UK government tries to placate opponents of AI copyright bill
Economic impact assessment is one concession aiming to head off opposition from MPs, peers and creatives such as Paul McCartney and Tom Stoppard
Heathrow should not mark its own homework on energy resilience
External examination of choice to close after fire would have more credibility than review by a board director. It is not too late
Reeves says hasty response to Trump tariffs could put ‘prize’ of economic deal at risk – as it happened
Chancellor says UK will respond calmly to US tariffs as Keir Starmer attempts to play down fears of trade war
Investigation launched after racist message ‘blasted out’ at asylum centre
Offensive broadside was reportedly heard over portable radios at Manston processing site
UK prepared for all eventualities, says Starmer as new Trump tariffs loom
Challenged by Kemi Badenoch, PM says while no option has been ruled out, he will avoid ‘kneejerk reactions’UK politics live – latest updates
Wednesday briefing: What the latest wave of tariffs mean for the US, UK, Europe – and you
In today’s newsletter: The administration’s sweeping tariffs have left markets bracing for volatility – but what impact will they have on an unsteady global economy?
Starmer offers big US tech firms tax cuts in return for lower Trump tariffs
Exclusive: UK willing to placate Trump with lower digital services tax rate also encompassing non-US companies
Kemi Badenoch gives credence to race-swap conspiracy theory about Adolescence but admits she hasn’t watched it – as it happened
Conservative party leader says she believes show ‘is based on real story’, a claim described as wholly untrue by writer and co-creator of series
A sketch writers’ benefit? An April fool? Either way, big thanks to Mel and Kemi
A press conference at Tory HQ at least had some entertainment value even if there was nothing of importance to say
Millions of Britons brace for across-the-board bill rises in ‘awful April’
Ministers urged to act as energy, water, car tax, TV licences and a string of other increases squeeze households
‘It’s relentless’: Britons react to April bill rises amid Labour’s benefit cuts
Increases in council tax, energy and water come less than week after Rachel Reeves revealed raft of cuts to welfare
No 10 says it expects UK to be hit by new Trump tariffs as trade deal talks drag on
Downing Street says it ‘reserves right’ to respond to protect national interest when US levies are announced this week
Will bills continue to rise and what does it mean for Labour?
February’s dip in inflation was only a blip – the pain for consumers and the UK economy is poised to continue
Ministers brace for more Trump tariffs as UK races to agree US trade deal
Government fears hit from new US trade barriers but remains hopeful of progress in ongoing negotiations
From Lincoln to Nixon, Trump’s not the first US president to shock the UK on trade
Lincoln blockaded southern cotton, McKinley hit Britain with tariffs and Nixon abandoned the gold standard: a quick history of transatlantic economic meddling