Healey’s budget to duck setting a date for 3% defence spending target
Roadmap for increasing department’s share of GDP will be deferred until next year’s review
How Britain’s railways are struggling in the heat – and can they be fixed?
Problems including derailments have hit network during one of the hottest and driest summers on record
Burnham announces crackdown on rogue bailiffs and ‘cowboy builders’
New rules are aimed at protecting people in debt in England and Wales and stopping homeowners being ripped off
Democrats to investigate ‘miraculous’ rise of Trump Jr’s investment firm
Congressman Jamie Raskin asks president’s son to detail firm’s recent success after he joined 1789 Capital as partner
The Guardian view on energy costs: vulnerable households need help with their bills
Editorial: Soaring prices are plunging struggling families into debt. The government must support them in the short term as it invests in a clean energy future
Ex-Barclays boss denies having sex with woman dressed as Snow White after Epstein emails
Jes Staley made comments to US lawmakers investigating his links to the convicted sex offender
How do you define good health – and achieve it – in a broken US medical system?
In a new book, Dr Lucy McBride aims to help us navigate US healthcare – and tread carefully in the wellness industry
Trump administration reportedly considering ‘new round of sweeping tariffs on semiconductors’ – as it happened
Tech companies warn that move could jeopardise US hopes of dominating AI
Three UK airports hit by cyber-attack with data of 8.7m customers accessed
Company that runs Manchester, Stansted and East Midlands hubs says passenger safety is unaffected
Bots and bargains: Zara owner launches cut-price Lefties in UK to rival Primark
First robot-assisted outlet opens in Liverpool to take on Shein and supermarkets in clothing, shoes and homewares
AI-proof? Younger workers desert the digital world for traditional crafts
In a disrupted job market people are turning to heritage crafts such as bookbinding, metalwork and boatbuilding
Number of young people in UK not in work or education falls below 1 million
Figure is 30,000 higher than a year ago but latest data is a boost to efforts to reverse the rise in economic inactivity
CEOs earn 614 times more than workers at US’s 100 lowest-paying corporations
Analysis by Institute for Policy Studies found that between 2019 and 2025, CEO compensation increased 41.4%
UK expects Meta to match US child safety measures after $18bn settlement
Minister calls for Instagram owner to extend sweeping new safeguards for young users to Britain
Firm fined for hounding elderly people with nuisance calls claiming to stop … nuisance calls
Elderly Aids Ltd, which sells call-blocking devices, made 758,053 cold calls between May 2024 and February 2025