Darren Dodd
@badlyoverdrawnboy.ft.com
Financial Times journalist.
Politics, health, politics of health.
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Politics, health, politics of health.
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Paul McClean graduate trainee programme www.ft.com/content/314f... via financialtimes.com
Paul McClean graduate trainee programme
Applications now open for our 2026 intake
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December 1, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Routine prostate screening rejected by NHS advisers www.ft.com/content/9065... via financialtimes.com
Routine prostate screening rejected by NHS advisers
Committee recommends limited programme for thousands of men with mutations in BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes
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November 28, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Measles surging again as vaccine rates drop, WHO warns www.ft.com/content/3f32... via financialtimes.com
Measles surging again as vaccine rates drop, WHO warns
Immunisation has helped cut global cases by 71% since 2000 but progress is slowing, report says
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November 28, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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Sorry I haven't been active on social media today, I've been flat out making sure everything goes smoothly on my first day as website manager for the OBR.
November 26, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Sorry I haven't been active on social media today, I've been flat out making sure everything goes smoothly on my first day as website manager for the OBR.
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What to look out for in Reeves’ make-or-break Budget on.ft.com/4rkur4H
What to look out for in Reeves’ make-or-break Budget
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November 26, 2025 at 7:07 AM
What to look out for in Reeves’ make-or-break Budget on.ft.com/4rkur4H
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New: 'Shark's fin' chart reveals the uneven impact of 'fiscal drag', the stealth tax beloved of recent chancellors. Plus use our interactive calculator to see how fresh freezes announced by Rachel Reeves at todays Budget could affect you on.ft.com/3KqOYUL
November 26, 2025 at 8:37 AM
New: 'Shark's fin' chart reveals the uneven impact of 'fiscal drag', the stealth tax beloved of recent chancellors. Plus use our interactive calculator to see how fresh freezes announced by Rachel Reeves at todays Budget could affect you on.ft.com/3KqOYUL
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NEW: Our three-part podcast Defying Death follows the quest to live longer from ancient times to today's frontier technologies.
Great to work with the wonderful @hannahkuchler.bsky.social, @flophillips.bsky.social, @joshgd100.bsky.social & the rest of the FT pod team.
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Great to work with the wonderful @hannahkuchler.bsky.social, @flophillips.bsky.social, @joshgd100.bsky.social & the rest of the FT pod team.
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Defying death: The origins of ageing
Why do we age? Can it be stopped?
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November 26, 2025 at 9:43 AM
NEW: Our three-part podcast Defying Death follows the quest to live longer from ancient times to today's frontier technologies.
Great to work with the wonderful @hannahkuchler.bsky.social, @flophillips.bsky.social, @joshgd100.bsky.social & the rest of the FT pod team.
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Great to work with the wonderful @hannahkuchler.bsky.social, @flophillips.bsky.social, @joshgd100.bsky.social & the rest of the FT pod team.
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Wednesday's UK Budget is set to be a landmark moment for Chancellor Rachel Reeves and the Labour government. If you're an FT subscriber, make sure you're signed up for our Newswrap newsletter to get all the details in our 6pm email. ep.ft.com/newsletters/...
November 24, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Wednesday's UK Budget is set to be a landmark moment for Chancellor Rachel Reeves and the Labour government. If you're an FT subscriber, make sure you're signed up for our Newswrap newsletter to get all the details in our 6pm email. ep.ft.com/newsletters/...
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'There is a hint in Reeves’ comments that she is acutely aware of her own political mortality.'
Click to read our interview with the UK chancellor on.ft.com/4oS3IuV
Click to read our interview with the UK chancellor on.ft.com/4oS3IuV
November 20, 2025 at 10:01 AM
'There is a hint in Reeves’ comments that she is acutely aware of her own political mortality.'
Click to read our interview with the UK chancellor on.ft.com/4oS3IuV
Click to read our interview with the UK chancellor on.ft.com/4oS3IuV
Telegraph sale to RedBird collapses after newsroom opposition www.ft.com/content/c48e... via financialtimes.com
Telegraph sale to RedBird collapses after newsroom opposition
US private equity group walks away due to regulatory uncertainty and negative commentary from newspaper
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November 14, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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NEW: The first big new malaria treatment in a generation is close, offering hope at a time of rising resistance to existing drugs and steep cuts to global health funding.
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Read more here about fears of a malaria resurgence due to slashed aid.
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Read more here about fears of a malaria resurgence due to slashed aid.
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New malaria drug promises to beat resistant strains
Novartis-led project should help curb spread of deadly disease in Africa and Asia
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November 13, 2025 at 7:51 AM
NEW: The first big new malaria treatment in a generation is close, offering hope at a time of rising resistance to existing drugs and steep cuts to global health funding.
