British Steel is taken into public ownership to save UK supply Scunthorpe factory expropriated from China’s Jingye and ministers will ask a valuer to assess compensation
Burnham must learn from Starmer’s mistakes: Labour was elected to transform the economy, not just stabilise it Devolution, tax, the EU and immigration: these are all opportunities for growth if Burnham abandons the excessive caution of the past few years, says economist Jonathan Portes
Why did Ryanair-Air Malta plane window blow out mid-air and could it happen again? Passenger Ljubisa Karović was nearly sucked out of his seat when Boeing 737-800’s window blew out on flight from Greece
‘It’s like home’: Brixton market traders fight to stop site being sold to big business Campaign hopes to buy site for community, fearing it could go same route of corporate gentrification as Camden and Old Spitalfields
Burnham must avoid ‘summer of speculation’ on tax, warns CBI chief Rain Newton-Smith calls for a new generation of public-private partnerships to fund major projects
Andy Burnham signals a wealth tax is off the agenda for now Incoming prime minister says he doesn’t want to ‘create new divisions’ as Mahmood is tipped to be chancellor
A victory for Nationwide’s board – but members still deserve stronger voting rights Building society rules need an overhaul if ballots on executive pay are non-binding and huge takeovers don’t require approval
Stonegate pub and bar chain investigated over ‘unfair’ treatment of landlords Pubs code adjudicator says it has reasonable grounds to believe group has breached industry regulations
Revealed: Farage’s £5m gift came after saying he needed ‘a million a year’ to stand as MP Politician spoke to senior figures in Reform in March 2024 about covering lost earnings, sources tell the Guardian
Hit Machine review – slick music biz drama strikes too many false notes Josh Radnor is a music executive whose life is upended by his wayward brother, in a play about masculinity, creativity, appropriation and trauma
Nationwide customer vows to fight on after failed attempt to join board James Sherwin-Smith says he will launch fresh campaign for change at the building society after losing vote at AGM
One Nation’s economic thought bubbles have little substance – except for one The idea of a people’s bank has been long floated by the Greens. Anything that reduces the oligopoly power of the big four banks is a good thing
Tripling US union membership would shift $1.2tn to workers annually – report More density would also narrow racial pay gaps, while a decline in density correlated to surges in wealth inequality
China grows at one of lowest rates on record; Thames Water has funds to survive to year end – as it happened Thames Water says it has £515m cash in the bank as its debts swell to £18.5bn
George Lucas likens AI sceptics to luddites clinging to horses and carts Star Wars director calls AI technology ‘the future’ of film-making and says ‘there’s nothing you can do about it’