Ineos chemicals plant is saved. But what is the strategy for the rest of heavy industry?

Argument for ensuring ethylene production at Grangemouth is strong, yet policymaking on deindustrialisation is disjointed

UK inflation falls sharply to 3.2% amid slowdown in food price rises

Drop in November annual rate adds to case for Bank of England cut to interest rates on Thursday

Funding for billionaire Jim Ratcliffe’s Ineos plant in Scotland will help safeguard 500 jobs

Former Tory chancellor tasked with helping ChatGPT owner develop ties with governments

Jobs market slowdown likely to become policy focus and will also have impact on interest rates decision

Chancellor’s claim to be helping trade met with disbelief in England and Wales amid soaring staff costs, energy bills and other overheads

Pledge to invest billions in UK paused, with Washington citing lack of progress on trade barriers across pond

Party leader says Labour ‘has abandoned any sense of progressive politics’

Many critical details have been deliberately left to be resolved in secondary legislation – including the introduction of guaranteed hours contracts

Six of Britain’s biggest employer groups fear compromise deal brokered with bosses and union leaders is at risk

Rachel Reeves wants to protect consumers by bringing digital money and assets into the ‘regulatory perimeter’

The City expects a cut in interest rates on Thursday but economic prospects for 2026 complicate the picture

New business rates regime that is poised to hit pubs and hotels is latest example of hasty decision-making

Mark Rowley says capital is a safe city, and claims of no-go areas are ‘completely false’

GDP fell by 0.1% in October as activity failed to regain momentum after cyber-attack on Jaguar Land Rover