FT starts “The State of Britain” newsletter

The Financial Times has launched “The State of Britain,” a newsletter about the United Kingdom’s search for growth, productivity and its place in a changing world.

It will be written by the public policy editor Peter Foster.

The newsletter will help readers navigate Britain’s post-Brexit relationship with the European Union, its largest trading partner. It will also explore policy solutions to the UK’s flatlining productivity, including skills, planning reform and devolution as well as post-Brexit regulation, foreign direct investment and trade. “The State of Britain” replaces the “Britain after Brexit” newsletter.

“Brexit is never ‘done’, but it’s time to move into the next leg of the UK’s journey outside the EU,” said Foster in a statement. “As we head into what promises to be a seismic election year, this newsletter will take a look under the bonnet of the British State.

“The State of Britain’”is available to premium FT subscribers, and will be sent at 5 p.m. UK time every Thursday.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.