UK retirees with no other income will not pay tax on new £13,000 state pension, No 10 says

Average wages rose by 3.9% in three months to July, signalling pensioners will receive uplift of same percentage in 2027 under triple lock

Pensioners are ‘big winners’ with triple-lock set to rise by 3.9%, lifting state pension to £13,000 – as it happened

Wage growth – used to set triple-lock pension – slows to 3.9%, meaning state pension should hit £13,000 next year

Carmaker builds on relationship with British armed forces by seeking to cash in on Europe’s rearmament drive

Women used profits from trafficking of enslaved Africans to secure their families’ futures, research reveals

Exclusive: Move is a big boost for Channel 4, days after it announced it is to cut 340 jobs

Overall grocery inflation in Great Britain rises to 2.3%, as Ocado and Lidl gain market share

More than 1,200 people, including Ben Fogle, sign letter saying domestic contracts will help preserve UK manufacturing

Labour should replace levy in 2027 rather than 2030 as energy bills are poised to surge over the winter, says lobby group

Economists urge John Healey to press Bank to change policy that is costing the exchequer billions of pounds

He wanted to save money, but it insisted on selling costly packages and seemed not to accept ‘cancel’ as an option

Tory and Whig MPs were central to funding trafficking of enslaved people and many opposed abolition of the slave trade

New laws coming into force this week aim to streamline age checks although old-style plastic IDs will still be allowed

Planned daily reductions will further choke one of the world’s most important shipping lanes

Donald Trump dismisses attempts to increase controls on artificial intelligence as ‘sick conspiracy’

Central bank chief says continent’s AI dependency could give trade partners unprecedented leverage in negotiations