UK government announces £63m funding for EV charging infrastructure

Transport secretary promises to make buying electric cars ‘easier and cheaper’ as £700m subsidy package prepared

Macron calls on EU to ‘defend European interests resolutely’ from Trump tariffs

French president says bloc should be ready for trade war after 30% tariff threat but other EU leaders call for calm

With the UK still shaking off the psychological side-effects of Covid, Rachel Reeves might want to broaden her aims

‘We’re still in a cost of living crisis’ and men and women want longer-lasting styles, says salon owner Phil Smith

Graduate recruiter says much use of AI goes undetected as specialist says half of candidates are now using it

A surge in messages from fraudsters about automatic renewal at a higher price has prompted Amazon to email 200m users to warn them

Recruitment is powered increasingly by artificial intelligence but employers still want big (human) brains

Country’s economic woes remain main determinant to work opportunities but technological change is also creeping in

In the fourth part of a series, we look at how climate orthodoxy is coming under fire in Lincolnshire

Scheme aims to stop cables trailing across pavements and encourage drivers to switch to electric vehicles

British ambassador to US believes universal levy unlikely to change but there is ‘scope’ for negotiations in some sectors

Autocratic regime is malign actor on world stage and its efforts to undermine others’ economic resources must be limited

Supermarket chain plans to expand its shop, despite being only 200 metres away from another branch

Private clinics offer reduced doses of GLP-1 drugs such as Mounjaro to clients outside usual market, but some people are wary

Europe accused of ‘trampling over Palestinian rights’ with deal linked to imports from pipeline running parallel to Gaza coast