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The UK’s jobless rate has risen by more than expected, raising questions over whether the new government’s early warnings on the state of the...

Shell has won its appeal against a climate court ruling that it must sharply reduce its carbon emissions. The oil and gas producer went...

Every week in our Money blog, we answer questions about your financial problems or consumer disputes. This week, a reader asked what rights they...

Struggling Metro Bank has been fined £16m for poor money laundering controls. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said the challenger bank failed to have...

There has been no discussion of how much Fujitsu, the maker of the faulty Post Office software Horizon, should contribute to compensating its victims,...

The steel tycoon Sanjeev Gupta is to seek court approval for a restructuring of the bulk of its remaining operations in Britain. Sky News...

Direct Line has revealed a cost-cutting plan that is expected to lead to 550 job losses. The insurer, whose brands also include Churchill and...

The UK could be spared the impact of Donald Trump’s proposed trade tariff increases on foreign imports, a US governor has told Sky News....

The Bank of England has forecast Rachel Reeves’s first budget as chancellor will increase inflation by up to half a percentage point over the...

Rachel Reeves will this weekend be told by some of Britain’s biggest hospitality groups that the tax hikes imposed in last month’s Budget risk...

Thousands of Bolt drivers won their legal claim to be recognised as workers, securing rights to paid holidays and a minimum wage. After the...

The advisory firm which managed the insolvency of Bulb Energy in 2021 is kicking off a hunt for new backers in a process that...

The baby formula market needs a shake-up to help parents struggling to afford it, according to the UK’s competition watchdog. There are “limited incentives”...

The battle for control of Thames Water’s future has deepened after a second group of bondholders tabled a fully underwritten offer to provide £3bn...

The Bank of England has forecast Rachel Reeves’ first budget as chancellor will increase inflation by up to half a percentage point over the...

The consumer credit giant behind the Argos and John Lewis store cards is kicking off preparations for a sale or stock market listing that...

Measures announced in the budget will cost one of the UK’s biggest supermarket chains £140m, its chief executive said. The rise in employer’s national...

Donald Trump’s victory was secured on an unequivocal promise to stretched American households that he would “end inflation”, but markets and economists are anticipating...

A Cambridge semiconductor company has defied the tough funding environment for early-stage businesses by securing £16m to fuel its expansion. Sky News understands that...