Household energy bills in Great Britain forecast to fall by £117 a year

Consultancy’s prediction comes after Rachel Reeves said green subsidy costs would be removed from domestic bills

Death tax? Property tax? Four ideas that could offset inheritance inequality in Australia

How do we solve the predicted entrenched disparity arising out of the great wealth transfer? We ask economists for their suggestions

As real wage growth falls again, Australian workers must feel the economy is rigged against them

The RBA never misses a chance to blame wages for rising prices but data shows profit-driven inflation is back

Ministers may slow youth minimum wage rise amid UK unemployment fears

Government considering delay to equalising national minimum wage after jump in youth unemployment

Boss of BAE Systems urges ministers to publish delayed military spending plan

CEO of UK’s biggest defence company says delay is holding back industry investment as BAE posts record sales

Miner Glencore to give $2bn to shareholders despite profit slump

FTSE 100 company reports 6% fall in annual profits weeks after collapse of $260bn merger with Rio Tinto

UK inflation falls to 3%, boosting hopes of early cut in interest rates

January annual drop is lowest level since March 2025, although still above Bank of England’s 2% target

US and Japan unveil $36bn of oil, gas and critical minerals projects in challenge to China

Donald Trump says deals ‘end our foolish dependence on foreign sources’, while Japanese PM hails enhanced economic security

The death of Heather Preen: how an eight-year-old lost her life amid sewage crisis

In 1999, Heather Preen contracted E coli on a Devon beach. Two weeks later she died. Now, as a new Channel 4 show dramatises the scandal, her mother, Julie Maughan, explains why she is still looking for someone to take responsibility

UK shoppers warned over spread of harmful and illegal skin lightening kits

Many products contain substances banned because of serious and sometimes irreversible health risks, says CTSI

Training more Britons may not cut net migration or plug skills shortages, study finds

Local workers can be difficult to attract because of poor pay and conditions, say researchers

Boost to British Steel as Turkey places high-speed rail order

‘Eight-figure agreement’ made to supply new line between Ankara and İzmir – but questions over plant’s future remain

‘It’s soul-crushing’: young people battle to find any work in bleak jobs market

Chair of UK government review says dramatic changes in labour market risks putting ‘a generation on the scrapheap’

Goldman Sachs to drop race, gender and LGBTQ+ criteria from board evaluations

The move follows pressure from an activist shareholder group seeking end to DEI requirements

UK interest rate cut likely in March as unemployment rate rises; youth joblessness to ‘increase significantly’ in coming months – as it happened

City traders expect cut to UK interest rates next month after jobless rate rises to 5.2%