Billionaire Tory donor gives £200,000 to Reform UK JCB chair Lord Bamford hands equal amount to Tories and Reform to support parties he says ‘believe in small business’
Metro Bank’s credit file markers are adding to the pain of our son’s death Bank refuses to remove late payment markers after we were twice late repaying our mortgage in last months of his life
Growth in global demand for ‘green’ office buildings slows amid Trump policies Fall reported by Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors as UN calls for accelerated action in buildings sector to meet global climate goals
US private equity giant poised to take over online retailer The Very Group Barclay family set to lose another part of former business empire, once known as Littlewoods, to Carlyle Group
Last Christmas, you gave us first class: Royal Mail turns Scrooge with gift to staff of second-class stamps Switch comes amid first festive season since Daniel Křetínský’s takeover of parent company IDS
I’m as capitalist as they get but Medicare for all is the best hope for US healthcare With the US government shut down over impending rises to insurance premiums it’s clear the status quo cannot continue
‘Set up to fail’: ATO outsourcing to private call centres focused on boosting profit not helping Australians Consumer advocates raise significant concerns as union says contractors use lower-paid staff to boost profit
UK banks still committed to climate goals, Bank of England executive insists Exclusive: David Bailey plays down concerns after HSBC and Barclays quit UN-backed Net Zero Banking Alliance
Utah’s oldest LGBTQ+ bar closes amid workers’ union push: ‘We feel extremely disposable’ Workers at the SunTrapp – opened in 1973 in Salt Lake City – claim the shuttering was a ‘stunt’ to prevent unionization
UK divisions of ticket resale website Viagogo hit with £15m bill over tax shortfall Company already under scrutiny on ‘secondary ticketing’ amid outcry over touts using such platforms to exploit fans
The bond market is wrong. Reeves should not cut welfare to placate the City Keeping the markets on side is the chancellor’s priority but it’s not an easy task given their simplistic, misplaced views on welfare cuts
AI-powered nimbyism could grind UK planning system to a halt, experts warn Tools that help people scan applications and find grounds for objection have potential to hit government’s housebuilding plans
Drax still burning 250-year-old trees sourced from forests in Canada, experts say Exclusive: report by Stand.earth says subsidiary of power plant received truckloads of whole logs at biomass pellet sites
Businesses worldwide brace for extra Trump tariffs on steel imports Commerce department expected to add about 700 more items with steel content to levy list at request of US firms
Joy Reid on her ouster from MSNBC: ‘In this moment, not being a part of corporate media is a gift’ After the ex-host of the ReidOut was forced out in February, she launched her own streaming show on YouTube