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Friday, 24 July, 2020

Russian politics
The UK must take Russian meddling more seriously
Parliamentary report shows Moscow’s influence is no laughing matter
Friday, 17 July, 2020

UK politics & policy
A chance to reshape UK public health strategy and target obesity
Boris Johnson must disappoint Conservative libertarians on sugar tax and other interventions before a Covid-19 second wave
Friday, 10 July, 2020

UK employment
Rishi Sunak’s short-term jobs plan tackles long-term failures in the UK economy
The long tail of low-paid, low-skilled workers has been a persistent stain on society, but this crisis is a chance for change
Friday, 3 July, 2020

UK Government
The Boris Johnson plan is far from conservative
By citing FDR, the UK prime minister has signalled an activist government that makes Thatcherites nervous
Friday, 26 June, 2020

Climate change
We must build back greener after Covid-19
The pandemic may be wreaking lasting changes in public attitudes to climate change goals
Friday, 12 June, 2020

Workplace diversity & equality
Progress towards gender equality at work is draining away
British mothers are more likely than fathers to have lost or left their jobs during lockdown
Friday, 5 June, 2020

Brexit
An ending to the Brexit drama is yet to be scripted
London and Brussels resume negotiations as December’s final curtain approaches
Friday, 29 May, 2020

Dominic Cummings
Downing Street advisers have a damaging history
Cummings survives because he is effective, but such relationships at the top can become a liability
Friday, 22 May, 2020

Mental health
Strain begins to show amid deprivations of confinement
It is natural for morale to dip when our social ties have been severed
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Friday, 15 May, 2020

Smart cities
The pandemic is killing the attraction of megacities
You cannot be in the urban swing of things if there is no swing
Friday, 8 May, 2020

Ageing Populations
The old are not equally vulnerable to Covid-19
Reducing pensioners to ‘old dears’ ignores their wisdom and physical vitality
Friday, 1 May, 2020

FT CollectionsBest of this week’s opinion
Obesity dangers make Covid-19 a rebuke to unequal societies
Excess body fat seems to matter more than heart or lung disease, or smoking, when it comes to catching the virus
Friday, 24 April, 2020

National Health Service
Covid-19 has revolutionised the NHS
The crisis exposed the system was on a knife edge, but the emergency changes are for the better
Friday, 17 April, 2020

Parenting and families
What we should tell our children about coronavirus
Too often, as parents our overprotective urges stem from our own insecurities
Friday, 10 April, 2020

National Health Service
We must break down the boundaries between NHS and social care
The crisis is shedding light on the vital role of an unheralded army of workers
Friday, 3 April, 2020

UK universities
Universities are pleading for a bailout to paper over their failures
Many pursued a high-risk strategy of debt and expansion; now they must work together or go to the wall
Friday, 27 March, 2020

Coronavirus pandemic
We will have to make it up to the young
Deliberately slowing our economies to halt coronavirus will have repercussions
Friday, 20 March, 2020

Coronavirus pandemic
Chancellor’s jobs support programme takes Britain into new territory
We are in a generation-defining moment created by a pandemic that has left businesses on the brink
Friday, 13 March, 2020

UK Budget
Rishi Sunak’s Budget rose to the occasion
The UK’s careful orchestration of policies, absent in the US, should help stem coronavirus panic
Friday, 6 March, 2020

English devolution
Johnson’s ‘levelling up’ depends on devolving power
The prime minister knows that some decisions are best made close to the action
Friday, 28 February, 2020

Ageing Populations
World must wake up to challenge of longer lifespans
How well countries age is set to become a major source of competitive advantage
Friday, 14 February, 2020

UK politics & policy
Javid exit undermines case for restraining Treasury
A more cordial relationship between Nos 10 and 11 is essential
Friday, 7 February, 2020

Climate change
Britain has a chance to take lead on climate change
Boris Johnson must not fumble this golden opportunity
Friday, 31 January, 2020

UK immigration
Brexit gives Britain a chance to fix its immigration policy
The UK government is trying to address cultural concerns as well as economic needs
Friday, 24 January, 2020

BBC
The BBC must go back to doing what it does best
It has become flabby and bureaucratic, but we would miss the corporation if we lost it