John Burn-Murdoch | Financial Times

Friday, 23 September, 2022

Friday, 16 September, 2022

Britain and the US are poor societies with some very rich people

When it comes to average household incomes, the UK may soon need to ask migrant labourers to take a pay cut

Friday, 2 September, 2022

The growing link between values and earnings may spell trouble

Access to higher education has created a path to improved incomes but liberals, not conservatives, are reaping the rewards

Friday, 26 August, 2022

Data PointsUS opioid epidemic

How US life expectancy fell off a cliff

One factor explains why a gulf has opened between America and its wealthy peers: deaths from drug overdoses

Thursday, 18 August, 2022

Data PointsUK energy

The energy bills emergency has barely begun

Millions of British households are already on the brink — and the months-long squeeze is only just starting

Thursday, 11 August, 2022

National Health Service

The NHS is being squeezed in a vice

Excess deaths not related to Covid are rising in a system under almost intolerable strain

Thursday, 4 August, 2022

Data PointsUK politics & policy

Britain faces growing competition to attract global talent

It has benefited from a steady influx of working-age people over the past 40 years, but now risks forfeiting that privilege

Friday, 29 July, 2022

Data PointsFood diet

To tackle obesity, we must change conditions not people

Expanding waistlines have little to do with individual responsibility, and everything to do with how we live and work

Thursday, 21 July, 2022

Data PointsNational Health Service

Chronic illness makes UK workforce the sickest in developed world

Every country saw economic inactivity spike during Covid but only in Britain is a rise in worklessness continuing

Friday, 15 July, 2022

News in-depthTravel & leisure industry

US tourists drive rebound in foreign visitors to London’s top attractions

Strong dollar and relaxation of Covid testing rules boost American numbers but Asians have yet to return

Thursday, 14 July, 2022

Data PointsClimate change

The British still think heatwaves are fun — not for much longer

The frequency and magnitude of extreme heat events are rapidly increasing, with impacts on health and productivity

Sunday, 10 July, 2022

Coronavirus pandemic

Omicron sub-variants push up Covid hospitalisations in Europe and US

Infections less likely to cause severe illness or death than past waves, FT analysis suggests

Friday, 8 July, 2022

Data PointsCoronavirus pandemic

Covid’s chronic effects loom increasingly large

Despite fewer severe cases, the sheer volume of infections means hundreds of thousands are unwell for the long term

Thursday, 23 June, 2022

Data PointsSport

Don’t blame market forces for female tennis stars being short-changed

Give these players their share of the limelight and the money and watch the sport thrive

Friday, 17 June, 2022

Coronavirus pandemic

Covid hospital admissions rise in Europe as sub-variants fuel new wave

Omicron offshoots BA.4 and BA.5 drive increase in infections in Portugal, UK, France and Germany

Thursday, 16 June, 2022

Data PointsChildcare

Men stepping up at home is key to boosting birth rates

Career vs family is no longer such a trade-off for women, but ‘having it all’ is only possible with increased paternal childcare

Friday, 3 June, 2022

Data PointsNational Health Service

How to fix Britain’s chronically ill healthcare system

The NHS needs long-term investment to build capacity and a shift in the balance away from hospital treatment

Monday, 30 May, 2022

Covid-19 vaccines

Why Africa’s first Covid vaccine factory struggles to find customers

With high prior rate of infection and apathy, demand is dwindling for jabs on the continent

Friday, 27 May, 2022

Data PointsFootball

European football now belongs to the highest bidder

The widening financial gulf between Premier League clubs and the rest is shrinking the pool of competition

Friday, 20 May, 2022

Data PointsCoronavirus economic impact

Death notices for the city are premature

Indicators show urban dynamism is back to near pre-pandemic levels

Thursday, 12 May, 2022

Data PointsUK immigration

Britain is now a high-immigration country and most are fine with that

With a growing sense that borders are under control, the appetite for hostile environment policies is shrinking

Thursday, 5 May, 2022

Data PointsRoe vs Wade

Repeal of Roe risks exacerbating the US’s most shameful statistic

Abortion ban would increase the country’s dreadful maternal mortality rate and fall hardest on the most vulnerable

Thursday, 28 April, 2022

Data PointsHealth Care

UK healthcare is already being privatised, but not in the way you think

The creeping Americanisation of British medical bills reflects the strains on the NHS

Friday, 22 April, 2022

Coronavirus pandemic

UK Covid infection rate declines sharply from recent peak

Accelerating downward trend eases pressure on overstretched NHS

Sunday, 17 April, 2022

News in-depthNational Health Service

Number of vacant NHS hospital beds falls to lowest level since start of pandemic

Health service in England is grappling with twin challenges of Covid and clearing record treatment backlog

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