UK economy improves but challenges remain for Sunak on.ft.com/4aSosuS

Criminalising free speech only leads in one direction on.ft.com/3TUtdNJ

Thames Water shareholders backed away over regulator’s debt demands on.ft.com/4ayg445

‘Non-doms’ rush for advice on Labour’s tax reform plans on.ft.com/3VVyCqn

The great stink of England’s sewage crisis on.ft.com/440AjVB

Ask Shrimsley: are centrist dads making a comeback? on.ft.com/3vDJTBi

Police investigating Angela Rayner over council house sale on.ft.com/3VVYZwx

Reform’s embarrassing candidates are not even the biggest drag on the party on.ft.com/3Q0u526

Starmer makes ‘total’ commitment to UK nuclear deterrent on.ft.com/3xFYUTu

Why Gibraltar is the last big unresolved problem of Brexit on.ft.com/3xz0ZAM

Labour to launch twin strategy for closer UK-EU relations if it wins power on.ft.com/3UalZXj

Tory election hopes fade with prospects for interest rate cuts on.ft.com/3TSS4Bx

A ghost of Brexit past returns to haunt Labour on.ft.com/3VVvMSC

How Rishi Sunak built a close relationship with Blackstone’s bosses on.ft.com/49tmSP3

The pound is no longer so vulnerable on.ft.com/49COq4G

Starmer shouldn’t hesitate to use powers the Tories will leave behind on.ft.com/3JcEYdF

NHS waiting lists fall in England but still miss key targets on.ft.com/3vPHjrW

Are surveys missing Labour and Lib Dem tactical voting? on.ft.com/3JeITGI

Scots must now navigate an income tax labyrinth on.ft.com/4assFpC

Why is making UK homes more efficient so difficult? on.ft.com/3Uc9sT9