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  • Thursday, 19 January, 2023
    Data PointsParenting and families
    The UK’s adoption system is in peril

    Services for the most vulnerable in society are being undone by funding cuts and collapsing social care infrastructure

  • Friday, 13 January, 2023
    News in-depthHealthcare
    Britons turn to private healthcare as NHS crisis worsens

    Faced with long waits for treatment, millions pay for care

  • Thursday, 5 January, 2023
    EU economy
    ‘Shadow economy’ drives record jump in Spain’s tax revenue

    Pandemic pushes informal business on to the books in a country where underground activity is rife

  • Tuesday, 6 December, 2022
    UK labour disputes
    Sunak under pressure to accelerate anti-strike legislation

    Tory MPs call for new union curbs as UK faces biggest wave of industrial action since 1989

  • Thursday, 1 December, 2022
    National Health Service
    Third of English patients waiting over 30 minutes in ambulances

    New NHS data show delays climbing as health chiefs warn of ‘perfect storm’ this winter

  • Sunday, 27 November, 2022
    UK public services
    Backlog Britain: How public sector delays spiralled to record levels

    Pandemic pressures combined with long-term cuts have left vital services under chronic strain

  • Thursday, 24 November, 2022
    Data PointsMental health
    Are we ready for the approaching loneliness epidemic?

    Wealthier societies are increasingly troubled by the afflictions of people who live alone — and the young suffer more

  • Sunday, 23 October, 2022
    News in-depthEnergy crisis
    ‘People will burn anything’: energy poverty and pollution hit eastern Europe

    In Hungary and across the region residents are turning to cheaper and dirtier sources of heat such as lignite coal

  • Saturday, 24 September, 2022
    Markets
    Corporate America is fretting over Taiwan risks, regulatory filings show

    Technology is the sector most concerned, the semiconductor industry raising the loudest alarm

  • Thursday, 22 September, 2022
    The Big Read
    What an Italy led by the far-right might mean for Europe

    The coalition leaders may be fierce Eurosceptics but both Rome and Brussels need the relationship to remain functional

  • Tuesday, 20 September, 2022
    News in-depthDemographics and population
    Niger questions wisdom of sustaining world’s highest birth rate

    President comes out against polygamy and early marriage in an attempt to shift social norms

  • Monday, 19 September, 2022
    Social affairs
    Funding crunch to limit top UK universities places

    Admissions to high-ranking institutions fall by 12.2% as funding pressures take toll, say analysts

  • Friday, 2 September, 2022
    Education
    Wanted: tens of thousands of teachers to staff Europe’s schools

    Class sizes are rising and recruitment standards being cut as low pay and burnout prompt staffing crisis

  • Tuesday, 30 August, 2022
    The Big Read
    The growing evidence that Covid-19 is leaving people sicker

    The potential impact on heart and brain disease poses challenges to healthcare systems globally

  • Friday, 29 July, 2022
    Eurozone economy
    Eurozone growth boosted by tourism as inflation hits fresh high

    France and southern Europe outperform forecasts but economists warn of darkening prospects as German GDP stalls

  • Thursday, 28 July, 2022
    German economy
    German inflation hits 8.5% as food prices jump

    Surprise increase in eurozone’s largest economy adds to pressure on ECB to continue rate rises

  • Wednesday, 27 July, 2022
    Food security
    How bad will the global food crisis get?

    Food commodity prices are falling but experts say global production and hunger rates might be even worse in 2023

  • Wednesday, 13 July, 2022
    News in-depthNational Health Service
    What can the UK learn from the Dutch approach to end-of-life care?

    Intensifying medical needs of baby boomers have exposed flaws in health system

  • Thursday, 30 June, 2022
    Data PointsUK politics & policy
    UK political leaders need to beware Texan sharpshooter tendencies

    Everyone suffers if governments fail to use accurate and transparent data

  • Thursday, 26 May, 2022
    Workplace diversity & equality
    Race at work: how hard are companies really trying?

    Dismantling systemic racism is a huge task, but many employees think organisations are failing to take it seriously

  • Tuesday, 10 May, 2022
    Roe vs Wade
    How would the repeal of Roe vs Wade shape abortion access in the US?

    Restrictions imposed in some states show the impact on individuals and local resources, research findings show

  • Friday, 29 April, 2022
    FT Financial Literacy and Inclusion Campaign
    A guide for Ukrainian refugees and their UK hosts

    How to navigate finances, benefits, employment rules and avoid sticky situations

  • Wednesday, 20 April, 2022
    FT SeriesBaby bust: How the pandemic affected population growth 
    Baby bust: Can policymakers boost dwindling world fertility rates?

    Governments want people to have more children but there is little evidence that policy helps

  • Tuesday, 19 April, 2022
    FT SeriesBaby bust: How the pandemic affected population growth 
    Baby bust: Pandemic accelerates fall in China’s birth rate

    FT Series: Population may already have peaked in centre of global population crunch

  • Monday, 18 April, 2022
    FT SeriesBaby bust: How the pandemic affected population growth 
    Baby bust: economic stimulus helps births rebound from pandemic

    In the first in a series, the FT looks at how Covid worsened the trend of shrinking populations — but only briefly

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