Financial Times

The Financial Times leads with coverage of Bridgepoint Advisers’ first day of trading.

The UK is set to clash with the EU over new demands that will alter post-Brexit trading, the Financial Times says. 

The Financial Times leads with the story that key workers will be exempted from isolation rules, as confirmed by prime minister Boris Johnson.

The Financial Times leads on the decision by the prime minister and chancellor to isolate and suggests “freedom day” may be tarnished by a surge in COVID cases.

Global health experts have described Boris Johnson’s move to ease all remaining coronavirus restrictions in England as a threat to the world – that’s on the front of the Financial Times.

The Financial Times says a London-based digital banking start-up, Revolut, has become the UK’s most valuable private tech company ever after raising $800m (£578m) in a funding round.

The Financial Times reports the COVID Delta variant is wreaking havoc on businesses, with more than 700 workers at the UK’s biggest car factory self-isolating and some firms missing 20% of their staff.

US consumer prices accelerated faster than expected in June, challenging the Federal Reserve and White House’s view that high inflation during America’s recovery would be temporary, writes the Financial Times.

The Financial Times focuses on calls for clarity from businesses after PM Boris Johnson shifted the onus on them regarding COVID restrictions.

The Financial Times reveals EU plans to increase taxes on polluting fuels and to bring in a bloc-wide levy on kerosene in aviation.