2025-10-01
10 分钟Good morning from the Financial Times.
Today is Wednesday, October 1st, and this is your FT News Briefing.
The US government has been shut down,
and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer set out to unify his party yesterday.
Plus, Spotify founder Daniel Eck is no longer the CEO.
We'll talk about what's next for the audio streaming giant.
I'm Mark Filipino, and here's the news you need to start your day.
Democrats and Republicans could not agree on a deal to fund the U.S. government before last night's deadline,
and at one minute past midnight on Wednesday,
the U.S. had its first government shutdown in nearly seven years.
Democrats refused to sign off on the deal proposed by Republican lawmakers.
It would have kept federal funding at current levels until November 21.
Democrats said that any deal should include a permanent extension of health insurance subsidies that are set to expire at the end of the year.
Now, with the government shut down, all quote, non-essential functions will stop.
That includes the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
It's expected to delay the release of crucial economic data like the September jobs report.
Now past shutdowns forced the furloughing of hundreds of thousands of federal employees.
The White House has suggested that this time could be different, though.
It's indicated that federal departments and agencies should consider firing workers.
Britain's Prime Minister, Keir Starmer,