Embattled CBS leader Bari Weiss downplays concerns about weak 60 Minutes ratings

CBS News editor-in-chief sidesteps viewership concerns and says flagship show doing ‘tremendously well’

Budget 2026: Healey hikes taxes on banks and landlords to fund £100 handouts to 20m households

Few surprises as chancellor uses low-key speech blaming ‘global economic storms’ for stoking energy prices and cost of living crisis

Budget briefing: the key questions answered by Heather Stewart and Pippa Crerar

Our economics and political editors dissect John Healey’s maiden budget

Fed holds interest rates steady in last decision before midterms

Fed chair Kevin Warsh said politics played no role in pause of interest rate hikes, despite inflation remaining above 3%

Budget 2026: £100 energy payment for millions and rise in bank tax as watchdog warns on stalling living standards – as it happened

OBR says that living standards are forecast to rise by just 1% over the whole post-Covid decade

He promised fresh hope and delivered doom, but Dr Death’s budget succeeds in doing no harm

Armed with 98 measures, a rictus grin and a decidedly comedy-free speech, the chancellor at least offered us – and Labour – some breathing space

Burnham promised big change – where was it? Instead we got the Martin Lewis budget

The financial guru’s fingerprints are all over John Healey’s red book – but Lewis is not a politician. His everyday fixes can’t meet this turbulent moment, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

What you need to know about Your First Home scheme for first-time buyers

Chancellor fleshes out details of scheme unveiled last month to help 70,000 households on to the property ladder

JP Morgan to press on with London HQ despite new bank tax in ‘boring budget’ – as it happened

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news

Budget winners and losers: pensioners and households gain as banks and betting shops hit

How the Burnham government’s first attempt to ease cost of living pressure pans out for key stakeholders

Business secretary writes to Poundland owner as administration fears build

Jonathan Reynolds’ team has written to Gordon Brothers, which bought retailer for £1 last summer, to ‘establish the facts’

Healey gives households £100 to help navigate ‘global economic storms’

Payments to 20m homes part of package to cut energy bills and ease cost of living crisis, paid for by bank windfall tax

‘A pretty grim picture’: outlook for UK living standards slashed despite Healey’s budget

OBR cautions about Middle East war dragging down growth and triggering a fresh cost of living crisis

GSK shares dive as weaker vaccine sales unnerve investors

British pharma company one of biggest fallers on FTSE 100 despite better than expected financial results

Passengers stranded in Cambodia after cruise halted due to high fuel costs

The luxury MV Odyssey ship slated for a years-long voyage around the world suspends operations amid high fuel prices