David Rennie

Voters across the UK are heading to the polls today to vote in their local elections. There’s also a referendum on the ballot that, if passed, would change how the voting system works. On today’s Backstory, David Rennie, Political Editor and Bagehot columnist for The Economist, and Gideon Rachman, Chief Foreign Affairs columnist for The Financial Times, explain what that would mean for UK politics.

The secrecy of bank accounts in Switzerland has made them attractive places to hide money for years. David Rennie, EU correspondent for The Economist and Mathew Saltmarsh, Paris-based reported for the New York Times, explain why after almost 80 years the Swiss government will start cooperating with other countries and ...