PPE company linked to ex-Tory peer Michelle Mone goes into liquidation

PPE Medpro owes government £148m for supplying unusable personal protective equipment during Covid-19 pandemic

Megan Davies obituary

Other lives: Highly regarded branch secretary of the Prospect union, singer, sports fan and lover of craft beer

Business case must be submitted for mass transit system with lines connecting Leeds and Bradford before work continues

Rate-setters back quarter-point cut after steep fall in inflation and weak economic data but vote remained close

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

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

Cash injection for billionaire Jim Ratcliffe’s Ineos site in central belt of 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’