UK prime minister has given two speeches this week promising closer ties with Brussels

Chief executive Gary Nagle also unveils plans to turn Swiss miner into ‘biggest copper producer in the world’

Earlier phaseout dates to be set for liquefied natural gas and short-term supply contracts

First visit by UK prime minister since 2018 expected to come after London approves Beijing’s ‘mega’ embassy plans

Small businesses sharply cut back on workers in latest sign of weakening labour market

Contentious proposal to fund Ukraine would mark watershed moment for EU

On birth rates, the lockdown and above all Brexit, the right is out of touch with the public

A deal would involve a lot of losers on Tory side, but by next election the party might just be desperate enough

Mid-tier accounting firm’s average profit per equity partner of £821,000 better than that at EY

Investors’ first duty is to their stakeholders, not to politicians trying to fund spending and infrastructure

Latest annual climate summit revealed changes on the ground are starting to outpace the UN talks themselves

Increase comes despite ministers’ plans to seek private finance for 14-mile road and tunnel

Small, often invisible barriers to trade affect products from businesses across Europe, including a fluffy Ikea pachyderm

Broker Knight Frank forecasts that the vacancy rate for prime offices will fall to zero by 2028

Former KPMG partner had been serving as interim chair since October

AI start-up picks law firm Wilson Sonsini for what could be one of the largest public offerings ever

US defence secretary defends legality of US attacks on alleged drug smugglers in Caribbean

Vladimir Putin held five-hour meeting with Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff in Moscow on Tuesday

Rightwing populist party could pursue a merger or pact with the Conservatives

Exit of Gerry McGovern comes just two weeks after arrival of new JLR chief executive

US president touts frontrunner Kevin Hassett as ‘potential’ new head of the US central bank

Russian president hosts Witkoff and Kushner for negotiations as military claims battlefield advances in Donetsk

Keir Starmer agonising over decision after last-minute search by Foreign Office to find a heavyweight diplomat

Rising public debt is one concern — another is how it is being financed