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Rachel Reeves will raise £7.5bn from millions of workers by freezing tax thresholds at the budget, after her decision to scrap controversial plans to raise income…

Global auto manufacturing is pressured by tariffs, reshoring and higher labor costs, with skill shortages pushing factories to find new efficiencies. Industrial robots already dominate welding,…

Now that she is retired, Deborah Herring’s days are hers to fill – usually with leisurely walks, museums and trips to the theatre. But she still…

November 12, 20252 min readIEA Now Predicts Oil and Gas Demand Will Rise beyond 2030, Departing from Previous ForecastsThe International Energy Agency says weak climate action…

When 73-year-old Tom Brown*, a retired police officer from Seattle, received a letter from Comcast, he might have mistaken it for a broadband bill. Instead, it…

Sam Altman, the chief executive of OpenAI, says that technological revolutions are driven by more than just technology. They are also driven, he argues, by new…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Gatwick airport has warned that plans to invest…

October 22, 20254 min readSo You Fell for a Robot—‘Chatfishing’ Is Taking Over the Dating AppsForget fake profile pics on dating apps—AI is now doing the…

In the summer of 2018, the private investigator Simon Davison got a call from a woman who said her ex-boyfriend had stolen £10,000 from her. Carol…

Labour has been urged to break a manifesto pledge to scrap youth rates of the minimum wage amid a dramatic rise in the number of young…