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Nadhim Zahawi sacked as Tory party chair over his tax affairs

UK prime minister intervenes after ethics adviser finds serious breaches of ministerial code

HMRC admits errors in responses to FoI requests over ministerial probes

Instant Insight. Zahawi affair raises doubts over Sunak’s ruthlessness

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Can Rishi Sunak move on from the era of ‘Tory sleaze’?

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Beware hollowing out the City of London

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The world is not ready for the long grind to come

Top stories

Live news: Oil prices rise as China returns to work after lunar new year break

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EU to consider listing Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as terrorists

France and Germany endorse policy push despite risk of scuppering nuclear talks

Drones target Iranian military site in Isfahan

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Adani Group says short seller’s report was ‘calculated attack on India’

Research from Hindenburg wiped more than $50bn from conglomerate’s value last week

India’s Gautam Adani: one of world’s richest men becomes a short seller’s target

Oil & Gas industry

BP cuts long-term forecast for oil and gas demand

Group’s latest annual outlook says energy security concerns will spur more investment in renewables

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Has Illumina taken the wrong path in its Grail quest?

DNA sequencing expert’s investors question acquisition of cancer testing group that has also angered EU regulators

UK interest rates

Investors wait for signs the BoE’s heavy lifting is done

Rate rise is factored in but analysts are split on when the economy will have cooled enough

News

Rio Tinto apologises for losing highly radioactive capsule

Mining group promises full investigation into latest incident to hit iron ore division

Commodity trade costs surge as industry seeks up to $500bn in extra finance

Rising rates, market volatility and the war in Ukraine are making it more expensive to move goods around the world

‘Flying with one engine’: why global food supplies are at risk despite falling crop prices

UK company profit warnings up 50% last year

Combination of rising costs and falling consumer confidence hit British business

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UK sets out plans to raise disclosure standards for pensions industry

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Sunak’s NHS crisis plan to provide more ambulances, hospital beds and care at home

Blueprint relies on ‘virtual’ wards and improved community care to alleviate bottlenecks

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Russian economy

Russia’s internal struggle over classified financial data

The Kremlin has justified withholding statistics during wartime but country’s central bank governor is pushing back

Scholz rules out sending fighter jets to Ukraine

Nuclear industry calls for new UK reactors as ‘matter of priority’

Government warned not to ‘sleepwalk into delays’ over developing next-generation power projects

BlackRock steps up spending on US lobbying in face of anti-ESG attacks

Hungary’s soaring inflation puts squeeze on Viktor Orbán

Populist leader faces struggle to assuage growing discontent with pre-election generosity

Former Nato commander wins Czech presidential election

Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Israel to loosen gun laws after Jerusalem attacks

Military and police units will be reinforced and national insurance rights of ‘families of terrorists’ withdrawn

Nigeria delays switching from old banknotes to new

Central bank bows to pressure as millions are left unable to obtain new banknotes with a presidential election looming

Bribery and corruption

The Big Read. Inside the ‘Qatargate’ graft scandal rocking the EU

The rise and fall of the high-profile Greek MEP at the centre of cash-for-votes allegations

RQ Bio partners with AstraZeneca in Covid antibody fight

UK biotech racing to keep antibody up to date with latest variants

UK tech start-ups hasten overseas expansion after R&D tax cuts

Opinion

The shock of mass lay-offs is only the beginning for companies

CEOs fire workers swiftly and brutally, but such actions have destructive long-term effects for companies and staff

The EU should welcome a green subsidy race

Europe must not let itself be spooked by the US commitment to bankroll the climate transition

The FT View. Another threat to UK media freedom

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‘Having it all’ was always a poor measure of success

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Lex. 3D printed homes: nozzle application for tech will ensure prefabs sprout

Inside the grim world of office spyware

The problem with Kishida’s ‘new capitalism’ philosophy

Probation failures have deep roots and horrific consequences

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UK News

Lobby group calls for slimming down of UK’s ‘door-stopper’ annual reports

Quoted Companies Alliance says disclosure requirements are drain on resources of smaller companies

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Flybe cancels all flights after entering administration for second time

Britishvolt collapse prompts calls for shake-up of UK subsidy policies

Safe haven? How the asylum system lost vulnerable children

Rollout of overseas power link leaves UK reliant on neighbours for energy

BBC chair in the spotlight over Boris Johnson loan row

UK mobilises top officials as progress made in N Ireland protocol talks

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