After more than 8 years covering the global motor industry, I am moving within the FT.

It's been a joy to cover such a fascinating & crucial sector.

My replacement is Kana Inagaki. I have worked with Kana for many years; she is world class. Coverage could not be in safer hands.

look away now if you have zero interest in employment law, because this thread is going to compare and contrast - in minute detail - the 2021 Labour New Deal For Working People and the new, rewritten version which I got hold of yesterday.....

I’ve got hold of the rewritten Labour New Deal employment package and it looks rather different to its 2021 version ft.com/content/dd6207…

A good time to re-up our scoop from SEVEN years ago that Deloitte resigned as auditor over a more than €700m discrepancy ft.com/content/ead1bd…

The mixed scorecard of HSBC’s Mark Tucker w ⁦Ortenca Aliaj⁩ ⁦Emma Dunkley⁩ ⁦Michael O'Dwyer⁩ on.ft.com/3JLtC0p

👀Mike Ashley/Frasers drop case against Morgan Stanley *after* the trial had concluded and without any money changing hands. How odd!

Thursday’s FINANCIAL Times: “Labour to dilute promises on workers’ rights in push to win business backing” #TomorrowsPapersToday

Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour party is set to unveil a weakened package of workers’ rights in the coming weeks in its latest softening of radical policies ahead of the upcoming general election, the Financial Times has learnt

ft.com/content/fe1608…

Chief of the UK’s biggest bank quits and the Chancellor publicly attacks the main financial regulator. Roll on Wednesday!

Exclusive: Jeremy Hunt hits out at FCA transparency plans. Says “naming and shaming” companies under investigation seems inconsistent with regulator’s new duty to promote growth. Rare public broadside from Chancellor against a regulator. 
w/ Financial Times team
on.ft.com/3xSmFYE

Some readers not convinced lawyers are the people for the job when companies commission an internal investigation. But we’d quite like to keep Owen Walker and Dan McCrum for ourselves, thanks

“External” or “independent” investigations are part of big companies’ crisis response playbook. But often the process is opaque, the scope is limited and the findings kept secret
👇Lawyer investigations scrutinised over ‘whitewash’ claims.
w/Suzi Ring
on.ft.com/4aSFaux

New - Glastonbury-style rush as Business Day tickets for Lab conference sell out in hours, execs paying £3,000 a pop. One lobbyist jokes he was told he would lose his job if he failed to get tickets. With ⁦Michael O'Dwyer⁩ on.ft.com/3UkvwtI

Scoop:

KPMG cancels foreign graduate job offers after UK tightens visa rules ft.com/content/b0fc44… via @ft

🚨🚨Schroders launches search for successor to CEO Peter Harrison 🚨🚨

Scoop by Harriet Agnew & Michael O'Dwyer

ft.com/content/37c1c3… via @ft

Revolut says it could become a media business. It has a target of £300m in advertising revenue by 2026.
via Akila Quinio
ft.com/content/21c34a…

FCA under pressure to abandon plans to name firms in UK deterrence drive via Financial Times
on.ft.com/44bRAvd

NEW: CEO set for multimillion dollar pay rise after ditching FTSE 100 for a US company half the size.
🇬🇧Neatly encapsulates the debate over UK exec pay 💷
on.ft.com/4bnjEOL

Great scoop from ⁦Madeleine Speed⁩ and ⁦Peter Foster⁩ - “A Defra official also cautioned against disclosing it to the media, saying one of its main aims was to avoid negative news stories.”Bad luck on.ft.com/3JvDH1b

We are hiring for a new private capital reporter in London as the great William Louch is sadly leaving.

Come work with the best team of finance journalists on the planet and help us continue to dominate coverage of the world of private capital
boards.eu.greenhouse.io/financialtimes…