Financial Reporting Council to examine two individuals and the firm itself over ‘unauthorised’ auditors’ reports

Chancellor to face questions over impact of leaks and tax and spending plans

Todd Combs rose from a Florida state university to Berkshire Hathaway before taking the helm of a new $10bn security fund

Move to outvote Hungary this week would indefinitely immobilise Moscow’s sovereign assets

The US is pulling in vast amounts of personal information to accelerate its drive to deport 1mn people this year

Conservatives returned funds in July from private German bank given ‘in good faith’

Wave of M&A fuels rally as big pharma groups hunt for blockbusters ahead of patent cliff

Companies linked to financier owe property moguls £130mn for mortgage on Leconfield House

US president says ‘prices are coming down tremendously’ in campaign-style swing through electoral battleground

Antitrust concerns and ties to Trump administration complicate picture of who may ultimately own media group

Beijing encouraged purchase of Huawei and Cambricon processors before Trump’s move to allow Nvidia exports

National Audit Office studied sample of 5,000 people and said it was impossible to know their whereabouts due to poor internal systems

Final interviews for top central bank job to kick off this week

Priya Dogra set to take over from former boss Alex Mahon with announcement expected as early as this week

October ‘Jolts’ figures unlikely to deter the Federal Reserve from cutting interest rates on Wednesday

Socialists back government bill to deliver razor-thin majority in lower house of parliament

Rising costs in consumer unit are a ‘big part’ of overall increase in spending

Some targets are long-term overhauls, others have been dogged by delays. But ministers failed to focus on delivery early on

Labour backbencher looks poised to make swift comeback if Keir Starmer steps down as UK prime minister

Investors agree to swap controversial ‘GDP warrants’ for new bonds

Ukrainian president pressed by US envoys for a swift response with an aim to agree ceasefire with Russia ‘by Christmas’

Deputy governor stresses ‘upside risks’ to inflation and argues for cautious approach to further interest rate cuts

Price of metal has more than doubled this year amid booming demand from investors and industrial users

Dollar-based digital currencies offer benefits for the US, but Britain and the EU are better off resisting them