UK house prices increased for the first time in four months in August, according to a leading index, as buyers and sellers remained in a “holding pattern” before an expected increase in interest rates later this year.
Global financial markets experienced violent turbulence in mid-May, with the epicenter squarely in Japan's government bond market. The yield on Japan's 30-year government bond (JGB) breached the psychological 4% barrier…
The crisis in the youth employment market, with almost a million young people not in education, employment or training (Neet) across the UK, has placed fresh emphasis on ways of getting employees into the workforce.
The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Food and Drug Administration announced on August 31, 2026, that they have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) designed to assist the agencies in carrying out t…
Andy Burnham will drive home his pledge to bring more essential services back into public control, telling MPs in the Commons on Tuesday that it will be the only way to improve growth across the country.
US President Donald Trump and senior White House advisers are considering a military strategy that would launch limited, recurring strikes against Iranian installations in the Strait of Hormuz, Axios reported on Monday,…
AI company faces multibillion dollar lawsuit over misuse of copyrighted songs to train Claude models
For many Iranians, the new US sanctions campaign, called Operation Economic Outcast, seems superfluous given the grim economic situation in their country.
Telecoms company to benefit from soaring prices for recycled metal recovered from full-fibre broadband rollout
US trade representative Jamieson Greer has a level-headed reputation but commerce secretary Howard Lutnick and White House adviser Peter Navarro also have key roles
The development and deployment of artificial intelligence (AI)footnote [1] is likely to have a transformative impact across many sectors of the UK economy. AI has the potential to save workers time on a wide range of ta…
The British Museum privately hosted the Donald Trump-supporting tech billionaire Peter Thiel in the exhibition space of the Bayeux tapestry earlier this month, the Guardian understands.
Exclusive: How a court case over an unoccupied office block could end a widely used tax avoidance scheme
At its meeting on 19 March 2026, the Governing Council decided to keep the three key ECB interest rates unchanged. It is determined to ensure that inflation stabilises at the 2% target in the medium term. The war in the…
Secretive state begins repairs on ageing facilities after being revealed as worst country for leaks of potent greenhouse gas
Nationwide research also shows average 14% premium for housing in national landscapes of England and Wales
Centre for Economics and Business Research calculates effect of inflation and wage stagnation to end of 2027
Project in Zambia shows how teaching young women to negotiate better can have a long-term impact on their prospects
A recruitment executive who was allowed to buy back the assets of his bust company in instalments, despite it accumulating almost £3m of debt, has placed his new business into liquidation after falling behind with promi…
Not many people get to park their car here – bang in the middle of Heathrow airport, on the taxiway just a stretch of grass away from where a line of passenger planes is coming in to land.
Deal that will reportedly see US take control of 65bn barrels of Venezuelan oil has provoked outrage in her country
The government is asking bankers and lawyers to provide feelgood stories about how they blocked dirty money from entering the UK, as ministers try to prove the UK’s money-laundering controls are working.
Germany-based financial services company Allianz is considering a £5bn takeover swoop for AA, the breakdown recovery group, Sky News has reported.
‘Tiny bit of rain and the sewage comes’: Brighton swimmers vent fury at sea pollution