Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Jim Wilson’s father moved to Angus, east Scotland, more than 90 years ago to work the fertile soil that runs ...

At a time when Britain needs more housing, AI is being used to provide everything needed to block applications in a matter of seconds Ed Cumming is a senior feature writer and columnist. He started at ...

Failures around sewage have also bedevilled construction, with the Environment Agency objecting to planning applications when it thinks existing systems will not cope. The objections, for everything ...