Push comes as Russian and US officials gear up for meeting to discuss end to Ukraine war

Travel restrictions and asset freeze orders are due to expire on Saturday

One individual was paid as much as €18mn in 2024

Although Kyiv has agreed to a potential ceasefire, most people in the country expect the war to continue and retain the will to keep battling

Republicans are indulging in budgetary chicanery in order to preserve Trump’s tax cuts

Trump’s hard line on Ukraine and Nato poses difficult choices for the UK’s defence industry

Marketing firm Wolff Olins wanted its name off asset manager’s promotional material

Call from Andrzej Duda aimed at deterring future Russian aggression likely to be viewed as highly provocative in Moscow

UK prime minister will also talk up potential of AI to increase productivity across the state

Republican-controlled House of Representatives had passed the measure on Tuesday

Champion of light regulation expected to be welcomed by Wall Street

Moscow’s soldiers step up offensive just hours after Kyiv backs 30-day, US-brokered armistice

Government spending rose to $603bn in February despite hyperactive efficiency drive, data shows

Fiscal watchdog’s preliminary forecasts based on UK borrowing costs exclude recent rise in gilt yields

City executives have urged chancellor to lower cap on tax-free savings

Move comes as FCC’s remit has broadened in face of hostile acts by Beijing

Comments from Wall Street bosses come as president’s import tariffs fuel US recession fears

Former Blair adviser Jonathan Powell is working behind the scenes to shepherd talks

Ex-Barclays boss is challenging regulator’s verdict that he downplayed his connection to late paedophile

Managers’ favourite stocks tumble as market volatility surges

Figure bolsters case for cental bank to cut interest rates amid signs of slowing economic growth

‘Ignored stocks’ outperform as Big Tech and banks slide

US-based Niantic is selling its games business as part of a pivot to artificial intelligence

Decision by FCA and PRA comes as government’s growth push forces regulators to rethink policies

A president who can’t run again is freer from public opinion than business seems to realise

PM vows to ‘keep all options on table’ after EU hits back against Washington with retaliatory measures

Country’s two biggest mobile operators drop opposition and sign deals

Potential price pressure from trade war and debt-fuelled borrowing add to uncertainty, president warns

Tazara project showcases Beijing’s leaner approach to overseas development just as western aid appears to retreat

Collapse of vehicle battery maker deals major blow to Europe’s bid to rival China  

Measures designed to protect the struggling US steel industry could also help a cohort of global producers

ESG and DEI are out as the US president’s son makes lucrative investments that align with his father’s vision of America

The US president’s officials are standing by their strategy to remake the world’s largest economy

Moves come as consultants strain to protect annual profit pool of close to £1mn per partner

Brussels and Ottawa hit tens of billions of dollars' worth of US imports with levies

Halving of staff thought to be precursor to campaign pledge of shutting down the agency

Financial regulator says it will scrap new public interest test after backlash from the City and government officials

Legislation on stop-gap measure now moves to the Senate to avoid a government shutdown

Government says regulator’s merger with Financial Conduct Authority will reduce complexity and boost innovation

Washington says it will ‘immediately’ restore intelligence sharing and military aid after Kyiv accepts proposal

The continent is an economic superpower but it now has to mobilise in defence of democracy

Far-right presidential candidate backed by Russia cannot run in May vote

Reason for crash still unknown after container vessel struck tanker carrying US military fuel

Cash earnings to increase from current level of £1,000 in boost to people who sell goods online

Trend driven by rents rising faster than house prices as landlords leave the market

U-turn comes after province of Ontario removes surcharge for power exports to the US but 25% levies to still take effect

The cost for Donald Trump of keeping the world’s richest man by his side is growing

Arena is expected to cost at least £2bn and be the ‘centrepiece’ of a major regeneration project

The company is valued more as a moonshot rather than a carmaker

Saudi Arabia meeting comes as Kyiv and Moscow launch attacks on each other’s territory

US president’s late-night social media post follows company’s 15% share price drop

Donald Trump’s latest trade broadside against Canada sparks renewed declines in volatile session

The sudden change in investors’ growth expectations for the three largest economies is upending many consensus trades

Volatile pay is surprisingly prevalent in the British economy

Prime Minister Luís Montenegro loses confidence vote over consultancy he tried to transfer to his family

Bond group records windfall on lifeline for UK utility even before deal is finalised

US president’s tolerance for tariff-induced stock falls may be higher than anticipated, say investors

Contract is a boost to the cloud computing provider ahead of its $35bn initial public offering

Prime minister wants to reform disability benefit payments to help fund greater spending on defence

Outage is latest trouble for world’s richest person’s business interests since he joined the Trump administration

Agreement will bring a bigger swath of fractured nation under the control of Ahmed al-Sharaa’s administration

Allies of tech billionaire say he has signalled he would back an alternative to populist party

Top US diplomat says Kyiv will find it ‘very difficult’ to push Russia back to 2014 borders

Rapid unscheduled share-price disassembly

New prime minister must still convince Canadians he can deal with the US president

‘Virtual meeting’ to be held on Saturday with leaders from mainly European and Commonwealth countries

UK bank’s former chief hits back over alleged links with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein

The US’s tariff policy evokes bafflement as well as fear

Gold-adjusted GDP forecasts. Really!

UK emergency services tackle huge fire after Solong ploughs into Stena Immaculate with one crew member missing

Party officials reject €500bn infrastructure fund plan and change to debt borrowing rules to fund defence spending

Hedge fund turned family office eclipses rivals with currency and bond wagers on a slowing US economy

Consolidation of subscale operations comes as Big Four firms re-examine operating model

The US president has provided the biggest stimulus towards European integration since the end of the cold war

Tesla gives up all its post-election gains as tech-focused Nasdaq Composite sinks 4%

A series of suspected sabotage incidents has exposed the vulnerability of Europe’s undersea infrastructure

Consolidation is back on the agenda for industry as bankers eye more mergers and acquisitions

Collapse in respondents skewed results for some industries

FT survey finds ‘large fiscal capacity’, but economists urge would-be chancellor Friedrich Merz to spend funds wisely