How will pedestrianisation of UK’s most famous shopping street work in practice?
A stretch of London’s Oxford Street is to be vehicle-free as part of £150m government-backed scheme
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Higher training costs for older workers risks plan to tackle youth jobs crisis, employers say
Exclusive: Ministers planning overhaul of apprenticeship funding to increase cost of over-25s training, Guardian understands
Read more →Almost a quarter of European airline pilots fly when too fatigued to work
Three in four European airline pilots have taken microsleeps in the cockpit, while almost a quarter routinely fly despite being too fatigued to work, according to a report.
Read more →Frank Elderson: Taking action for nature – investing in economic resilience and prosperity
Four years ago, the international community adopted the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, setting out a pathway to living in harmony with nature by 2050.
Read more →Cabinet split emerges over controversial Rosebank oilfield decision
Chancellor is in favour of North Sea project, but energy secretary has said she is leaning towards rejecting it
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A Chinese export surge has implications far beyond its borders Read at source
Read more →Volkswagen to build $4bn Audi SUV factory in US despite job cuts at home
VW investment, creating 4,500 jobs in Georgia, comes amid Trump’s damaging tariffs, intense Chinese competition and costly shift towards EVs
Read more →Interest rates unlikely to reach 4.75% by next summer, say City economists
Experts say Bank of England unlikely to increase rates by full percentage point – and could lower them by end of 2027
Read more →What do North East businesses need from the Budget?
A leading economist has called on Chancellor John Healey to do more to help local businesses in the upcoming Budget.
Read more →‘You can’t bring in robots’: the leather firm handmaking everything from wallets to cigar cases
In the third article in a series on high-end British manufacturing, we visit the Ettinger factory in Walsall
Read more →What small firms want from Healey's first Budget
The owners say they are looking for help on costs ahead of John Healey's first Budget
Read more →Firms 'holding back' on new jobs ahead of Budget
Some businesses say they want to see employment costs come down in the October Budget.
Read more →Emirati-linked firms’ ownership of Manchester land ‘up 39%’ in ten years
Economic ties face scrutiny after scandal over Manchester City’s financial rules
Read more →Four ways Labour could raise money in the Budget without hiking income tax
Chancellor John Healey may need to raise money to boost his fiscal headroom - BBC Verify examines what options could be on the table.
Read more →Healey’s first budget to include big devolution package to boost growth
Andy Burnham has promised that local leaders in England will no longer have to come “cap in hand to Westminster” ahead of a fresh drive to devolve spending power in next week’s budget.
Read more →‘Cuts mean jobs’: Skydance staff brace for shake-up after $110bn megamerger
Battle far from over after Paramount and Warner Bros deal creates new global entertainment powerhouse
Read more →The datacentre next door: on the frontline of tech’s latest David v Goliath battle
The AI boom is pitting local residents against corporate giants seeking to power their energy-hungry networks – but one Welsh city is fighting back
Read more →No unions, low taxes: why some of Britain’s top chefs are opening outposts in Gulf states
Some of London’s top restaurants are opening branches in Dubai because of a “tax tsunami” in the UK and better work ethic abroad, according to a leading restaurateur.
Read more →Ukraine says military Starlink service restored after 10-day disruption
President Donald Trump said Elon Musk has restored Ukraine's access to SpaceX's Starlink service, but Ukrainian officials said Friday that speed limits on the military-grade Starshield system remain in place, leaving fr…
Read more →Can John Healey make a dent in the cost of living crisis in his first budget?
Every Sunday night, the chancellor, John Healey, slips next door to Andy Burnham’s Downing Street flat where they order a curry and chew over politics on the prime minister’s sofa.
Read more →Tinned food, loo roll and power banks: the Brits following advice to stockpile
Dried foods, bottled water, medicine stocks and backup power banks: it could be the props cupboard on a disaster movie, but instead it is precisely what some UK residents are stockpiling amid official warnings about Rus…
Read more →Most levelling up projects still unfinished years after funding allocated
Data released under freedom of information laws reveals hundreds of projects unfinished despite Tory promises on regional equality
Read more →More than third of post offices in TG Jones stores to shut by early 2027
Closures within chain formerly under the WH Smith brand raise fears of high streets becoming ‘postal deserts’
Read more →He wants to clean up the city and banish high prices. But who is ‘London’s Batman’?
In the harsh light of day, a caped crusader storms the streets of London to tackle a crime that has long blighted the capital: littering.
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