France is in crisis but bond markets leave other governments at risk of meltdown too
Investors rattled by resignation of French PM but country is not alone in trying to grapple with political maths
Tories say people denied benefits in UK can return to home countries
Mel Stride outlines plans to slash £47bn a year from public spending, including £23bn welfare cut
Tax authorities examine finances of key Nigel Farage ally
Exclusive: HMRC conducts scoping exercise into Reform UK backer ‘Posh George’ Cottrell’s income from business and wealth
Rachel Reeves’s second budget needs a narrative of fairness to justify tax rises
The chancellor should reach for the language of solidarity and social justice that this government tends to recoil from
Rachel Reeves urged to break manifesto pledges to avoid ‘pasty tax’ budget
Labour colleagues advise chancellor against string of small money-raising measures, as OBR presents forecast
Wetherspoons boss vows to keep price rises to a minimum as he criticises energy bills
Beefed-up packaging tax will triple pub chain’s costs from the levy to £2.4m a year, says Tim Martin
Rachel Reeves could raise £45bn in taxes and keep promises, report says
Chancellor has ways to cover UK deficit without breaching spirit of Labour manifesto, Morgan Stanley claims
UK and EU poised to strike deal sparing British business from carbon border tax
Exclusive: Temporary deal to shield UK exporters from levy’s impact is now viewed by both sides as likely
Landmark study shows 1.4m Britons have a gambling problem
Watchdog’s report highlights growing dangers of slot machines and in-play betting on matches
Senior Tories dismayed at Badenoch’s ‘catastrophic’ vow to repeal Climate Change Act
Theresa May, Alok Sharma, business and church leaders say plan would harm UK and not even Margaret Thatcher would have countenanced it
The government has raised false hopes at Jaguar Land Rover. There has been no ‘decisive action’
If the government is in the intervention game, it should be intervening where need is most urgent – among JLR’s suppliers
Labour considering charging workers for employment tribunal claims, sources say
Exclusive: Reintroducing tribunal fees would be ‘a gift for bad bosses’, says TUC chief Paul Nowak
Selfridges blames slump in tourists shopping for luxury goods as sales fall
Losses narrow to nearly £16m for 48 weeks to 4 January 2025 but group has not made pre-tax profit since 2019
Big pharma is at war with the UK, and the government can’t back down now
The industry has always wanted the NHS to pay more for its drugs; now it is pulling research and investment out of Britain, says director of Global Justice Now Nick Dearden
‘Decency or division’: Britain faces era-defining choice, Keir Starmer warns
Prime minister lambasts Nigel Farage and the politics of Reform in combative Labour conference speech