Stock markets fall as concerns persist over tech firms at heart of AI boom
Drops follow sharp sell-off of US tech stock last week while oil prices seesaw after Iran and Israel exchange strikes
UK companies opting to hire temporary workers over permanent staff, recruitment firms say
Report blames Middle East conflict and rising business costs for fragile jobs market and steep fall in recruitment
Rachel Reeves may be unpopular, but she is quietly rebalancing UK plc
Policy U-turns could define her stint at No 11 despite many sure-footed advances on devolved spending to help kickstart growth
‘Immediate national priority’: ministers accused of complacency over UK food supply
Cold storage and logistics body warns food supplies at risk from fuel shortages, cyber attacks and extreme weather
On China, Trump picked the right battle but the wrong strategy
A long trade war looms. Trump’s scattershot protectionism, chaotic tariffs and belligerence against our natural allies guarantees that US trade policy will remain a hot mess
US added 172,000 jobs in May as labor market shows signs of resilience
Government figures show unemployment rate at 4.3% amid rising inflation and economic uncertainty from Iran war
US job creation smashes forecasts in May, fuelling rate hike bets; ‘no jet fuel shortage in Europe’ – as it happened
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Horrific, unregulated, and very profitable. The companies making cash from England’s children in care
Councils are sending vulnerable kids to homes ran by money-grabbing cowboys and private-equity vultures, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
UK shoppers return to high street as warm weather brings respite from shadow of war
British Retail Consortium figures show footfall rose in May, with consumer confidence improving after spending squeeze
Chip stocks drop as AI rally shows ‘signs of fatigue’, as SpaceX’s huge IPO looms – as it happened
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Trump has made our K-shaped economy even more unequal
While wealthy Americans hail a booming stock market, the rest of us worry about rising inflation and people struggling to make ends meet
UK to challenge EU over ‘devastating’ plans to almost halve tariff-free steel import quotas
Business secretary to meet European counterpart on Friday as EU industry leaders worry about retaliatory measures by UK
‘Happiness is not just about GDP’: ambitious plan or utopia?
Some will question its credibility – but the alternative future to the one imagined in the Global Justice Report is far more bleak
A good life for the 99% isn’t a pipe dream: it can be done. Here’s how
Our plan is radical – but by transforming how we live on a finite planet, nearly everyone gains, says Thomas Piketty and researchers from the World Inequality Lab