Amy Borrett

🚨Over 20 NHS trusts have ditched Palantir waiting-list tools, according to @financialtimes.com analysis that casts doubt on widely cited claims about the success of the controversial project led by the US tech giant Another NHS/Palantir scoop w/ @laurahughesft.bsky.social as.ft.com/r/2580543f-2...

More than 20 NHS trusts in England have stopped using Palantir’s waiting list tools, according to FT analysis that casts doubt on widely cited claims about the success of the controversial data project led by the US software giant. as.ft.com/r/6c8844ae-e...

🎵 No busking, no drinking, no catapults: English councils have hired private companies to enforce a growing list of rules, raising concerns about exploitiation by officers who have a financial incentive to fine heavily More in today's @financialtimes.com: giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

📉 Long-term sickness may be smaller problem for the UK than previously thought, according to early estimates from the overhauled ONS jobs survey @financialtimes.com as.ft.com/r/25abc82a-7...

The UK has rasied its cost projections for Palantir’s NHS data platform and revised down the expected financial benefits. Unfortunately, NHS Eng refused to share comparable historic data with @financialtimes.com so we don't know by how much w/ @laurahughesft.bsky.social as.ft.com/r/c56d4b2b-4...

NHS hospitals using Palantir’s patient discharge tool have registered “no noticeable improvement” in performance, according to new @healthfoundation.bsky.social analysis that contrasts sharply with @england.nhs.uk's claims More @financialtimes.com as.ft.com/r/6300abcb-e...

🚨 NHS England has added a disclaimer to its pro-Palantir data, toning down key claims after a watchdog probe into potential violations of the statistical code of practice The scrutiny comes ahead of a key early decision by Burnham's govt about the future of the contract as.ft.com/r/14e0c159-8...

📉 Andy Burnham will enter No 10 with one of the largest majorities of any post-war PM, but also a grim fiscal inheritance requiring difficult decisions from day one if he hopes to deliver a radical rewiring of the state. Burnham’s Britain in 7 charts: @financialtimes.com as.ft.com/r/c8f20125-6...

⚽Hotels in World Cup host cities have been left disappointed after a surge in Airbnb listings has helped to lure price-conscious fans away. New data shows tens of thousands of US homeowners listed their properties for the first time during the group stages More here: as.ft.com/r/20e3f933-e...

🚨NHS hospitals have admitted to a litany of errors in the data behind a headline claim about the success of the controversial £330mn Palantir contract after a @financialtimes.com investigation found dozens of irregularities. Scoop w/ @laurahughesft.bsky.social as.ft.com/r/7ab92d75-3...

💡Does the UK lose its best ideas to America? New data suggests the bigger challenge is much closer to home: scaling spinouts from outside Oxford and Cambridge. Enjoyed digging into the data with the help of @paulswinney.bsky.social for @alphaville.ft.com Full story here: as.ft.com/r/d60411f3-9...

what a chart!

🎓The £450,000 degree: overseas fees at top English universities are set to rise 29% over 4 years, adding thousands to degrees that can already cost >£85k a year New @financialtimes.com analysis underlines the sector’s growing financial reliance on overseas students as.ft.com/r/9e159703-5...

In the wake of our @financialtimes.com article, the PM today made his strongest criticism of Musk to date Starmer accused the billionaire of “trying to whip up division” and “interfering in our politics” Updated story here - as.ft.com/r/eafa2b54-9...

Over the past week, Elon Musk has written more than 110 posts, retweets and replies about UK politics on his social media platform X, focusing on the murder of student Henry Nowak. ft.trib.al/5vWbQw9

Read @amyborrett.ft.com and I's Restore "hit piece" — on how world's richest man Elon Musk is amplifying Rupert Lowe, the far-right nativist party's founder — for free here: as.ft.com/r/3ee6cd78-b...

🎓 Trust in the value of a degree has fallen to a record low in England New @natcen.bsky.social data shows the % saying uni is not worthwhile has doubled since 2018, amid a weak grad jobs market, ballooning student debt and growing threat from AI More @financialtimes.com: as.ft.com/r/92069ded-f...

If Keir Starmer resigns, he will be the fifth consecutive British prime minister to leave office before serving a full parliamentary term, highlighting the instability that has come to define Downing Street in recent years. ft.trib.al/Sk2ZaWG

Starmer is facing the most severe jeopardy of his premiership, just 676 days after he won a huge majority. If he resigns, he will be the fifth consecutive British PM to leave office before serving a full parliamentary term Starmer's premiership in charts here: as.ft.com/r/afb483fa-a...

✈️ Airlines in Europe are cutting prices for top summer holiday destinations to counter a delay in bookings. Price falls of 10% or more were recorded on 15 of the top 50 routes, @financialtimes.com analysis found as.ft.com/r/3747419e-5...

39 countries cut energy taxes after the Iran war. Politically popular but self-defeating: untargeted subsidies blunt the price signals, lead to higher demand, cost the tax payer significantly more and provide less incentive to invest in alternatives.

⚡The number of economies cutting energy taxes in response to the Iran war has doubled over the past month despite IMF calls for fiscal restraint, new @financialtimes.com analysis shows. More charts + analysis from me and @iancjohnston.bsky.social here: as.ft.com/r/f56d21e7-9...

A real problem - never mind bleating about 'why aren't people doing work-related courses'. Business degrees: a BAD option for young people but booming. Great deep dive by @chris-smyth.bsky.social @amyborrett.ft.com and colleagues www.ft.com/content/e199... Schools must take note re UCAS forms!!!

☘️ The number of Americans seeking Irish citizenship through ancestry jumped 63% last year, according to official data shared with @financialtimes.com. Immigration lawyers say discontent with the Trump administration has fuelled demand for "plan B" passports. More here: as.ft.com/r/dbc995da-1...

FT Exclusive: The number of Americans seeking Irish citizenship through ancestry jumped 63% last year, as the Trump administration’s harsh rhetoric and policies fuelled demand for ‘plan B’ passports. ft.trib.al/VLmOiJH

Thrilled to have been shortlisted for Data Journalist of the Year by the Wincott Foundation 🎉 wincott.co.uk/wincott-shor...

From Bangladesh to Zambia, spiralling fuel prices and looming shortages due to the Iran war are forcing governments to take extreme measures, with middle-income and developing economies hit first ... and worst. Read the story on #FTEdit 👉 The global wave of energy rationing ft.trib.al/moL6noT

🔋⚡ spiralling fuel prices and looming energy shortages are forcing governments to take drastic measures to conserve supplies. Lots of charts in this @financialtimes.com piece about the global wave of energy rationing as.ft.com/r/a26a41a9-6...

The rapid growth in foundation year courses at UK universities has raised concerns about poor graduate outcomes, as @financialtimes.com research shows a stark gap in grades at the largest providers More from me and @josephinecumbo.bsky.social here: as.ft.com/r/60b74329-3...

The Bank of England was a real outlier with its comms this week, far more hawkish than peers Language analysis shows a sharp shift in tone from the UK central bank this week as.ft.com/r/41e01e51-9...

The Bank of England’s hawkish pivot in language has rattled markets. @financialtimes.com analysis shows it was the largest shift of any major central bank, raising questions about whether it misjudged its tone Lots of number crunching from me and @joelsuss.ft.com here: as.ft.com/r/bd03a4a9-e...

Which leading economies will pay the biggest price for the Iran war? Not the US, it turns out Great to end my first week on the @financialtimes.com economics desk working on this story with Sam and Myles as.ft.com/r/7babde76-f...