Financial Times

The Financial Times says that Britain’s economic recovery looks a little more assured, amid news that more than 20 million people have had at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccination.

Rishi Sunak will use next week’s Budget to “level with people” over the “enormous strains” in Britain’s public finances, the Financial Times says.

India’s prime minister Narendra Modi has renamed the world’s largest cricket stadium after himself – a move branded by critics as the “height of narcissism” – according to The Financial Times. 

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has told her country there are hopes to move out of lockdown by April – but her announcement was overshadowed by continued furore over her handling of complaints against predecessor Alex Salmond, writes the Financial Times. You can read more on this story here. 

The Financial Times leads on Boris Johnson’s insistence there is an “end in sight” to harsh coronavirus restrictions despite the government’s “cautious” approach to lockdown easing. 

The Financial Times writes that HSBC is moving its top executives from London to Hong Kong as part of a “pivot to Asia”. 

The Financial Times splashes on a High Court ruling that Uber drivers are “workers” despite their casual employment status, and therefore have the right to minimum wage among others.You can read more about the case here.

France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, has given an interview to the Financial Times where he calls for more COVID-19 vaccines to go to poorer nations.

You can watch the Press Preview on Sky News every evening at 10.30pm and 11.30pm.Thursday night’s reviewers will be Sebastian Payne, Whitehall editor at the Financial Times, and Olivia Utley, associate comment editor at The Daily Telegraph.

Surging commodity prices have delivered a “cash bonanza for mining investors”, the Financial Times reports.