Britain’s household energy bills to rise from January
Regulator Ofgem’s decision to increase price cap means typical yearly bill will be £1,738
British retail sales dip more than forecast in October
Consumers purchased fewer clothes and food ahead of UK Budget
Who wants to buy Chrome?
And thoughts on savings
FTAV’s further reading
Fed minutes; AI shenanigans; the ‘Demon Core’; deli meats; hibernation; Goldman; more AI shenanigans; and ETFs
China ‘willing’ to engage in Trump dialogue as it backs exporters
Officials say Beijing will remain ‘steadfast’ in resisting protectionist measures
Spain fines low-cost airlines €179mn for ‘abusive’ luggage and seat charges
How António Costa plans to shake up EU summits and work with von der Leyen
Also in this newsletter: Italian police investigate two men over alleged spying for Russia
Foreigners dump Chinese government bonds as popular trade unwinds
Investors who had borrowed renminbi to buy sovereign debt hit by market sell-off
FirstFT: Trump picks Pam Bondi as US attorney-general after Gaetz withdraws
Also in today’s newsletter, Russian retaliation and Israelis rebuke ICC move
Transcript: Culture chat — ‘Wicked’ hits the high notes
Lilah Raptopoulos talks to Anna Nicolaou and Eric Platt
Transcript: US hits Gautam Adani with bribery charges
Kasia Broussalian talks to Joe Miller and Chris Giles
Trump’s momentum checked by backlash over Gaetz
The lurid allegations about the Floridian nominated for attorney-general were threatening to derail the president-elect’s transition
NHS take-up of Palantir data platform rises despite hurdles
Figures released by NHS England show slower-than-hoped rollout of software
What’s behind the lesbian pay premium?
After decades of earning more than heterosexual women, the gap seems to be shrinking
What are banks doing with your financial data?
Your transactions reveal a lot about you as a person — it could be valuable information
The ‘linked benefits’ of index investing
Compounding reveals the true value of long-term investing and minimising costs
Thrive Capital: the real all-in VC fund
Plus, Bank of America turbocharges finance’s risk transfer trade and Sotheby’s sells a $6mn banana
Poland urges EU to spend more on eastern defences ahead of Trump’s return
Warsaw has largest military budget among Nato allies
The new rules of the hotel pool
How to navigate a delicate ecosystem, according to Miami’s waterside maestros. Warning: failure to adhere to this guidance may attract serious side-eye
António Costa: ‘Why would Trump want a trade war with Europe?’
The new president of the European Council on doing business across political divides, facing a corruption investigation — and why Europe works best in a crisis
The UK’s trustbuster sounds a serious retreat on deal remedies
A change of approach, however welcome to business, may end up not being in the interests of consumers
Britain should not gamble with its car industry again
Labour is courting hubris by trying to beat the EU’s 2035 deadline for EV transition
The 80s: Photographing Britain — Tate’s stark portrait of Thatcher’s decade
The focus is on protest, class conflict and social division but there is joy and humanity amid the miserabilism
Some UK quangos are ‘a law unto themselves’, senior MP warns
Simon Hoare sets out plans for inquiry into arm’s-length bodies amid concerns over accountability