FTSE 100 hits record high; UK economy’s recovery from recession gathers pace – business live Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news
‘Workers end up paying the price’: laborers call for safer building sites Falls, slips and trips accounted for 865 worker fatalities in 2022 – more than 400 of whom worked in construction
Jerry Seinfeld says the movie business is over: ‘No longer the cultural pinnacle’ In an interview promoting his Pop-Tarts movie Unfrosted, comedian says confusion and disorientation have taken film’s place
FTSE 100 hits record high as shares rise amid hopes of interest rate cuts UK’s blue-chip index reaches 8,076, surpassing previous high of 8,047 in February 2023
Grocery price rises in Great Britain slow as cost of toilet rolls, butter and milk falls Shoppers spend more on promotions as Easter lifts sales of chocolate eggs and hot-cross buns
Jeremy Hunt’s scope for tax cuts hit by higher-than-expected borrowing Government borrowed £120.7bn in the last financial year, with just under £12bn in March
Ordinary Angels review – heartwarming rescue from the horrors of the US healthcare system Alan Ritchson is impressive as a father who can’t pay his desperately sick child’s hospital fees, but the good-neighbour plot ignores a bigger question
Electric and hybrid car sales to rise to new global record in 2024 International Energy Agency says 17m vehicles will be sold this year, up more than 20% compared with 2023
EU threatens TikTok Lite with ban over reward-to-watch feature App feature could be suspended unless child safety concerns addressed, in first use of sweeping new digital powers
P&O Ferries seafarers told they will benefit from new French pay rules Rivals had feared P&O could challenge legislation closing loopholes that allowed low wages
CVC co-founders have combined €2.6bn fortune, IPO prospectus shows Trio include Donald Mackenzie, who is planning to sell shares worth up to €150m in private equity firm’s listing
FTSE 100 hits record closing high amid hopes of interest rates cuts – as it happened Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news
Thames Water’s extra £1.1bn will do little to steady the sinking ship The debt-riddled firm has updated its five-year spending plans but still needs to convince the regulator and investors
FTSE 100 hits record closing high amid hopes of interest rate cuts UK’s blue-chip index ended trading at 8,023, its highest close ever, as pound falls against dollar
Tesla shares under pressure after carmaker announces price cuts CEO Elon Musk postpones India trip ahead of results expected to show worst performance in seven years