diff --git a/recipes/financial_times.recipe b/recipes/financial_times.recipe
index bcd327f5f6..5ebe84c313 100644
--- a/recipes/financial_times.recipe
+++ b/recipes/financial_times.recipe
@@ -31,22 +31,23 @@ class FinancialTimes_rss(BasicNewsRecipe):
     remove_empty_feeds = True
     publication_type = 'newspaper'
     masthead_url = 'http://im.media.ft.com/m/img/masthead_main.jpg'
-    LOGIN = 'https://accounts.ft.com/login'
-    INDEX = 'http://www.ft.com'
+    handle_gzip = True
+    LOGIN = 'https://www.ft.com/login?location=/'
+    INDEX = 'https://www.ft.com'
 
     def get_browser(self):
         br = BasicNewsRecipe.get_browser(self)
         br.open(self.INDEX)
         if self.username is not None and self.password is not None:
             br.open(self.LOGIN)
-            br.select_form(name='login')
+            br.select_form(name='enter-email-form')
             br['email'] = self.username
             br['password'] = self.password
             br.submit()
         return br
 
     keep_only_tags = [
-        classes('article__header--wrapper article__time-byline article__body n-content-image')
+        classes('article__header--wrapper article__time-byline article__body n-content-image barrier-grid__heading')
     ]
 
     remove_tags = [
@@ -56,10 +57,10 @@ class FinancialTimes_rss(BasicNewsRecipe):
     remove_attributes = ['width', 'height', 'lang', 'style']
 
     feeds = [
-        (u'UK', u'http://www.ft.com/rss/home/uk'),
-        (u'US', u'http://www.ft.com/rss/home/us'),
-        (u'Asia', u'http://www.ft.com/rss/home/asia'),
-        (u'Middle East', u'http://www.ft.com/rss/home/middleeast')
+        (u'UK', u'https://www.ft.com/rss/home/uk'),
+        (u'US', u'https://www.ft.com/rss/home/us'),
+        (u'Asia', u'https://www.ft.com/rss/home/asia'),
+        (u'Middle East', u'https://www.ft.com/rss/home/middleeast')
     ]
 
     def preprocess_html(self, soup):
diff --git a/recipes/financial_times_uk.recipe b/recipes/financial_times_uk.recipe
index e665ba6651..39d68c0a7c 100644
--- a/recipes/financial_times_uk.recipe
+++ b/recipes/financial_times_uk.recipe
@@ -29,12 +29,12 @@ class FinancialTimes(BasicNewsRecipe):
     needs_subscription = True
     encoding = 'utf8'
     publication_type = 'newspaper'
-    LOGIN = 'https://accounts.ft.com/login?location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fhome%2Fuk'
-    INDEX = 'http://www.ft.com/uk-edition'
-    PREFIX = 'http://www.ft.com'
+    handle_gzip = True
+    LOGIN = 'https://accounts.ft.com/login?location=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fhome%2Fuk'
+    INDEX = 'https://www.ft.com/uk-edition'
 
     keep_only_tags = [
-        classes('article__header--wrapper article__time-byline article__body n-content-image')
+        classes('article__header--wrapper article__time-byline article__body n-content-image barrier-grid__heading')
     ]
 
     remove_tags = [
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class FinancialTimes(BasicNewsRecipe):
         br.open(self.INDEX)
         if self.username is not None and self.password is not None:
             br.open(self.LOGIN)
-            br.select_form(name='login')
+            br.select_form(name='enter-email-form')
             br['email'] = self.username
             br['password'] = self.password
             br.submit()
diff --git a/recipes/financial_times_us.recipe b/recipes/financial_times_us.recipe
index 14fa674f0b..4fc1b4e59c 100644
--- a/recipes/financial_times_us.recipe
+++ b/recipes/financial_times_us.recipe
@@ -29,12 +29,12 @@ class FinancialTimes(BasicNewsRecipe):
     needs_subscription = True
     encoding = 'utf8'
     publication_type = 'newspaper'
-    LOGIN = 'https://accounts.ft.com/login?location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fhome%2Fuk'
-    INDEX = 'http://www.ft.com/international-edition'
-    PREFIX = 'http://www.ft.com'
+    handle_gzip = True
+    LOGIN = 'https://accounts.ft.com/login?location=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fhome%2Fuk'
+    INDEX = 'https://www.ft.com/international-edition'
 
     keep_only_tags = [
-        classes('article__header--wrapper article__time-byline article__body n-content-image')
+        classes('article__header--wrapper article__time-byline article__body n-content-image barrier-grid__heading')
     ]
 
     remove_tags = [
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class FinancialTimes(BasicNewsRecipe):
         br.open(self.INDEX)
         if self.username is not None and self.password is not None:
             br.open(self.LOGIN)
-            br.select_form(name='login')
+            br.select_form(name='enter-email-form')
             br['email'] = self.username
             br['password'] = self.password
             br.submit()