Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the UK house prices myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. House prices in inner London fell at the fastest annual rate since the 2009 global financial crisis in November, highlighting the impact of Budget-related uncertainty and affordability pressures on property in the UK capital. … Read more
From Venezuela to Iran and now Greenland, the volatile US president is tearing up global norms
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Nigel Farage has apologised to the parliament’s standards watchdog after failing to declare private payments on time on 17 separate occasions, which the Reform UK leader blamed on his “complicated and complex” outside interests. The … Read more
Donald Trump’s increasingly aggressive campaign to take control of Greenland has attracted sharp rebukes from Republican lawmakers, raising the possibility that Congress will try to rein in the president’s territorial ambitions. At least one Republican lawmaker has publicly suggested that if Trump were to use military force to seize the Danish territory, it would be … Read more
While the US president fires off social media posts increasing tariffs, the bloc has to overcome political divisions to retaliate
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Nigel Farage has sought to persuade Lord Ben Houchen, the Conservative Tees Valley mayor, to defect to Reform UK in recent weeks but his advances have so far been unsuccessful. Houchen was approached by the … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the UK inflation myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. UK inflation rose more than expected to 3.4 per cent in December, driven by higher tobacco prices and airfares, ahead of the Bank of England’s decision on interest rates next month. Wednesday’s figure from the … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. KPMG’s UK boss Jon Holt and the Big Four accounting firm’s global chief operating officer Gary Wingrove are in a two-person race to lead the organisation, according to people familiar with the matter. The $40bn-in-revenue … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world European opposition to Donald Trump’s bid to acquire Greenland and his proposed “Board of Peace” initiative has derailed plans for an economic support package for postwar Ukraine, stoking concerns that a widening transatlantic … Read more
Organisation’s executives including chair Larry Fink discuss future of annual shindig for political and business elites