Pensioners are ‘big winners’ with triple-lock set to rise by 3.9%, lifting state pension to £13,000 – business live
Wage growth – used to set triple-lock pension – slows to 3.9%, meaning state pension should hit £13,000 next year
Make NHS and MoD uniforms in UK, fashion firms urge Burnham
More than 1,200 people including Ben Fogle sign letter saying buying British will help preserve manufacturing firms
Scrap windfall tax on oil and gas firms early, North Sea industry urges
Labour should replace levy in 2027 rather than 2030 as energy bills are poised to surge over the winter, says lobby group
Jaguar Land Rover in talks to sell Defender to Nato countries
Carmaker builds on relationship with British armed forces by seeking to cash in on Europe’s rearmament drive
UK pay growth slows to 3.9% before crunch interest rates decision
Figure likely to dictate rise in state pension triple lock, as workers face inflation squeeze fuelled by oil price rises
Leading UK retailers ‘breaking law’ by not refunding customers for returned goods, Which? finds
Consumer group says online shops routinely failed to reimburse delivery costs of unwanted purchases or cost of items
Bank of England urged to slow or halt bond-selling to slash UK borrowing costs
Economists urge John Healey to press Bank to change policy that is costing the exchequer billions of pounds
Sky gave my father the hard sell even though he has dementia
He wanted to save money, but it insisted on selling costly packages and seemed not to accept ‘cancel’ as an option
How enslavement became state-backed operation supported by Conservative and Lib Dem forerunners
Tory and Whig MPs were central to funding trafficking of enslaved people and many opposed abolition of the slave trade
Digital ID comes of age as pubs and bars get go-ahead for biometric scan tech
New laws coming into force this week aim to streamline age checks although old-style plastic IDs will still be allowed
Panama canal traffic to be cut again as drought from El Niño worsens
Latest daily reductions will further choke one of the world’s most important shipping lanes
AI-linked stocks slide after tech bosses call for slowdown in ‘reckless’ development
Donald Trump dismisses attempts to increase controls on artificial intelligence as ‘sick conspiracy’
Europe must build own AI or risk getting cut off by US or China, says ECB’s Lagarde
Central bank chief says continent’s AI dependency could give trade partners unprecedented leverage in negotiations
As Reform celebrates £72m in donations, tell me this: are you ready to see two rich men buy our democracy?
It’s not just that Nigel Farage claimed his movement abhorred the super-rich. It’s also the obscenity of individuals seeking so much sway over who runs the country, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
Michael Holiday obituary
Other lives: Hospitality professional and hotel manager who spent 10 years as the ‘butler’ at Cliveden House