leylaboulton
@leylaboulton
Development editor, FT Live and senior editor, FT, Liaison with FT FLIC. Ex-correspondent in Ankara, Moscow, Paris, Brussels. City of London councillor.
Wanted: simplification of approvals for greener housing that does not cost the earth, as part of any UK planning reform, whoever’s in charge on.ft.com/3uBJ239
The goal of Russia's massive attack on Odesa last night seems to be shopping centers. All footage of ruins today is of shopping areas and apartment buildings.
‘And Trump alone cannot drag populists down unless the reasons for their success also change. This is first about economic stagnation…Underpinning that is the feeling that politics no longer works for ordinary people’ says @robertshrimsley on.ft.com/4bNMtFc
Calling @FT subscribers: join our webinar on Wednesday 25 June 1300 UK (1200 GMT) and put your questions to our expert panel with @KimGhattas, @SanamVakil, @JamesShotter, Mehul Srivastava and @thomas_m_wilson @ftlive. Register now at ft.com/israel-iran

We complain about government bureaucracy but here are two gripes about private companies @KnightFrank calling about the flat I sold for my late mother a decade ago, and @OctopusEnergy and @UKPowerNetworks unable to supply an MPAN export number to sell our solar power to the grid!
🇺🇸🇪🇺 #NoKingsDay 📍San Diego, California / 10News 7/15
Indian academic arrested over criticism of conflict with Pakistan ft.com/content/f65479… via @ft with @jyots43
Where will the US-China rollercoaster take us all? Join us on 28 May and put your questions to our expert panel for @FT subscribers with @gideonrachman @EleanorOlcott @oren_cass and @oertel_janka expertly moderated by @DyerGeoff. Register now at ft.com/us-china

'One wallet that bought prior to launch spent $681,000 on the memecoin in a single transaction 64 seconds before the project was made public. Within 24 hours, this account had made $39mn from selling most of its holdings. It made a further $4.4mn from selling the rest.'
A small group of traders earned a $99.6mn windfall by buying Melania Trump’s cryptocurrency token in the minutes before it was made public, an analysis by the Financial Times has found. on.ft.com/3SkBVVc
While other big law firms kiss Trump’s ring, Susman Godfrey is fighting back. trib.al/Pat4MYs
Great news from US: @elonmusk-backed judge loses Wisconsin race as liberals surge via @FT @JoeMillerJr on.ft.com/3EfQ1DM
Next chapter in strongman playbook: suppress domestic media, and if that not enough, expel foreign media @BBC on.ft.com/4c4phmi
‘Putin has not yet achieved his fundamental war aims in Ukraine — the reduction of Ukrainian independence to a cipher, and the discrediting of a Ukrainian identity distinct from that of Russia’. on.ft.com/3QRcOIX
‘The timing of this event could not be better’ @StanChart’s UK CEO Saif Malik tells UK-Turkey investment conference hosted by the Lord Mayor of London as speakers focus on uniting against damage done by Trump rather than @RTErdogan

Turkey’s democracy fights for survival @aylajean on.ft.com/4hCuyTp
'Five bills introduced in the House over the past two months would: put Trump’s face on the $100 bill, create a new $250 bill with Trump’s face... make Trump’s birthday a federal holiday, rename Dulles Airport in Trump’s honor and carve Trump’s face on Mount Rushmore' @politico
Thank you to all the electors of Bassishaw for your support - I look forward to working with all of you to make our City even better together
Result for today’s Common Council Election in Bassishaw R. Anderson (Ind): 116 A. Ayub (Ind): 17 I. Bishop-Laggett (Ind): 40 L. Boulton (Ind): 126 (E) M. Gupta (Ind): 167 (E) Turnout: 33%
Next chapter in the strongman’s playbook: arrest your popular challenger on.ft.com/4iEEj4t
‘As Lord David Sainsbury, founder of the Institute for Government (IfG), has said: “the reason the activities of government often appear not to be joined up is that it is not the job of anyone to join it up”’ @CamCavendish on.ft.com/4hbfAU6
‘One person familiar with the process of sending the letter said: “It’s a polite way to say that the bipolar tariff regime is screwing over Tesla.” The person added: “It is unsigned because nobody at the company wants to be fired for sending it.”’ @FT on.ft.com/4iLJPSB
‘Donald Trump Jr has joined forces with a small group of financiers who are devoted to the president’s vision of America, making bets on companies in industries ranging across finance, media, pharmaceuticals, guns, cryptocurrency, betting and alcohol’ on.ft.com/4iig3Fi