Discussions failed after Britain refused to pay billions of euros in fees

Helsing, Stark and Arx invest in UK factories

Estate agents say ‘bunching’ practice likely to pick up pace ahead of start of surcharge in April 2028

Move reduces impact on older voters of this week’s decision to freeze thresholds

Chicago-based exchange hit by fault at data centre, stopping futures trading in equities, bonds and commodities

Search carried out at home of presidential chief of staff Andriy Yermak

Keir Starmer’s business envoy visited US bank boss in New York last week

Locked out of home ownership, young adults are turning to risky financial behaviour

Global politicians need to understand that White House policy is driven by melodrama and instinct

Cloud companies and developers rely on lossmaking start-up to repay huge loans

Heavily indebted club faces accusations of desperation over sponsorship deal with little-known firm Zero-Knowledge Proof

Government considers increasing issuance of Treasury bills as demand for longer-term bonds fades

Once the world’s factory, Beijing’s relentless focus on R&D means the country has become the world’s laboratory

Premier Bart De Wever sets out conditions that would resolve his objections to a proposed €140bn EU loan to Kyiv

Verdict from think-tanks is that Rachel Reeves has put fiscal repair job ‘on hold’

The US president has put a trusted family man at the centre of his mission to end the Kremlin’s war

Russian president insists there is no draft treaty but says 28-point outline could form basis for further talks

Ministers promise reform, but teaching unions say Send spending must not come at the expense of school budgets

Imposter accounts, lax moderation, extremism and synthetic content could destroy trust in everything we read online

Backbenchers accuse government of violating manifesto after it replaces immediate protection from unfair dismissal with six-month qualifying period

Legislation on salary sacrifice schemes expected to be introduced in weeks, even though it will not take effect until 2029

Suspected gunman worked with US military in Afghanistan

Senior Labour MP calls for UK’s fiscal watchdog chair Richard Hughes to ‘consider his position’

Justice minister David Lammy’s push for more judge-only hearings for less serious crimes angers senior legal figures