UK housing costs rise 41% over five years for renters and owners, study shows

Borrowers coming off fixed deals hit hard as Savills says big spike in interest payments made up half the overall rise

Oil company shares soar to all-time highs as Middle East war turbocharges price per barrel

Energy supply shock from US-Israeli attack on Iran fuels record valuations for Shell, ExxonMobil and Chevron

Beyond the strait: why attacks on Kharg Island could keep oil prices high

Oil could pass 2008 record of $147.50 a barrel as damage and field closures risk compounding supply shock caused by Iran war

Florida’s real estate ‘gold rush’ draws the super-rich as rising costs push others out

The luxury property surge fuels growth in Miami, but a poll finds many residents weighing an exit over housing and living costs

AI could give us our lives back – if we don’t blow it

Could we be at the beginning of a change never before seen by humans – allowing us to escape the drudgery of work?

‘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