Stephen Bush

FT WRITER

That Keir Starmer is mostly a supporting role in the construction of his speeches is not incidental to why his government is directionless.
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Carney, Trump and the power of a good speech

A vigil in south London to mark the sixth anniversary of the exposing of the Windrush scandal on Apr 6. The UK government’s compensation scheme for the victims has been criticised for being too ponderous and Byzantine to navigate.
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It’s time to lift the veil on incompetence

Some data suggest the fall in fertility in the rich world has proved resistant to greater spending on family incentives and other welfarist measures.
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What’s driving the rich world’s falling fertility?

A focus on the more dire consequences of AI threats can sometimes distract from the more mundane, though no less risky, dangers.
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Beware the rise of the black box algorithm