Microsoft, Nvidia, Google and OpenAI among the companies to make commitments to invest in Britain

Jeffrey Epstein affair will hang heavily over trip after Sir Keir Starmer’s sacking of Lord Peter Mandelson

Prosecutor says he will seek the death penalty

Britain does not need a rerun of the carousel of prime ministers of the Tory years

Early departure of Paul Bulcke follows scrutiny over his handling of probe into Laurent Freixe’s affair

Investments would finance projects to extract materials crucial for defence and high-tech manufacturing

Foreign secretary admits Labour peer was cleared as envoy without the involvement of her department

Chancellor Rachel Reeves hopes greater regulatory alignment will allow better access to America’s deep capital markets

Keir Starmer favours making ‘permanent’ Britain’s preferential 25% rate, according to allies

US court rules evidence on terrorism counts is ‘legally insufficient’ but murder trial can go ahead

Analysts say move by OBR could create additional £9bn or more shortfall in public finances

FCA accused David ‘Spotty’ Rowland’s bank and employees of scheme to devalue Qatari currency

US president says trip ‘primarily’ to see royals but could also ‘refine’ trade deal

The bulk of UK jobs are in the everyday economy, not internationally competitive clusters

Move comes a day after Conservative MP Danny Kruger joined Nigel Farage’s party

Keir Starmer might be tempted to hymn ‘shared values’ but such talk rings increasingly hollow

Security hawks have raised fears recommendation code could be manipulated to push propaganda

Inflation is the biggest risk

Fiscal watchdog estimates ‘triple lock’ policy will have cost three times as much as expected by the end of the decade

Founder Carl Pei says new funding will allow start-up to design AI devices

US president accuses media organisation of being ‘mouthpiece’ for Democratic party

Data suggests the drive towards individualism has increased the selection of monikers in recent decades

President’s call to scrap quarterly reports comes as SEC considers curbing shareholder lawsuits

Authorities are using an arsenal of interventionist tools to make city homes affordable. Critics call it an attack on property rights