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Privacy activist in england are upset about a plan by the n h s to give patients medical histories to third parties. In those american companies that stopped making political donations after the us. Capital attack, theyare sitting on tens of millions of dollars in unspent cash. Plus, the world is moving away from fossil fuels and what does this mean for countries that depend on old energy exports?

England’s National Health Service is preparing to scrape the medical histories of 55m patients into a database it will share with third parties, and dozens of American companies that suspended political contributions after the US Capitol attack are sitting on $28m in unspent cash. Plus, the FT’s senior energy correspondent, Anjli Raval, explains how fossil fuel-dependent economies are vulnerable as the world shifts away from oil and gas in order to hit 2050 emissions targets.

England’s NHS plans to share patient records with third parties

https://www.ft.com/content/9fee812f-6975-49ce-915c-aeb25d3dd748?

US companies amass political funding cash pile after Capitol riot

https://www.ft.com/content/7151951f-5f1c-49fc-95f0-190ed00a4631

Climate change: oil producers face costly transitions

https://www.ft.com/editor/27b4b7f1-9b08-4406-8119-03a73fb6ce19?

Cost of breakfast up by a third since start of pandemic

https://www.ft.com/content/007bd0a0-f149-427d-937c-ec5b0ef4374d

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