Alan Smith

England

Data Reporter and Visual Journalists at Financial Times

Head of Visual and Data Journalism @financialtimes. Honorary Professor @UCLSocialData. Views expressed are my own. Retweets are not necessarily endorsements.

Articles

The Measure of Progress by Diane Coyle — has GDP run its course?

3 weeks ago | ft.com | Alan Smith

All is not well in the world of official economic statistics.
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2 months ago | ft.com | Alan Smith |William Crofton |Jonathan Vincent

Low rates on Ireland, high levies on Slovakia, Asian misery and the strange tale of St Pierre and Miquelon
Stuck and Need Help to Fiji Airways upgrade? | Zupyak

2 months ago | zupyak.com | Alan Smith |Adam Denly |Aline Wake |Ari Garcia

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2 months ago | ft.com | Alan Smith |Peter Foster

Econometric study models global fallout from tariff retaliation, including dramatic rise in US prices
Rising debt and spending demands: the squeeze on Britain’s finances — in charts

2 months ago | ft.com | Sam Fleming |Valentina Romei |Alan Smith

The UK’s public debt burden has surged faster than that of any other big advanced economy since the eve of the Covid-19 pandemic, helping...
New poll shows risks for Keir Starmer over spending choices

2 months ago | businessandamerica.com | Alan Smith

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A clear majority of Labour voters believe welfare spending is more important than boosting the UK defence budget, according to new polling, highlighting the political challenge facing Sir Keir Starmer as he makes the case for rearmament.
The costly end of Europe’s ‘peace dividend’

2 months ago | ft.com | Valentina Romei |Sam Fleming |Alan Smith

European countries collectively saved hundreds of billions of euros a year in recent decades — a postwar “peace dividend” — as they drove...
Team GB swimmer sentenced to 21-years in prison for rape of two schoolgirls

Feb 26, 2025 | dailyrecord.co.uk | Alan Smith |Eve Beattie

London 2012 swimmer Antony James was dubed a 'serial liar and manipulator' after he was sentenced for his heinous crimes. A former British Olympian has been handed a 21-year prison sentence after raping two schoolgirls and forcing them to have sex with "strange" men. Antony James, who competed at the London 2012 Games, was sentenced on Wednesday, February 26, after what Plymouth Crown Court was told was a "Shakespearean fall from grace" for "a serial liar and manipulator" reports the Mirror.
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Feb 14, 2025 | ft.com | Andres Schipani |Alan Smith |Aime Williams |Andy Bounds |Joe Leahy

US president orders options to retaliate with levies against host of perceived trade barriers
Trump tracker: US economy

Feb 6, 2025 | ft.com | Alan Smith |William Crofton |Jonathan Vincent |Oliver Hawkins |Keith Fray

The US has outpaced G7 peers in economic growth in both the short term and longer term Annual change in US CPI peaked at 9 per cent in...