Food prices rose at the slowest rate since December 2024 with declines in inflation for meat, cheese, vegetables and cheese
Read more →UK inflation unexpectedly remained at 2.8% last month as higher transport and fuel costs were offset by slower food price rises, official figures have shown.
Read more →As bosses ridicule the chancellor’s scheme, one venue is offering a £25 ‘kids’ menu of snails and anchovy butter toast
Read more →The rules have changed and more taxpayers are being pulled into the net, not only the wealthy
Read more →He is known as the “wolf in cashmere” – the owner of the world’s biggest luxury group whose brands including Louis Vuitton, Dior and Tiffany have made him one of the world’s richest people.
Read more →Upgrade to Buchanan Galleries part of £50m spend this year and £800m by 2029 to revive appeal of department stores
Read more →Just as the ‘poverty line’ determines what’s required for basic living, we need a ‘wealth line’ to show when extreme wealth becomes harmful
Read more →At last, Emma Reynolds, the environment secretary, has opined on the future of Thames Water. So what’s it to be? A takeover by the company’s creditors? Special administration, which would allow anyone to pitch up with a…
Read more →The European parliament has given its final approval to implement last July’s tariff agreement with Donald Trump.
Read more →Elon Musk’s SpaceX is buying the startup behind the AI-powered coding app Cursor for $60bn (£44bn) and has moved ahead of Amazon in valuation days after its stock market debut.
Read more →The struggling Pizza Hut restaurant chain will be sold for $2.7bn by parent company Yum Brands.
Read more →The chair of Fujitsu, the Japanese technology firm at the centre of the Post Office IT scandal, has resigned after its board became aware of his “woman-related inappropriate conduct”.
Read more →Bosses of some of Britain’s biggest retailers are discussing plans with the government to start selling plug-in solar panels as part of a drive to encourage more UK homes to generate their own electricity.
Read more →From petrol prices to mortgage rates, the US-Israel war with Iran has already had an impact on people's finances in the UK.
Read more →In April, to mark the day on which Americans are expected to file their taxes, the New York mayor, Zohran Mamdani, filmed himself on Billionaires’ Row , an enclave of super-tall apartment buildings just south of Central…
Read more →Thames Water has moved a step closer to nationalisation after government ministers reportedly formally objected to the £10bn rescue deal proposed by its creditors.
Read more →Brian Gu says he sees Chinese car firms competing on quality rather than launching price war as at home
Read more →While we need protecting from foreign enemies, slashing benefits in favour of defence will make millions less, not more, safe
Read more →The closures, so employees can watch a recorded lecture, will cost the company an estimated 2.1bn won ($1.4m) in sales
Read more →G7 told ‘we will stand with Ukraine for as long as it takes’, with Russia’s finance networks and shadow fleet targeted
Read more →Ministers have embarked on a concerted lobbying operation to prevent a backlash from the Trump administration to the under-16s social media ban announced by Keir Starmer.
Read more →There is a long way to go before children under 16 in the UK are blocked from the main social media platforms – as Sir Keir Starmer announced on Monday that they will be. He proposed a date of next spring, although whet…
Read more →Grand properties lying empty when we’re in the midst of a housing crisis is ludicrous. Sam Wollaston’s article about a homeless person sleeping in the portico of a £200m palace, which used to be terrace houses, is the m…
Read more →Ian Russell is an internet safety campaigner and chair of the Molly Rose Foundation
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