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Simon Foy

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European Banking Correspondent @FT | Tips to [email protected] or DMs | Views mine

 London, England
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Joined April 2011
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This @WSJ piece on the UK's runaway disability benefits is something else. Great color from @MaximColch & @davidluhnow
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Bombshell.
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@Verbatim_MediaSep 3
Our yearlong investigation reveals Nigel Farage courting illicit funding as part of a plot to bring foreign money into British politics, orchestrated by his top aides and caught on hidden camera.
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@FTAug 16
Just published: front page of the Financial Times, UK edition, Monday 17 August ft.trib.al/nJvEbZV
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Might be a few boots thrown in after this one… Embarrassing. Leo has to go and Nienaber back to SA. A team packed with top internationals, now perennial underachievers and playing awful rugby to boot. Bordeaux phenomenal – what a team. #LEIvUBB #InvestecChampionsCup
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@FTMay 18
UBS: the bank that outgrew a country ft.trib.al/dkbrkHT

UBS: the bank that outgrew a country

Can a state with 9mn people host a financial behemoth?

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The Luke Pearce show. #LEIvRCT
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Saudi Arabia’s PIF on verge of cutting support for LIV Golf ft.com/content/76dfb7ee-ebf4… via @ft
Saudi Arabia’s PIF on verge of cutting support for LIV Golf

Saudi Arabia’s PIF on verge of cutting support for LIV Golf

Sovereign wealth fund reconsiders backing for lossmaking golf tour as Iran war prompts investment rethink

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The FT is hiring a correspondent for our Investigations team. Contact me if you want to discuss the role. Deadline is April 12 job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/…
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Arguably the best of his career. A magician #ENGvIRE
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Jamison Gibson-Park with a sensational performance. Peerless today.
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The succession race for one of the most coveted roles in banking kicks off, as Switzerland’s biggest lender fights government plans to tighten its capital requirements. ft.trib.al/amTXNbH
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How Ireland became the weak spot in Europe’s defences via @FT on.ft.com/49F90VY
How Ireland became the weak spot in Europe’s defences

How Ireland became the weak spot in Europe’s defences

With few ships and limited intelligence-sharing, some say the country cannot hope to protect itself or its infrastructure

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@FT17 Nov 2025
Exclusive: The UBS chair held talks with the US Treasury secretary, as the lender explores contingency plans to leave Switzerland if the government does not back down on new capital rules on.ft.com/44gA8qu
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Prendergast’s best day in green. Still some defensive errors to iron out, but a world class kicking display in tough conditions, and picked some excellent passes going forward. Looked properly up for it too #IREvAUS
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@FT10 Aug 2025
Netanyahu’s disastrous plan to take control of Gaza on.ft.com/4mbBsSE | opinion
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I spent the day with Curtis Yarvin and the new new right at a garden party in the English countryside and wrote some words about it. My cover story for today’s FT Magazine, plotted with / edited by the brilliant @mattvella on.ft.com/3Ul74cg [GIFT LINK🎁]
Sunday at the garden party for Curtis Yarvin and the new, new right

Sunday at the garden party for Curtis Yarvin and the new, new right

What you learn at a gathering of neoreactionaries, Very Online rightwingers and the formerly cancelled

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🤔 Curious that No 10 briefed today that Kemi Badenoch, as leader of opposition, turned down briefing on Afghan data leak When Labour were in opposition, a briefing on same data breach was offered to Keir Starmer in December 2023... and John Healey turned it down on his behalf
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@PippaCrerar16 Jul 2025
Kemi Badenoch was offered security briefing in March where she would have been told about Afghan data leak & secret resettlement scheme for first time. But she didn't attend because she didn't think it was urgent. Tory leader's spox said that as opposition leader she received “innumerable” offers of security briefings and this one wasn't initially marked as urgent. In June the issue was listed as urgent, so she sought a briefing, and was informed about scheme on Monday.
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SCOOP Diageo to replace chief executive Debra Crew after share price slump; CFO Nik Jhangiani expected to become interim CEO. Shares up 3.6% after our story w/ @SpeedMaddie @AnjliRaval ft.com/content/aef5c197-6353…
Guinness owner Diageo to replace chief executive Debra Crew

Guinness owner Diageo to replace chief executive Debra Crew

Struggling FTSE 100 drinks group searching for new chief to lead turnaround and rebuild investor confidence

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on.ft.com/4eM5ERw Revolut is in talks to raise new funding from investors at a $65bn valuation
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@FT16 Jun 2025
Just published: front page of the Financial Times, international edition, Tuesday June 17 on.ft.com/3Tp4D7Q
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