Financial Times

The Financial Times reports on warnings the US risks running out of money by 18 October if Congress does not resolve the stalemate over raising the country’s debt ceiling.

The Financial Times says medical workers and transport companies have warned the fuel crisis is threatening severe disruption to healthcare and essential services.

The Financial Times leads with Downing Street plans to cut the graduate salary threshold for paying back student loans.

The prime minister is authorising a temporary visa scheme in an effort to fill a shortage of truck drivers, reports the Financial Times.

The Financial Times reports that the Bank Of England is predicting inflation will top 4% next year.

Joe Biden has offered an olive branch to French President Emmanuel Macron to soothe tensions that erupted over France’s exclusion from a new trilateral security pact that deprived Paris of a long-planned submarine deal, the Financial Times writes.

The International Energy Agency has urged Russia to send more gas to Europe to help alleviate the energy crisis, becoming the first major international body to address claims by traders and foreign officials that Moscow has restricted supplies, the Financial Times writes.

Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has insisted the “there is no question of the lights going out”, as ministers try to deal with the crisis sparked by rising gas prices, the Financial Times reports.

The Financial Times reports that the UK’s largest energy suppliers are requesting a multibillion-pound emergency support package from the government to help them survive the crisis sparked by gas prices.