FT News Briefing

Thames Water hits the gutter

Nato is trying to ‘Trump-proof’ funding for the war in Ukraine, Thames Water’s owners will start urgent restructuring talks, and birth rates are declining despite wealthy countries investing in family- friendly policies.  Mentioned in this podcast:<a href="https://on.ft.com/3VKgfoA" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Thames Water owners to begin urgent restructuring talks</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/3VDQB4N" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Why family-friendly policies don’t boost birth rates</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/4cIa2Q4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nato plans $100bn ‘Trump-proof’ fund for Ukraine</a><a href="https://on.ft.com/3THbzx0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Southern growth spurt creates two-speed eurozone economy</a> The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help by Michela Tindera, Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Monica Lopez. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music. <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/30c6c006-2fa7-470d-ab46-561b096d69a9" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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