Almost a fifth of England’s rural bus services disappeared in past five years

Such areas received about half the extra funding per capita than urban areas, according to county council analysis

John Lewis slashes points its credit card holders earn on purchases elsewhere

Consumers may feel ‘undersold’ from August when they will have to spend £10 instead of £4 to earn a point

UK mortgage guarantee scheme due to end with no news on replacement

More than 53,000 mortgages completed using scheme, which encourages lenders to offer up to 95% loans

Between ‘rollover UK’ and ‘retaliatory China’: will EU hardball secure trade deal with US?

Optimism is growing in Brussels, but high-risk strategy has only weeks to play out before pause in tariff threat ends

EU agrees to increase flight delay times before passengers get compensation

Travellers on short-haul flights would have to be delayed by four hours or more to get payout under new plan

Donald Trump calls for big cut to US interest rates after jobs report shows hiring slowdown – as it happened

US economy added slightly more jobs than expected in May, but March and April’s data was revised lower

US jobs market slows down as businesses cope with Trump trade war uncertainty

May’s jobs report was dragged down by loss of 22,000 federal workers’ jobs as Doge cut positions

NatWest apologises to millions of customers locked out of app

In latest IT outage to hit a UK bank, group is investigating problem caused by update to app late on Thursday

Hedge fund orders London-based analysts back to office five days a week

Man Group’s temporary move comes as it tries to recover from spell of poor performance amid Trump tariff war

UK house prices fall by more than expected amid economic uncertainty

Average property price drops 0.4% month on month in May to £296,648, Halifax says

‘It’s goodbye to French fishermen’: Macron under pressure as crucial UN ocean summit opens

As delegates prepare for the global gathering, the president is caught between opposing sides in a row over bottom trawling in France’s marine protected areas

Sports Direct pricing practices ‘may be breaking the law’, Which? says

Consumer group makes claims of ‘some questionable and dodgy pricing tactics’ on retailer’s website

War of words between president and former adviser escalates – as it happened

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Bonuses banned for 10 English water bosses over sewage pollution

Sanctions, including for Thames Water CEO, announced as part of new government powers under Water Act