PRESS DIGEST- Financial Times - Feb 27

Headlines - Sweden overcomes final hurdle to join NATO in historic shift - UK food inflation near 2-year low, BRC data shows - Spending on UK social housing will 'save taxpayers money' in long term, study finds - Ministers urge EU to increase subsidies as farmers protest in Brussels Overview - Sweden has cleared the final hurdle in becoming NATO's 32nd member as Hungary's parliament voted to approve Stockholm's application. - The UK's food inflation fell to its lowest in almost two years in February as prices of meat, fish and fruit fell, according to British Retail Consortium data.

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- Sweden overcomes final hurdle to join NATO in historic shift - UK food inflation near 2-year low, BRC data shows

- Spending on UK social housing will 'save taxpayers money' in long term, study finds - Ministers urge EU to increase subsidies as farmers protest in Brussels

Overview - Sweden has cleared the final hurdle in becoming NATO's 32nd member as Hungary's parliament voted to approve Stockholm's application.

- The UK's food inflation fell to its lowest in almost two years in February as prices of meat, fish and fruit fell, according to British Retail Consortium data. - Investing billions in social housing will help to save the UK taxpayers' money in the long run by cutting benefits payments and health costs, according to England's National Housing Federation and the charity Shelter.

- British ministers have urged the European Union to increase the funding for the 60 billion euro-a-year Common Agricultural Policy subsidy scheme to ease protests in central Brussels. (Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)