Suspension raises fresh questions around Ministry of Defence’s procurement processes

Will the US or China abandon their current follies sooner?

Local mayors will gain powers to bring in levies on both hotels and Airbnb-style holiday rentals

Chipmaker hit by $150bn sell-off

Proposed changes unlikely to apply to trials for serious offences such as rape and murder

Chancellor expected to continue with support package for households, including easing of electricity costs

Government’s decision on controversial policy will again highlight complexity of Britain’s welfare system

Gilty buy association

Initial release of data had been postponed because of federal government shutdown

Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov suggests Moscow would walk away from proposal that differs substantially from Alaska talks

Dutch historian Rutger Bregman hits out at corporation after US president threatens to sue over ‘Panorama’ documentary

Move comes after brands change recipes to avoid levy

Marguerite Bérard plans to cut 5,200 full-time roles by 2028 as part of overhaul at Dutch lender

Elements of US peace proposal would give Russia sway over continent’s defence arrangements

UK’s FCA engages with retailer but is yet to decide on formal probe into accounting errors at retailer’s US business

Investors buy option protection on fears Rachel Reeves’ tax-raising measures could hurt growth

Politicians spend too much time uttering cheap rhetoric about cheap labour

Many governments have not come clean with voters about the growing fiscal strains on the welfare state

The view that the stock market is in a massive bubble and bound to crash is incorrect over the medium term

Co-chair James Brocklebank tells colleagues of move two days before Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Budget

Tehran-based group with military links advertises instruments incorporating equipment from UK’s Centronic

Army secretary Dan Driscoll meets delegations from Kyiv and Moscow in push for deal to end conflict

Chancellor expected to use Budget to include large retail premises in the top band of the property-based levy

Defence department says it will investigate unspecified allegations against Democratic lawmaker