When it matters, we have found solutions together’, Oliver Blume says ahead of Paris Motor Show
Russia ‘interfered’ in 2016 Brexit vote, says Burnham
UK prime minister calls for European voters to be better informed about Kremlin-backed efforts to disrupt democratic process
IMF and World Bank to warn central bankers of a gathering storm
Annual meetings in Bangkok, bumper bank earnings beckon, Dublin hosts AI summit
Can Russia meet Trump’s diesel demands?
Ukrainian strikes have triggered the worst petrol shortages since the collapse of the Soviet Union but diesel is not in short supply
Oil chiefs pull out of Riyadh energy congress after airport missile strike
BP and others skip World Petroleum Council meeting after 12 killed in Houthi attack
US High School Economics class: New offices in London are full of empty bike racks, complain developers
Basic economic concepts
US High School Economics class: In defence of big business
Costs of production and competition
Ukraine’s allies vow to pressure Moscow as Trump claims ‘energy ceasefire’ in place
US president’s suggestion that Zelenskyy should be replaced shocked Kyiv and European nations
Democrats need a foreign policy
Trump’s approach to the world has left Republicans floundering as the midterms approach. Liberals should plan their own strategy now
Pakistan cracks down on Imran Khan stronghold province
Military-backed national government suspends Khyber Pakhtunkhwa administration led by former cricket star’s party
US affordability tracker: the data that could decide the 2026 midterm elections
The FT is tracking changes to the cost of living that will affect American voters
India’s ‘Cockroach’ movement plans more protests after release of leaders
Abhijeet Dipke of the youth-led Cockroach Janta Party was freed by a court order as police tightened security in New Delhi
Houthis show military reach with deadly missile strikes on Riyadh
Yemen’s Iran-backed militants demonstrate that they are not just ‘guys in flip-flops’