‘Friends end up blocking you’: Northwestern Mutual sold college grads a dream job. They left in ruin and debt

Expecting to be financial advisers at the Fortune 500 firm, some hires say they were ‘gaslit’ into peddling ‘terrible’ life insurance to all their contacts

Trump touts cheap groceries ahead of Thanksgiving. The reality is a mixed plate

President looks to Walmart’s promotion as proof he lowered cost of living. But holiday prices are volatile, economists say

UK ‘most expensive place’ to build nuclear power, review finds

Government panel’s final report calls for ‘radical reset’ of planning and environmental rules to get reactors built faster and cheaper

Mining giant BHP drops latest bid to buy rival Anglo American

FTSE 100-listed miner forces Australian company to walk away from takeover after rebuffing second approach

Reeves to launch crackdown on benefit fraud alongside lifting two-child limit

Move aims to bring in extra £1.2bn of savings as government seeks to head off criticism over welfare spending

Abu Zafar obituary

Other lives: Innovative entrepreneur who set up the first Asian-owned printing press in Bradford

Minister indicates sympathy for artists in debate over AI and copyright

People rightly want to get get paid for their work, says Liz Kendall, in apparent change of tack to predecessor

Budget 2025: how inflation and the two-child benefit cap have increased poverty

A visit to Kent reveals more people struggling with rising food bills and turning to food banks already suffering higher demand and fewer donations

UK launches critical minerals strategy to reduce dependency on China

Standoff between China and EU over supply of chips for car industry underlines value of sector requiring huge financial investment

Has Britain become an economic colony?

The UK could’ve been a true tech leader – but it has cheerfully submitted to US dominance in a way that may cost it dear

Rachel Reeves promises to ‘grip the cost of living’ in autumn budget

Chancellor admits economy ‘feels stuck’ for many as she signals intention to freeze income tax thresholds

Rachel Reeves, please, let’s make budgets boring again

Budgets need to be reassuringly dull with no repeat of this year’s long, drawn-out and chaotic buildup

China has brought millions out of poverty. The US has not – by choice

Despite the US’s economic success, income inequality remains breathtaking. But this is no glitch – it’s the system

Safe haven to sanctions: how Jersey sheltered Roman Abramovich’s billions

Court papers show the island cautiously welcomed the oligarch – with London’s approval – before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine