Financial Times

The prime minister has revealed “sweeping new coronavirus restrictions” to combat the spread of the Omicron variant after apologising for a video which showed Downing Street advisers joking about Christmas parties during lockdown, the Financial Times reports.

The US has put pressure on Germany to block Russia’s Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline as part of potential sanctions that would be implemented in the event that Vladimir Putin invades Ukraine, writes the Financial Times. 

US regulators are stepping up their scrutiny of so-called blank-cheque company listings, with officials turning their sights to the corporate vehicle being used to take public Donald Trump’s “non-woke” entertainment group, reports the Financial Times.

Lloyds Banking Group is expanding its ambitions in property, the Financial Times says.

Saudi Arabia has agreed to increase its monthly crude oil production, the Financial Times reports.

The US and the EU have agreed to ease Trump-era tariffs on billions of dollars of steel and aluminium products, according to the Financial Times. 

The US central bank could speed up the withdrawal of stimulus measures it put in place at the onset of the pandemic over the risk of higher inflation, the Financial Times reports.