‘Cruel hoax’ or ‘work-life balance nirvana’: whatever happened to the four-day work week?

It has been years since the four-day work week was floated as a solution to everything from traffic congestion to burnout. So why aren’t we all doing it now?

Stout clobber? Guinness tie-up features £1,295 ‘pub carpet’ jumper

The brand has enlisted JW Anderson to help brew a 17-piece range of luxury fashionwear, from ‘beer towel’ shorts to branded trousers and tops

Relief for some of Britain’s poorest lands at right moment to cushion Iran aftershocks

Timely end of two-child limit plus a healthy uptick in universal credit signals ‘life-changing’ boost to Britons most exposed to Trumpflation

One of Britain’s last major chemical plants at risk as energy prices surge

If costs stay high for the next three months, US owner Peter Huntsman says he will close the site on Teesside

‘The chef is a metre away from you’: the cosy allure of micro-restaurants

Tiny eateries such as the award-winning Gwen in Wales, which holds just eight customers, are spreading across the UK

‘DM your details’: Travellers warned of scam airline accounts as Iran war disrupts flights

Criminals exploiting Middle East crisis by targeting customers seeking help or refunds from affected carriers

‘No one saw this coming’: will the surprise Telegraph winner change the paper’s direction?

Daily Mail owner could take long-term hit after being gazumped at the 11th hour by Germany’s Axel Springer

No recession but inflation hike and increased cost-of-living pressure on the way, Jim Chalmers says

Economists predict RBA will raise interest rates this week and in May – days before treasurer unveils budget

Iran threatens to escalate war after Trump says ‘many countries’ will send warships to strait of Hormuz

US president calls on China, France, Japan and the UK to send vessels after US strikes Kharg Island oil facilities

Rate rises, helium shortages, EV sales spikes: how is the disruption in Iran’s strait of Hormuz affecting Australia?

The ‘largest supply disruption in history’ due to the US-Israeli war on Iran is affecting prices from plastic to jet fuel to fertiliser

Trump administration reportedly set to be paid $10bn for brokering TikTok deal

Exceptionally rare ‘fee’ to be paid by investors who took control of US operations from Chinese parent company

How the war in Iran and its economic fallout could lead to Trump’s defeat

The war is deeply unpopular, and the spike in oil prices will mean long-term high prices across the board for Americans

Gas prices are soaring – but one Los Angeles gas station is taking it to the extreme

A Chevron station just outside downtown charges more than $8 a gallon – nearly $3 more than the city’s average

Some top US lobbying firms are working both sides of the Pfas issue at the same time

Review from non-profit finds range of scenarios of firms simultaneously lobbying for and against Pfas regulations

‘Everything is going up’: Americans struggle with affordability despite Trump’s claims

US workers are finding it difficult to afford basic necessities as the president claims ‘the economy is roaring back’