UK households cut back spending at fastest rate in 16 months, Barclays says

Dip in credit card spending in April, particularly on travel, suggests Britons preparing for harder times amid Iran war fallout

British Steel nationalisation: what went wrong, and what happens now?

Keir Starmer’s plan for full state ownership marks latest chapter in Scunthorpe plant’s troubled history

Calbee to switch its brightly coloured packaging to black and white because war has disrupted supply of certain raw materials used in ink

Allen, a media entrepreneur, to replace founder Jonah Peretti as chief executive with ‘significant’ cost cuts to come

Hard decisions over a possible sale and future subsidies loom now full nationalisation is on the cards

Yields on 10- and 30-year British government bonds have risen today, as investors digest possibility of leadership challenge

Criminal groups and state-linked actors appear to be using commercial models to refine and scale up attacks

Bond yields creep higher on concerns about potential for political instability and rising inflation

Regulator initially declined to investigate but now says it is looking into repeat broadcast from day after first showing

Acquisition would result in combined company serving about 9.6 million households if given regulatory approval

Opponents say administration’s plan prioritizes big agriculture at expense of wildlife and protected species

Influential IPPR proposes capping rents at whichever is lower of consumer price inflation or wage growth

Senator Chris Van Hollen and other Democratic lawmakers are embracing a policy that hardly benefits the middle class

Criminals exploit confusion or anxiety over new IHT rules by offering a ‘safe haven’ for savings pots

Brent crude rises after US president calls overture from Tehran ‘totally unacceptable’