Microsoft has ‘ripped off the NHS’, says MP amid call for contracts with British firms
Samantha Niblett highlighted government’s multi-billion-pound deals with Microsoft and ‘getting locked in’
Peers call for independent body to take control of Telegraph sale
Lords say culture department has mishandled process and suggest CMA or Cabinet Office oversee new auction
Wimbledon to get exemption from ticket resale crackdown for seats that can cost thousands
Organisers claimed proposed ban on reselling tickets for more than face value would dent investment in facilities
Ocado shares fall 17% after US partner announces warehouse closures
Online grocer had a deal with Kroger to build 20 customer fulfilment centres but three of the sites are to close
Ticket touts’ worst nightmare has finally come true in the UK
Government has officially announced ban on reselling for profit, described by minister as ‘no-brainer’
Uber hit with legal demands to halt use of AI-driven pay systems
Proposed legal case understood to allege that app has breached data protection law varying driver pay rates
UK inflation dips to 3.6% despite accelerating food price growth – as it happened
Chancellor Rachel Reeves will be keeping a close eye on inflation data ahead of her autumn budget, due next Wednesday.
WH Smith CEO quits after accounting error that wiped almost £600m off value
Company slashes profit outlook as it takes hit from blunder in North American division
British Museum ends ‘deeply troubling’ sponsorship from Japanese tobacco firm
Move welcomed by critics, who have been calling for end to ‘morally unacceptable’ deals since 2016
Harvard to investigate Larry Summers’s Epstein ties as he exits OpenAI board
Newly released Epstein documents drag the ex-treasury secretary into deeper scrutiny as Harvard widens its review
The days of 4% pay rises are behind us – wages are now barely growing faster than inflation
The recovery of real wages is expected to be so slow that it will take us until 2044 to get back to having as much purchasing power as in 2021
UK inflation eases for first time in five months to 3.6% before crunch budget
Drop in October’s annual rate raises hopes of interest rate cut after Rachel Reeves’s tax and spending statement
Netherlands suspends state seizure of Chinese chipmaker Nexperia
Dutch government’s move pauses dispute that threatened car production around the world
China suspends seafood imports from Japan as Taiwan row escalates
Beijing reimposes 2023 ban, citing Japan PM’s comment that military would respond to Chinese attack on island
Fall in UK inflation looks like turning point that heralds interest rate cut
Rachel Reeves hints there will be budget measures to push down prices and Bank of England is likely to act