George Osborne joins OpenAI: ex-chancellor adds tech post to his CV

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

Young people hit hard as UK unemployment marches upwards

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

More trains, faster journeys and better reliability promised – but spectre of great timetable fiasco of 2018 looms large

Treasury committee will examine agency’s forecasting record and discover where it ‘needs to do better’

It would be absurd to claim the UK has suddenly become a life-sciences leader thanks to the new pricing and tariffs pact