Nearly 90% of jobseekers unable to get long-term work despite millions spent on private job agencies

Employment department’s annual report shows just 11.7% of jobseekers ended up with jobs lasting at least 26 weeks last year

‘There’s no place like this’: shoppers and traders fear for Birmingham indoor market’s future

Current site is due to be demolished to make way for housing in new disruption to city’s long trading tradition

S&P Global purchasing managers’ index rises to one-year high amid pick-up in consumer spending

Exclusive: Former PM and ex-Tory leader William Hague warn UK lacks high-risk capital and infrastructure to harness benefits of powerful technology

EY Item Club downgrades forecast for next year, with Office for Budget Responsibility expected to follow suit

Analysis finds regulator for England and Wales raised issues with untreated water at facilities serving millions

The 1920s, Great Gatsby-themed bash also reportedly attracted the likes of One Nation leader, Pauline Hanson, though her office did not confirm

Oxfam warns Trump policies risk driving inequality to new heights – but Democrats have also exacerbated wealth gap

Three years after explosion that crippled Russian-German gas link, Polish court’s refusal to extradite Ukrainian suspect reignited old tensions

Reform UK leader to set out ‘pro-entrepreneurship’ agenda while rowing back on tax cuts pledge

Waitrose chocolates will also be used to lure loyalty card holders in to the central London store

The dark nights are here and staying in is more appealing than ever. But there’s a very real cost to not venturing out, writes Emma Beddington

Rural US towns reel as policies like tariffs cause global manufacturing companies to reconsider major investment projects

The US high court will hear arguments on whether Trump’s erratic imposition of global tariffs is legally valid

Industry bodies say proposals will force site closures, slow investment and cost drivers up to £300 a year more