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Early official figures are doing nothing to dispel concerns the economy remains stuck in the doldrums. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has reported...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said the government is eyeing “further alignment” with the EU – and that it’s a “political argument we can win”....

The prime minister has condemned Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s “offensive and wrong” remarks about immigration. The Manchester United co-owner, one of Britain’s richest men but...

Britain has been “colonised” by immigrants, who are draining resources from the state, Sir Jim Ratcliffe, one of the country’s richest and most influential...

Jeffrey Epstein had power and influence because he had money. It attracted wealth and those who also sought it. His fortune enabled the crimes...

BP has reported a 16% drop in annual profits following the slump in wholesale oil prices towards the end of 2025. The company, which...

When leading AI company Anthropic launched its latest AI model, Claude Opus 4.6, at the end of last week, it broke many measures of...

Christian Horner, the former Red Bull Racing chief, is in talks with institutional investors including a former backer of McLaren Racing about the acquisition...

Social media is on trial in Los Angeles. What happens next could change the way they operate. Inside LA’s superior court, a landmark trial...

KKR, the American investment giant, has become the latest global corporation to sever ties with Global Counsel, the lobbying firm set up by Lord...

The chief executive and publisher of the Washington Post has stepped down, just days after a third of the paper’s staff were made redundant....

NatWest Group is closing in on a £2.5bn takeover of Evelyn Partners, the wealth management group, in what would be its biggest corporate takeover...

Morrisons, the UK’s fifth-largest supermarket chain, is exploring a £1bn property deal amid its battle to recapture the ground it has lost to rivals...

Anthropic, one of the biggest and most influential tech companies in the world, is launching a new model: Claude Opus 4.6. Until now, this...

Andrew Bailey, Governor of the Bank of England, is not given to emotional outbursts or shooting from the hip. Being measured in your public...

The Bank of England has held interest rates at 3.75% but signalled that further cuts are now “likely” later in the year as inflation...

The Bank of England’s decision to hold interest rates was short on action but strong on signals that a rate cut this spring is...

The FTSE-100 oil giant Shell is close to unveiling a revamped boardroom pay policy which would see its boss handed a multimillion-pound annual pay...

The world’s second-largest economy and major electric car maker is to ban hidden door handles, a common feature on electric vehicles (EVs). China will...