UK inflation falls to 2.6% in lift for Burnham’s cost of living plans
UK inflation dropped by more than expected in June to 2.6%, in a boost for Andy Burnham’s plans to reduce the cost of living.
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World’s largest meat company faces legal challenge over green credentials of $6bn global expansion
The world’s biggest meat company, JBS, faces a landmark legal challenge to disclose how its $6bn (£4.5bn) global expansion plan is compatible with responsibilities to the climate, nature and human rights.
Read more →‘Risking blackouts’? How Great Britain’s grid operator was dragged into a political row
In a control room in Wokingham, Berkshire, staff work around the clock, minute by minute, to align Great Britain’s fluctuating power supplies with its ever-changing demand.
Read more →Trump must divulge financial details about businesses in $10bn BBC lawsuit
Donald Trump must divulge detailed financial information from his many businesses as part of his $10bn defamation lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation, a federal judge ruled during a discovery hearing on…
Read more →Andy Burnham implores cabinet to examine ‘all possible ways’ to tackle cost of living crisis
As new prime minister briefs cabinet on ‘cost of living government’, critics ask where money will come from
Read more →France becomes first EU country to ban social media access for under-15s
France’s parliament has approved a bill banning social media access for children under 15, making it the first EU country to bar children from apps such as TikTok.
Read more →‘The explosion is what I remember’: man nearly sucked out of Ryanair plane recounts ordeal
It is the explosion just before he was nearly sucked out of the aircraft that Ljubisa Karović remembers. The thunderous noise of the window shattering that roused him from slumber in 11F, his window seat on the early mo…
Read more →Fiscal hawk or big spender – what kind of chancellor will John Healey be?
On the frequent occasions that John Healey would travel abroad as defence secretary, he was so determined to keep working he would get the crew to tether a desk to the inside of his military aircraft so he could read hi…
Read more →Airbus to test folding wings for next generation of bestselling planes
Such technology solves problem of longer, thinner, energy-saving wings not fitting in airports around the world
Read more →Houthis threaten to attack shipping tankers if they use Saudi Arabian ports on Red Sea
Warning to shipping companies, on top of Iran’s chokehold on strait of Hormuz, may severely affect Saudi oil exports
Read more →Where will Andy Burnham find the money to fund his spending pledges?
Andy Burnham has made lowering the cost of living his first major policy announcement in government, with an immediate tax cut to remove VAT on energy bills.
Read more →Ozempic maker Novo Nordisk sues US rival over ‘materially misleading’ ads
Ozempic maker Novo Nordisk said on Tuesday it is suing arch US rival Eli Lilly over “false and materially misleading” adverts for its competing weight-loss and anti-diabetes treatments.
Read more →Liverpool owner in talks to sell stake to QPR co-owner Amit Bhatia
Liverpool’s owner is in talks over selling a significant minority stake to a consortium led by the Queens Park Rangers co-owner Amit Bhatia and backed by his father-in-law Lakshmi Mittal, the billionaire Indian steel ma…
Read more →‘We were at their mercy’: inside the Amazon tactics that hiked prices across the internet
Internal emails revealed in court and interviews with ex-employees describe how Amazon’s practices drove up prices for competitors like Walmart and Target. Amazon denies price-fixing claims and says it works to lower co…
Read more →Spanish hotel chain ceases operations in Cuba under pressure from Washington
A Spanish hotel chain is to cease all operations in Cuba at the end of the week due to “major difficulties” in doing business on the island under growing pressure from Washington.
Read more →ECB appoints Boris Kisselevsky as Director General Secretariat
The Executive Board of the European Central Bank (ECB) has appointed Boris Kisselevsky, currently Head of the ECB Representative Office in the House of the Euro in Brussels, as Director General Secretariat. Mr Kisselevs…
Read more →How much money does the UK government borrow, and why does it matter?
To fill this gap it borrows money, but that has to be paid back - with interest.
Read more →Thames Water investors offer ‘golden share’ in bid to head off nationalisation
The group of investors pursuing a rescue bid for Thames Water have offered the government a “golden share” in a last-ditch attempt to convince Andy Burnham not to nationalise Britain’s biggest water company.
Read more →July 2026 euro area bank lending survey
According to the July 2026 bank lending survey (BLS), euro area banks reported a moderate net tightening of credit standards – banks’ internal guidelines or loan approval criteria – for loans or credit lines to enterpri…
Read more →UK government borrowing falls in June
The UK government borrowed slightly less than expected in June, according to official figures published as new prime minister Andy Burnham began setting out measures to cut living costs for households.
Read more →UK employers cut job vacancies as Burnham aims to lift living standards
Employers cut the number of job vacancies in May, according to official figures that highlight the UK’s “fragile” economic outlook amid the conflict in the Middle East.
Read more →Andy Burnham to cut VAT on electricity bills as first cost-of-living move
Electricity bills will be reduced by an average of £45 from October, after Andy Burnham announced the government would remove VAT from them.
Read more →UK military ‘eyes innovative electric flying taxi’ as 2029 launch planned
British flying taxi startup Vertical Aerospace has said the UK government has expressed interest in buying a military variant of its aircraft as it races to gain approval for flights with paying passengers.
Read more →Not enough water for UK’s datacentre plans, trade body says
Industry says government’s failure to address cooling demands means AI growth plans are ‘fatally flawed’
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