Putin’s foreign policy adviser says Moscow wants long-term settlement taking its interests into account

President demands bloc removes duty on US whisky

Prime minister expects move to slash bureaucracy and bring health system ‘back into democratic control’

Prospect of reaching peak populism is an opportunity

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 about €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