London police arrest two men over ambulance arson attacks

Met hails significant breakthrough in investigation into antisemitic attack

Reeves is right to resist universal help on energy bills

UK’s fiscal constraints leave government reliant on blunter, supplier-side support

Pop Mart shares tumble over reliance on Labubu

Chinese maker of global hit doll is world’s most valuable toy company

Lagarde says ECB ready to raise interest rates ‘at any meeting’

Central bank chief says policymakers need time to assess ‘nature, size and persistence’ of inflation surge from Iran war

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Stale February inflation data will not have much bearing on BoE

Effects of Iran war will only start to show from March

UK inflation held steady at 3% in February before energy shock

Figure comes as Middle East war has triggered a surge in oil and gas prices

Harmful benzene found in household leaks of European gas, study shows

Low level escape of carcinogenic vapour previously undetected, scientists say

What Americans moving to the UK need to know about tax

To make sure you avoid the traps, time your arrival and restructure your trusts

What’s moving long-term interest rates?

Plus, US bank regulations

FTAV’s further reading

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Transcript: Private credit’s public reckoning

Michela Tindera talks to Antoine Gara and Eric Platt

Germany’s finance minister faces ‘Schröder moment’ amid regional election fallout

Also in this newsletter: the fight over hosting the EU’s customs agency

FirstFT: Nato’s Rutte riles Europe for backing Trump

Also in today’s newsletter: VW shifts to missile defence and Reform UK drops nationalisation plans

Bank of England not as hawkish as market thinks

Read the March forecast from the FT’s Monetary Policy Radar team

Oil slides below $100 after US sends Iran plan to end conflict

Washington sent 15-point proposal to Tehran via Pakistan in recent days

Transcript: Gold hasn’t been acting like itself lately

Marc Filippino speaks to Robert Armstrong and Raya Jalabi

We must not underestimate the peril for democracy

Donald Trump’s America is a world leader in democratic decline

A suitor eyes Jefferies

Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group is working on plans for a possible takeover of the Wall Street investment bank

Nato chief riles Europe by backing Trump’s war in Iran

European capitals irritated by Mark Rutte’s suggestion they will join US armada to Strait of Hormuz

Italy’s Meloni looks for gas supplies in Algeria

Prime minister struggles to find alternatives to Qatari LNG shipments curtailed by Iran war

Estée Lauder — Puig mix-and-match would be hard to absorb

Investor disapproval of possible tie-up reflects the challenge of integrating two different family controlled companies

European airlines hold off jet fuel hedging in Iran war gamble

Traders expect prices to fall later this year, giving carriers hope they can lock in lower rates by being patient

Oil and gas companies seize the chance to lobby for Arctic drilling

Energy security arguments being pushed in response to review of EU policy