Car insurers to pay 270,000 drivers share of £200m compensation

FCA review finds motorists were short-changed when their vehicle was stolen or written off

UK households put a record £103bn into Isas amid ‘dash for cash’

Figures show 15m more tax-efficient savings accounts were opened in 2023-24, with more following as fears grew allowance might be cut

‘A defining moment’: Trinidad and Tobago at a crossroads as oil runs out

Fossil fuels made the nation prosperous but as reserves dwindle, do they drill deeper, even as the Caribbean feels the heat of the climate crisis, or shift to a greener economy?

London fashion week aims to restore sector’s role as UK economic powerhouse

The LFW organiser’s new boss, Laura Weir, wants to embed fashion into government thinking and lure back famous brands

Trump’s response to a court’s decision on tariffs is bonkers – even for him

The president’s claim that undermining his tariffs would ‘literally destroy’ the country gets the situation backwards

Ministers tell Environment Agency to wave planning applications through

Exclusive: Officials say they have been told to do as little as legally possible to prevent approvals for housebuilding in England

UK borrowing hits five-year high for August at £18bn

Worsening public finances mean Rachel Reeves will almost certainly announce tax rises in November budget

Train named Ctrl Alt Deleaf to help blast billions of leaves from Great Britain’s tracks

Network Rail says train named after public vote will join fleet of ‘unsung hero’ leaf-busters this autumn

Retail sales rise in Great Britain as warm weather boosts clothing purchases

Increase of 0.5% in August helped by back-to-school shopping, while food stores also given lift

Torquay hoteliers on 50 years of Fawlty Towers, and why Basil wouldn’t survive in world of online reviews

Decades after the BBC sitcom first aired, B&Bs in the Devon resort only occasionally lean into their association with the show

Revealed: ‘Corporate capture’ of UN aviation body by industry

Exclusive: Industry delegates outnumbered climate experts by 14 to one at recent ICAO meeting, thinktank says

‘Always the coolest, calmest man in the room’: friends and film-makers remember Robert Redford

Everybody loved Robert Redford. Directors and co-stars including Ralph Fiennes, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Delroy Lindo, Judd Hirsch, Norman Reedus and F Murray Abraham explain why

Nvidia to invest $5bn in Intel after Trump administration’s 10% stake

Deal gives Intel a lifeline as firms team up on AI datacenters and PC chips after Trump stake sparks market surge

What is quantitative tightening and how has it affected UK finances?

The Bank of England’s disposal of the bonds it bought after the 2008 financial crisis is being slowed down

US supreme court sets date to hear arguments on Trump’s tariffs

Hearing on 5 November sets up major test of the president’s use of executive power to drive his economic agenda