UK borrowing costs rise, then dip, as pressure grows on Starmer; Japan’s Nikkei hits record high after Takaichi’s election win – as it happened

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news

NatWest to buy wealth manager Evelyn Partners for £2.7bn

Banking group beats Barclays to snare biggest acquisition since it was bailed out by taxpayers in 2008

Despite an expanded release to some 2,000 screens, the gushing enthusiasm recorded on the vox pop Popcornometer is not powering a word-of-mouth hit

Firm accused of ‘abusing’ its dominant position for messaging in what appears to be breach of antitrust rules

Campaigners say industrial issues cannot be solved by watering down climate and environmental policies

Workers and unions condemn ICE operation as ‘horrific’ as pressure builds on Susan Collins, facing re-election this year

Exclusive: Multimillion-pound contract raises concerns about controls designed to prevent firms unwittingly aiding destruction of Ukraine

Union to appeal after losing case against historic talent index in battle that could reshape UK acting landscape

Prime minister’s Liberal Democratic party to be pressed on promised tax cuts and fiscal stimulus plans

Rising GDP continues to mean more carbon emissions and wider damage to the planet. Can the two be decoupled?

Exclusive: António Guterres says world’s accounting systems should place true value on the environment

It kept on billing us for a neighbouring house’s supply although I live alone at my grandmother’s home

Data shows deprived communities have more off-licences and takeaways and fewer childcare facilities and gyms

She was just 14 when she was groomed by the R&B star, and filmed in an explicit video. She tells the extraordinary story of how she survived

Labour will introduce legislation to cut threshold from 20 in effort to head off looming shortages