Australian telco bosses to be grilled over triple-zero service reliability ahead of summer bushfire season

The communications minister plans to press companies on their legal obligations to protect community safety and procedures to avoid outages

Rachel Reeves’s second budget needs a narrative of fairness to justify tax rises

The chancellor should reach for the language of solidarity and social justice that this government tends to recoil from

Foreign staff have ‘changed our lives’: Scottish farmers fear for future after changes to skilled worker visas

Locals say staff from the Philippines and elsewhere have made life better, and plan to take their case to a government body

Richard Desmond legal action over National Lottery award to begin at high court

Billionaire suing Gambling Commission for up to £1.3bn over licence award, with payout potentially funded by the taxpayer

The rise of digital money poses significant challenges for regulators

Bank of England is at crossroads over the use of crytocurrencies and establishing a financial framework for transactions

Small US college towns reel amid Trump immigration crackdown: ‘They need international students’

From Ohio to Florida, the US government’s clampdown on students from abroad threatens rural universities and local businesses

Advocates raise alarm over Pfas pollution from datacenters amid AI boom

Tech companies’ use of Pfas gas at facilities may mean datacenters’ climate impact is worse than previously thought

Trouble brewing: Maya people in Yucatán fear new Heineken plant’s thirst for water

Indigenous groups in Mexico opposed to the planned brewery say families already have little access to water – and that their way of life is also under threat

‘Delivery robots will happen’: Skype co-founder on his fast-growing venture Starship

Ahti Heinla on bringing his tech to small towns, its effects on jobs – and whether he’s still interested in money

‘I’m fearful people will die’: Pennsylvania reckons with impact of Trump cuts

In Johnstown, thousands live in poverty – and voters went for Trump. How are people feeling as his devastating cuts take hold?

‘This is real progress’: airlines on sustainable aviation fuels and the chances of net zero flying

The EU and UK have imposed mandates, and investors see its value – but the industry has mixed views

‘We’ve been inundated’: European private schools report surge in interest from wealthy British parents

VAT on school fees has led to a rise in overseas interest and even relocations as UK fees have jumped by as much as 22.6%

Rachel Reeves urged to break manifesto pledges to avoid ‘pasty tax’ budget

Labour colleagues advise chancellor against string of small money-raising measures, as OBR presents forecast

UK electric car sales hit record high as taxpayer subsidies help attract buyers

EVs rise nearly a third in September compared with a year earlier, as plug-in hybrids jump by 56%

London stock market boost as beauty group lists and tinned fish brand confirms IPO plan

Beauty Tech Group picks London for £300m offering while Princes Group, with £2.1bn turnover, also plans possible £1.5bn listing