US President Joe Biden’s launch of his bid for re-election in 2024 is the lead story for the Financial Times. The paper notes the announcement ends months of speculation and “fires the starting gun” on a campaign that could see a rematch of the 2020 clash with Donald Trump.
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.