What’s next for the UK after Starmer?

Keir Starmer has resigned as British prime minister, private equity executives are borrowing against their future share of profits, and former US Federal Reserve chair Alan Greenspan died at the age of 100. Plus, the FT’s Andean correspondent Joe Daniels traveled to a rural part of Colombia to find out what’s driving the country’s new cocaine boom.

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Political Fix: Exit Starmer, enter Burnham

Buyout bosses turn to carried interest loans as payouts stall

What lies behind the new boom in Colombian cocaine

Alan Greenspan dies aged 100

CREDIT: Keir Starmer YouTube page

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