Sir 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

Government 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

US securities watchdog is questioning what investors were told about exposure to the now-collapsed car parts group

The fiscal watchdog’s error is worse than other Budget leaks because it exists solely to improve the process

Industry chiefs say they will offer worse odds and direct investment out of Britain after being targeted at the Budget

US president says country will not be invited to Miami meeting following latest diplomatic spat

Immigration falls sharply in the year to June alongside slight rise in people leaving

Investors welcomed Budget’s fiscal rigour, giving the chancellor the benefit of the doubt on implementation, productivity and growth for now