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Jul 2022
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Pressure mounts on UK prime minister Boris Johnson to resign, but the pound holds steady. Plus the Chinese government is pushing for more students to study Marxism. 


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Mentioned in this podcast:

Cabinet ministers call on Boris Johnson to quit as UK prime minister

Pound traders look past UK political turmoil

Supreme Court ruling casts doubt on powers of US regulators

China’s Marxism majors prosper amid labour market woes


The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson and Marc Filippino. The show’s editor is Jess Smith. Additional help by Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. 


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