Amy Borrett

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FT data journalist writing about economics, politics and policy https://www.ft.com/amy-borrett

Line chart of UK government spending as as a share of GDP showing the UK spends more servicing debt than it does on defence
Bar chart of the percentage-point change in hotel occupancy rate, June 11-27 2026 vs the same period last year, showing hotel occupancy fell in most US host cities during the World Cup
Line chart of the total additional days in hospital due to delayed discharge, patients with length of stay of 7+ days, showing NHS hospitals admit to errors in data used to justify Palantir contract
Treemap of declared investment in spinouts by university showing UK spinouts have an Oxbridge bias
Stacked bar chart showing that across five of the main claims, between one and five trusts account for more than half of the stated improvement
Bar chart of patients safely requested for removal from the outpatient waitlist following adoption of FDP product shwoing Chelsea and Westminster accounts for 84% of the the outpaitent waitlist improvement
Bar chart of annual fees for international undergraduates starting this autumn at Oxford and Cambridge showing some overseas students pay almost nine times the fees of UK peers
Column chart of cumulative posts,retweets and replies showing Musk has focused more on the UK than SpaceX in recent days
Line chart of share agreeing and disagreeing that university education is not worth the amount of time and money it usually takes showing confidence in the value of a degree has plummeted
Dot plot of X posts with at least 2mn views since Restore Britain launched showing Rupert Lowe has far more viral posts than Farage despite having a third of the followers
Dot plot of posts on X for Polanksi and Burnham showing Polanksi is a prolific social media user
Bar chart of followers on TikTok and Instagram showing Farage has built a large TikTok following
Bar chart of the share of posts on X in 2026 that are about football for leading UK politicians showing posts about the game account for 17% of Burnham's posts this year
Column chart of days in office for recent PMs showing Starmer has been in office for 676 days so far
Dot plot of the number of countries introducing energy support and rationing measures in response to the Iran war showing Europe has led the wave of energy tax cuts in response to surging energy prices
Column chart of applications from US residents showing the number of Americans seeking Irish citizenship surged in 2025
Bar chart of the number of countries that have introduced emergency measures in response to the 2026 energy crisis showing many governments have introduced energy conservation measures
Column chart of the number of students on UK foundation year courses showing the number has almost quadrupled in a decade
Line chart of central bank sentiment score showing the BoE's language has shifted sharply negative this week
Bar chart of the number of open referras for ADHD in England showing most patients have already been on the waiting list for over a year
Line chart of hospital patients with flu showing hospitals in England already under significant pressure from flu patients
Dot plot of share of British adults strongly agreeing that people would learn to stand on their own two feet if welfare benefits were less generous showing the attitudes of young adults and men have shifted the most
Bar chart of UK maths entries graded 4 and above in 2024 showing most students retaking maths and English GCSE fail to make the grade
Bar chart of annual change in A-level entries for top 10 subjects showing economics, maths and phyiscs are rising in popularity
Dot plot of the change in students accepted on UK undergraduate courses between 2024 and 2025 showing univerisites are recruiting more Chinese and American students
Line chart of accepted UK students on A-level results day by tariff group of university showing high-ranking univerisites have expanded their intake of UK students
Line chart of the quarterly US applications for British citizenship showing Americans seek UK citizenship in record numbers during the first few months of Trump's presidency
Bar chart of the change in page views between March 2024 and March 2025 showing interest in UK univeristies is rising in the US and elsewhere
Line chart of the monthly number of patients prescribed hormone replacement therapy by income quintile showing affluent women driving the surge in HRT prescriptions in England
Bubble chart of day-to-day spending by UK government arm's-length-bodies showing NHS England was the biggest quango in 2022-23
Column chart of the annual applications to the Irish Foreign Births Register from Great Britain showing a surge in Irish citizenship applications from Britain
Line chart of UK voting intention showing support for Reform is at a historic high
Line chart of hospital patients with flu in England this year compared with 2023-24 season showing hospitals in England face mounting pressure from a surge in flu cases
Line chart of the change in courses at UK higher education institutions showing a sharp decline in number of courses in core science subjects