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Read more here about fears of a malaria resurgence due to slashed aid.
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Read more here about fears of a malaria resurgence due to slashed aid.
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Perhaps we should celebrate more of what the BBC is so good at....https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002lnl7
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone - Patti Smith Forever: Art Time Punks - BBC Sounds
As Patti Smith's Horses turns 50, Stuart explores the artier side of Punk Rock.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Perhaps we should celebrate more of what the BBC is so good at....https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002lnl7
“When you flush the toilet, the stuff goes downhill, right?” the architect asked. “We’ve worked that out,” he replied, “We’re going to have hundreds of shuttle cars running back and forth, picking up the sewage on retractable bridges.” ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...
End of The Line: how Saudi Arabia’s Neom dream unravelled
Mohammed bin Salman’s utopian city was undone by the laws of physics and finance
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November 6, 2025 at 2:09 PM
“When you flush the toilet, the stuff goes downhill, right?” the architect asked. “We’ve worked that out,” he replied, “We’re going to have hundreds of shuttle cars running back and forth, picking up the sewage on retractable bridges.” ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...
All schoolchildren in England to be taught financial literacy www.ft.com/content/8f0d... via financialtimes.com
All schoolchildren in England to be taught financial literacy
Major changes to curriculum also include teaching about fake news and climate change
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November 5, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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“I dread hearing Aldi opening up nearby . . . I know I will lose staff” www.ft.com/content/d5c4... via financialtimes.com
Inside England’s broken care economy
Council-commissioned providers are fast losing headroom needed to improve pay and compete with other employers
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November 4, 2025 at 12:11 PM
“I dread hearing Aldi opening up nearby . . . I know I will lose staff” www.ft.com/content/d5c4... via financialtimes.com
5,000 steps a day may help slow Alzheimer’s-linked decline, study shows www.ft.com/content/91fc... via financialtimes.com
5,000 steps a day may help slow Alzheimer’s-linked decline, study shows
Research using data from Harvard Aging Brain Study showed more active patients saw slower cognitive deterioration
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November 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
5,000 steps a day may help slow Alzheimer’s-linked decline, study shows www.ft.com/content/91fc... via financialtimes.com
How a warmer world is making pregnancy riskier www.ft.com/content/a6a0... via financialtimes.com
How a warmer world is making pregnancy riskier
Some scientists argue that the link between increasing heat and adverse maternal outcomes is quietly becoming a public health emergency
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November 3, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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Gates Foundation skews global health agenda after US retreat, study says www.ft.com/content/d2c6... via financialtimes.com
Gates Foundation skews global health agenda after US retreat, study says
World Health Organization’s priorities tilted by reliance on charitable foundation, according to research
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October 29, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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UK trade contribution to GDP ‘stagnated’ since Brexit, warns WTO www.ft.com/content/8f4d... via financialtimes.com
UK trade contribution to GDP ‘stagnated’ since Brexit, warns WTO
Export of goods are languishing at 17% below pre-Covid levels
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October 28, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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The Trump Supremacy
Opponents in disarray, allies in line, followers enthralled — the US president is already on his way to building a new world order
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October 24, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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Tory deportation plan would upend Britain www.ft.com/content/9a1d... via financialtimes.com
Tory deportation plan would upend Britain
Proposing such a radical bill with little public support is a gift to Nigel Farage
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October 23, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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Brexit blame game returns ahead of Budget www.ft.com/content/3806... via financialtimes.com
Brexit blame game returns ahead of Budget
UK fiscal watchdog to link next month’s productivity downgrade to EU exit and Covid-19
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October 20, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Breaking news: Donald Trump urged Volodymyr Zelenskyy to accept Russia’s terms for ending its war in a volatile White House meeting on Friday, warning that Vladimir Putin had said he would 'destroy' Ukraine if it did not agree on.ft.com/4ou5h1A
October 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Breaking news: Donald Trump urged Volodymyr Zelenskyy to accept Russia’s terms for ending its war in a volatile White House meeting on Friday, warning that Vladimir Putin had said he would 'destroy' Ukraine if it did not agree on.ft.com/4ou5h1A
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FT Investigation: The heart of Trump’s wealth is a rapidly growing cryptocurrency empire, which has already reaped more than $1bn in pre-tax profits, in part thanks to a crypto boom fuelled by the US administration’s own industry-friendly policies on.ft.com/47bCXtE
October 16, 2025 at 9:16 AM
FT Investigation: The heart of Trump’s wealth is a rapidly growing cryptocurrency empire, which has already reaped more than $1bn in pre-tax profits, in part thanks to a crypto boom fuelled by the US administration’s own industry-friendly policies on.ft.com/47bCXtE