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. 

The Financial Times hears that Chancellor Rishi Sunak is planning to use next month’s budget to lay out new rules to rein in government borrowing.

The government has been forced to delay imposing border checks on EU goods entering the UK until mid-2022, the Financial Times reports.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s £15bn “stupid tunnel” between Scotland and Northern Ireland has been killed off by the Treasury, reports the Financial Times. 

The Financial Times reports on a push for the devolution of more powers to the UK regions.

European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde has reassured bond investors even though the ECB said it would buy fewer bonds in a sign of confidence in the eurozone’s economic recovery, according to the Financial Times.

The Financial Times reports on Boris Johnson’s victory in securing £12bn in taxes each year to tackle the NHS and social care crisis.