UK inflation holds steady at 3.8% as fuel prices offset falling air fares

Annual August rate released as Bank of England considers holding interest rate at 4% to tackle rising prices

China is eyeing superpower status via Africa and the Caribbean. But are they partners or pawns?

Many are questioning whether China’s growing footprint in the Black diaspora is mutually beneficial

Preteens are parroting influencer speak and demanding anti-ageing products as the pressure to fit in intensifies

Tom Athron says stricter rules on country of origin and end of ‘de minimis’ exemptions are up and sales down

Retailer hopes to bounce back from summer cyber-attack with fashion picks aimed at wider age range

Former Bank chief economist Andy Haldane says left-behind communities need investment to stem populist tide

Ministers had hoped to finalise deal this week that would reduce president’s steel tariffs to zero

Israeli PM’s outline of partial autarky and more militarised society stirs up backlash and concern over pariah status

Weaker growth outlook would set chancellor on course to break her fiscal rules without significant action in budget

Patrick Vallance says relations must improve and NHS has to reverse decline in drugs investment

Carmaker says it will freeze production until at least 24 September as it continues investigations

Manufacturers say new rules on passing on assets threaten investment and future survival of businesses

Firm’s owner says move, which will place 70 workers on temporary leave, is in response to weaker demand

Engineer whose recommendations after the Ladbroke Grove train crash led to improved safety on the railways

“Pensioners will be rejoicing at the prospect of an inflation-busting rise to the state pension from April next year,” says analyst