An image of yesterday’s junior doctors’ strike kicking off in England sits atop the Financial Times, but the business paper’s main focus is the news that Big Four firm EY has scrapped plans to break up its audit and consulting businesses after “months of internal disagreement”. Elsewhere there is the claim that the Confederation of British Industry is “fighting for its reputation” following the sacking of its boss Tony Danker over sexual misconduct claims.
Sources suggest the UK has moved past its technical recession with first-quarter growth surpassing that of the US and Eurozone, a positive development for Rishi Sunak.