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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.I signed a prenuptial agreement before my marriage. During my divorce, will it hold up in court?Alistair Myles, partner at Ribet Myles Family Law says if your prenuptial agreement was done properly, then yes, it’s very likely to be upheld. That means both you and your partner had independent legal advice, you both fully disclosed your finances, it wasn’t signed under pressure (ideally at least four weeks before the wedding), and crucially, the terms are fair — especially when it comes to any…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Used Teslas in the US and Britain are falling in price faster than other electric vehicles — but the decline appears to be driven primarily by a glut of formerly leased cars coming on to the market rather than by the brand’s association with Elon Musk.US prices for second-hand Teslas dropped 7 per cent year-on-year in March, according to data from online marketplace CarGurus, against a 1.5 per cent decline for other EV brands. In the UK they fell 15 per cent,…

It was that Monday again. Shifting a plate of half-eaten toast to the edge of the kitchen table, Zoë checked her list and started making calls. They answered on the seventh ring. “Hello, Travelodge Telford.”“Hello,” said Zoë, slipping into the ‘work voice’ her housemates always teased her over. “I’m calling to inquire abo—”“That time again is it?” the receptionist cut her off, in a voice that was neither cruel nor particularly cheerful.“Time is absolutely flying,” said Zoë.“Right,” he replied. “Well, we have a room tomorrow. One night with breakfast, £35.15. Do you want me to book that for you?”“No,” said…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.UK Home Office officials have accused the Department for Education of encouraging universities to lobby against reforms to the graduate visa that are part of government efforts to cut immigration.Home Office insiders are frustrated at the education department’s stance on its proposal to tighten the terms of the graduate visa, which allow overseas students to stay in the UK for up to two years after they finish their university degree, even if they are not working.Under the reforms, such students would be…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.The world must “immediately” make substantial investments in mining uranium to meet surging demand for nuclear energy, according to the latest industry stocktake that highlights the renaissance in the power source. Currently identified uranium resources will be used up by the 2080s under a “high-growth” scenario that assumes nuclear capacity rises in the years to 2050 and then stays elevated, the Nuclear Energy Agency and International Atomic Energy Agency said in their biennial Red Book report released on Tuesday. While “sufficient uranium resources…

The Conservatives and Reform UK have kept open the door to limited co-operation at town hall level after the local elections in England next month, according to officials in both parties. While both right-wing parties have vetoed a pre-poll pact or post-election formal coalition, neither is ruling out a “confidence and supply” agreement that would allow one to prop up the other to take power in some scenarios in a local authority.The prospect of such co-operation — which could be an option in local authorities where no party achieves overall control on May 1 but Tory and Reform councillors form a…

When the management at Dundee university circulated a confidential recovery plan last month, the document’s password included 632 — the number of redundancies proposed to resolve a grave cash crisis.The Scottish university has apologised for the “honest mistake”, but some say it was a crass move that sums up the management disaster besetting the institution.Supporting one in 12 jobs in the city of Dundee, the university’s creeping financial problems have snowballed into a full-blown liquidity crunch that would have forced insolvency by June had it not been for £22mn in support promised by the Scottish government.Plans to axe a fifth…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Sir Keir Starmer has pledged to set up a central research service for health data storage, with about £600mn of UK government money to streamline access to public medical information.The prime minister announced the new Health Data Research Service in a speech on Monday, saying the system would ensure “patient data in our NHS is unlocked for the public good” and help “save lives with cutting-edge medicine”.A government-backed review into how data is stored and used by the NHS last year called…

Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the EU economy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.The ECB is highly likely to cut borrowing costs next week and again in June, investors and economists believe, as Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs risk pushing the bloc into recession.Investors are pricing in a 90 per cent likelihood of a quarter-point cut in interest rates at the next ECB rate-setting meeting on April 17, according to Bloomberg data, up from 70 per cent before Trump’s so-called “liberation day” tariff announcements on April 2. They expect two further cuts by the end of…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Britain’s statistics agency must take “decisive action to restore confidence” in economic data, according to a review that highlights concerns over decision-making and resources at the embattled authority.The report by the Office for Statistics Regulation concluded that “insufficient investment” in data collection was a primary cause of ongoing quality issues, with budget constraints a “consistent challenge” to finding the resources for high-priority areas.Growing demands have meant the Office for National Statistics has been unable to maintain real-terms funding for surveys and data…