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The lead for the London business newspaper CITY AM reports consumer goods giant Unilever topped the FTSE 100 leaderboard on Tuesday as news of job cuts and a spin-off of its ice cream business appealed to investors. Online, the paper leads with the latest UK inflation rates.

The front page of the London business newspaper City AM reports on the Barratt-Redrow merger. The paper says the £2.5bn merger of two of the UK’s largest housebuilders sent shockwaves through the market. 

The paper says shares in major FTSE 100 and 250 housebuilders suffered a mixed day on the London market, as the surprise merger highlighted investors’ skewed opinions on the state of UK housing.