UK steel exports to EU at risk as bloc doubles tariffs and halves quotas

Decision to reduce duty-free quotas by 47% aimed at curbing Chinese imports

Telegraph takeover by German buyer cleared by culture secretary

Lisa Nandy says there are no grounds to refer Axel Springer deal to Ofcom, ending almost three years of uncertainty for titles

Tuesday briefing: What needs to be done to tackle child poverty in the UK

In today’s newsletter: More than one-fifth of ‘austerity-generation’ British children live in poverty. Our social policy editor talks about the damage done and the way forward

What is the new EU bill and could it give UK ministers Henry VIII-type powers?

Legislation would allow government to implement evolving single market rules without full parliamentary scrutiny

Starmer says he is ‘fed up’ with Trump and Putin’s impact on UK energy costs

PM appears to draw comparison between Russian and US leaders’ actions and calls for plan to restore Hormuz strait shipping

It shouldn’t take a war for Britain to wake up to the need for food security

Everyone has a part to play in reducing our reliance on imported foods, but ministers must provide incentives, says Tim Lang of the Centre for Food Policy

Ed Miliband hold firm! North sea oil and gas drilling won’t help anyone other than Nigel Farage

It’s worrying to watch Labour entertain Reform’s fantasies about fossil fuels. Only renewables will bring lower bills and higher energy security, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

Bristol airport loses legal challenge against Cardiff rival over £205m subsidy

Tribunal dismisses claim that the Welsh government’s financial package breached competition rules

Want to know capitalism’s endgame? Just look at private equity – it has captured our everyday lives

These companies now own everything from nurseries to care homes, squeezing vital services for profit while we foot the bill, says Hettie O’Brien, author of The Asset Class: How Private Equity Turned Capitalism Against Itself

UK manufacturers ‘will pay £940m a year more in business rates due to Reeves changes’

Government should look at ways to help as firms are paying disproportionate bills, says MakeUK

Sick pay rule changes to benefit up to 9.6m UK workers, TUC says

Union says new entitlements, part of Employment Rights Act 2025, will help lower-income households

Starmer attacks Greens, saying vote for Labour rivals puts new workers’ rights at risk

PM also criticises business figures and opponents of changes, many of which come into force on Monday

Workers, pensioners and children: all better off. Ignore the critics – we really are standing up for working people

Day one rights to statutory sick pay and paternity leave begin on Monday, and that fits the pattern. From my own life, I know people’s anxieties, and I will respond, says UK prime minister Keir Starmer

Labour to back down on foie gras and fur bans to ease EU trade deal

Exclusive: Animal welfare charities ‘bitterly disappointed’ UK government plans to backtrack on manifesto promises

Fair Work Agency’s priorities criticised days before its launch

Cornerstone of the UK’s Employment Rights Act ‘in danger of becoming a dead duck’, says Unite boss