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Aberdeen is back in the FTSE 100 but is Interactive Investor holding it up?

The decision was widely mocked across the Square Mile – including earning the odd jibe in these pages. Some have called Bird’s decision the beginning of his downfall (the firm has since rediscovered the importance of…

Lammy’s cohabitation rules threaten unmarried couples with ‘horrendous’ court costs

Justice secretary Alex Norris is facing backlash from senior legal figures on plans to give unmarried couples court-enforced rights after three years of cohabitation, passed on to him by predecessor David Lammy . The…

Beware the AI holiday let

It’s not just horrible for holidaymakers, it could get landlords in trouble with the law, says Alex Poplawska With the summer holidays upon us, many will be heading out on staycations and weekend getaways, but some…

Bring football home: let London host the Super Bowl

If any city outside the USA is ever going to host the Super Bowl, it should be London, says Alex Challoner Last week, new Prime Minister Andy Burnham said it was insane that the UK has not hosted a world cup since 1966 .…

It’s not just Jason Arday, most of sociology is a scam

But relatively little has been written on the academic discipline in which he was a professor, namely the sociology of education. There is at least one good reason for this. It is not easy to understand what…

PM admits cost of living help is not enough and hints at further support

Burnham told BBC's Wake up to Money he will deliver an "accumulation of smaller things" that "combine to take the pressure down" on household budgets. He spoke of an overhaul of train fares and "more public control" of…

Retail investors are returning to UK markets

But in 2026 things are changing, writes Rupert Hargreaves At the end of 2024, domestic investors owned just 11.6 per cent of UK equities while international investors owned a record 58.8 per cent. This number speaks…

The Debate: Is Count Binface funny?

He’s not side-splittingly, rip-roaringly funny. I probably wouldn’t book tickets for a national tour if he did one. But he is certainly funnier than most by-election candidates. And, of course, Count Binface does not…

The European fintech American dream is being called into question

A double US banking application blow has called into question the fintech dream of landing on Wall Street. In this week’s column, Samuel Norman takes a look at the expansion roadmap for Europe’s top fintechs as well as…

Passenger jet billed as China’s answer to Boeing and Airbus prepares to make first international flight

The Comac C919 will take off from Beijing capital international airport at 3pm, landing in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia, just over two hours later. It has been billed as China's alternative to the Boeing-Airbus…