Financial Times

A secretive club for Conservative party donors known as the Advisory Board has been holding regular meetings with Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak, the Financial Times writes. 

The Financial Times says contributions to the Tory Party from donors linked to the property industry have increased since Boris Johnson, whose planning reforms some claim benefit developers, became prime minister.

The global recovery from the COVID pandemic is at risk unless developing countries are given access to vaccines, warns the Financial Times.

The breakdown of a deal to create “the world’s biggest insurance broker” is the lead in the Financial Times, which has a picture of Team GB gold medallists Matty Lee and Tom Daley.

Ministers are looking at ways to remove China’s state-owned nuclear energy company from all future UK power projects, according to the Financial Times.

The Financial Times has covered the latest in the Lex Greensill inquiry, which is examining the financier’s access to government ministers. 

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.