UK Post Office to close 115 branches, putting hundreds of jobs at risk
Chair Nigel Railton to set out plans to try to strengthen the lossmaking business
Underperforming NHS hospitals to be outed in league tables
Health secretary Wes Streeting plans to name England’s failing trusts and sack poor bosses in bid to raise performance
Reeves seeks reform of UK consumer redress in the financial services sector
Chancellor considers overhaul as lenders face potential multi billion pound bill for alleged mis-selling of car finance
Could TikTok, apps and Gemma Collins boost women’s pensions?
Scottish Widows study shows more than 2mn UK women will not be able to afford to retire
FT Crossword: Number 17,893
Letter: Serial entrepreneur issues verdict on Reeves tax raid
From Richard Ross, Chairman Rosetrees CIO, London HA8, UK
Letter: Vienna was not only city to commemorate the plague
From Celina Fox, Great Chishill, Cambridgeshire, UK
Letter: A simpler explanation for postwar drift to the left
From Robert Bruce, London W9, UK
Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury resigns following child abuse report
US bans flights to Haiti after three planes struck by gunfire
Violence escalates as new interim prime minister is sworn in
Trump’s potential antitrust enforcers may keep Big Tech in their sights
Contenders for prime slots include a top aide to JD Vance and former Department of Justice lawyers
What I wish I’d known when I started my career
Isabel and colleagues share workplace advice they wish they’d known earlier
News updates from November 12: US dollar hits highest in 6 months; Trump names Witkoff as special envoy to Middle East
FirstFT: Trump’s cabinet picks signal hawkish stance on China
Also in today’s newsletter, a deadly car-ramming attack in China, and Nissan shares jump
Dollar hits six-month high as Trump tariff talk fuels inflation fears
US Treasury yields rise as traders scale back expectations for interest rate cuts
Samantha Harvey’s ‘Orbital’ wins Booker Prize for fiction
Judges praise ‘beautiful and miraculous’ novel that tells the story of astronauts on the International Space Station
Trump’s cabinet picks signal tougher stance on China
Experts say appointments of Mike Waltz and others show the president-elect is preparing a more hawkish stance on Beijing
Live from Kilkenomics: financial mistakes
Unhedged the podcast goes on the road
Montana’s loss-making fire company survives ex-CEO’s election
Bridger Aerospace gains adjusted altitude heading into winter
Bessent and Lutnick lead Trump Treasury job race after Paulson exits
Billionaire says ‘complex’ financial ties triggered withdrawal from consideration for top US economy role
US will not stop military aid to Israel over approach to Gaza
Washington satisfied by country’s aid efforts despite humanitarian groups warning people are being ‘starved’ in enclave
BBVA bid for Sabadell dealt blow by antitrust watchdog
Spain’s CNMC will submit €11bn hostile takeover to a more rigorous ‘phase 2’ review
Neom mega-project boss abruptly replaced in Saudi Arabia
Nadhmi al-Nasr leaves after six years in charge of $500bn desert development