ConnexionIt’s time to stop passing the parcel on welfare
A lack of political will has turned the problem of too many out of work into a system that fails everyone
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Hundreds of US flights cancelled as airport restrictions take effect
More than 800 journeys axed after government shutdown exacerbates air traffic controllers’ workload
Tech stocks head for worst week since April after $1tn AI sell-off
Nasdaq has fallen nearly 4% this week as investors worry about sky-high valuations
Time to give children the financial education they need
The numerate and money-confident students of today will bring benefits to the UK economy tomorrow
Bridget Riley: ‘I want my paintings to make people feel alive’
The 94-year-old doyenne of British abstract art on influences from Seurat to Mondrian, her wartime childhood in Cornwall — and ‘the healing power of looking’
Tax raid on UK partnerships to be less aggressive than feared
Senior City figures have been reassured that accountancy and law firms will not pay full national insurance rate
Rightmove shares tumble as it steps up AI spending
FTSE 100 property listings group warns profit growth will slow next year
AI’s awfully exciting until companies want to use it: Rightmove edition
‘Hello, I need the biggest business transformation project you have. No, that’s too big . . .’
US presses Israel to let Hamas fighters leave Gaza tunnels
Benjamin Netanyahu urged to allow about 150 militants to give up weapons in exchange for free passage
EU set to water down landmark AI act after Big Tech pressure
Commission proposes pauses to provisions in digital rule book
China’s exports fall for first time since ‘liberation day’ trade tariffs
Unexpected decline comes even as President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping seal a truce
The book that China watchers count on
The country’s annual statistical compendium is now available, but only in hardback
Why American-style polarisation is spreading across the west
New research shows how incentives in the modern media ecosystem help explain rising division and negativity
Beware the three Ls: leverage, liquidity and lunacy
In the long run bubbles always deflate, often when least expected
EU demands UK pay into budget as part of relationship ‘reset’
Growing tension between London and Brussels just six months after summit set out to build stronger ties
UK military top brass mix with defence executives at luxury Alpine event
Details of armed forces and industry attendees at Méribel competition raise concerns about conflicts of interest
Musk celebrates $1tn Tesla pay vote victory
Record package of shares wins 75% approval, reinforcing billionaire’s control of electric-car maker
US money market at risk of fresh bout of stress, Wall Street banks say
Federal Reserve may need to begin asset purchases if short-term rates flare up again
Gunvor drops $22bn bid for Lukoil assets after US moves to block deal
Treasury calls Swiss trader ‘Kremlin’s puppet’ and says it would block its licence to operate
Altman says OpenAI is not ‘trying to become too big to fail’
ChatGPT maker is not seeking a US federal financial backstop for its $1.4tn investment binge, CEO says
Messina Group seeks to sell stake in lobbying firm co-founded by Peter Mandelson
US political consultancy bought a 20% share of Global Counsel in 2024 but wants to end partnership in wake of Epstein affair
UK interest rates coming closer to levelling out, BoE governor says
Bailey’s comments on market pricing suggest the country may settle at a higher rate than in the US or Eurozone
Comcast holds talks about buying ITV’s television business
US media giant sees opportunity to create a leading UK broadcast and streaming group
Reeves considers less dramatic cut to cash Isa allowance
Government encourages Isa providers to revamp stocks-and-shares savings products
