On the govt consultation re ending Right to Buy on new builds, the signs were there in this report, which we covered at the weekend - a report not only backed by 100 councils, but co-authored by housing minister Matt Pennycook’s adviser on.ft.com/4gdnSf2

Worth reading, from Jennifer Williams as ever.

Coming over here, taking over our travel groups...

Some good points raised here on the UK-EU reset by Peter Foster - there are already obvious issues. Still the case that Whitehall thinking has barely begun, and there are things that can be done, of mutual interest. But also this is not going to be easy. ft.com/content/260041…

‘at this stage, both sides are just setting out their stalls. ‘But that doesn’t change the basic parameters of the negotiation: the base metal of “no single market, no customs union” cannot be turned into gold.’ - Peter Foster on.ft.com/4cPyq0Z

.Peter Foster's piece is a bit depressing. The mooted reset in UK-EU relations may fail, because UK is unsure of what it wants & is excessively cautious, while Commission & some EU govts are inflexible, doctrinaire and miss the wider geopolitical context. ft.com/content/260041…

Lads, I'm not sure that they think about Britain that much at all, in France...

Charles Grant Peter Foster Whether changing something involves reopening TCA is a technicality. Anything both sides want can be agreed. More important are, as Peter Foster puts it, whether EU 'has self-interest at stake' and that 'base metal of “no single market, no customs union” cannot be turned to gold'.

🚨🚨"Renegotiating the UK’s Brexit deal will take more than warm words". Meaty read from long-time #brexit chronicler Peter Foster who paints a fairly pessimistic but realistic assessment of Keir Starmer's reset with Brussels. Brief 🧵ft.com/content/260041…

This week, we published the first mixed-reality Financial Times app in the Apple #VisionPro app store. It's been in development since 1949. Yep, this one merits a thread...

This is amazing...