Demand for Taylor Swift’s UK tour could fuel summer ticket fraud bonanza ‘Purchase scams’ often pegged to big events, warns UK Finance’s annual fraud report
Three years of pain: how inflation drove the UK cost of living crisis With prices forecast to increase at their slowest pace since 2021, we look at the biggest risers in goods and services
Current and future chancellor face tough choices after IMF report on UK economy Body says £30bn fiscal gap cannot be filled by higher growth or extra borrowing. So how will No 11 ease pressure on public finances?
Film-making only for wealthiest as accessible routes disappear, MPs told Diverse and working-class talent unable to enter industry after cancellation of initiatives and development projects
Online car dealer Cazoo collapses into administration putting 200 jobs at risk UK-based used-car website once valued at £6bn is now looking for a buyer for its remaining assets
Will AstraZeneca be the UK’s first £200bn company? The former pharma laggard is in a race with Shell to be the first FTSE 100 stock to be valued at £200bn
What causes air turbulence and how worried should passengers be? While fatalities are rare, severe turbulence is up 55% since 1979 – with the climate crisis thought to be making the problem worse
UK economy heading for ‘soft landing’ says IMF, in warning against tax cuts – as it happened The IMF has delivered its verdict on the UK economy, and signalling its opposition to pre-election tax cuts from Jeremy Hunt
Jeremy Hunt looks to cut NICs again despite IMF warning of £30bn fiscal hole World body’s latest health check of UK economy says ‘unpopular revenue-raising measures’ may be needed
Devon parasite outbreak: anger as South West Water increases dividend Supplier hands out £127m to investors as it says normal service has been restored for 85% of customers
Americans are drinking half the coffee they did in the 40s It’s unclear what’s behind Starbucks’ recent shaky sales – but US coffee consumption declined for decades after a 1946 peak
‘It’s not vital to spend five days a week in the office’: the bank boss who works from home While big beasts on Wall Street rail against WFH, Mike Regnier of Santander UK says he wouldn’t have taken the job if he had had to commute all week
Latin America labels ultra-processed foods. Will the US follow? In 2010, Mexico led the way, followed by Ecuador, Chile, Peru, Uruguay, Argentina and Colombia
AstraZeneca aims to nearly double revenues to $80bn by 2030 UK’s biggest drugmaker says it plans to launch 20 major new medicines before the end of the decade
Janet Yellen urges EU to join US in curbs on cheap Chinese exports Comments come as Commission president hints EU could impose tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles