Donald Trump to impose 50% tariff on most Canadian goods, White House says
Turmoil likely as Trump officials say Canada unfairly discriminated against US autos, alcohol and dairy products
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Healey made chancellor, Miliband named foreign secretary and Yvette Cooper becomes health secretary as Burnham picks cabinet – UK politics live
Burnham’s team were clear they want an experienced figure to deliver his vision for UK economy - combining fiscal responsibility with focus on re-industrialisation, devolution, cost of living crisis and driving growth.
Read more →Judge orders pause on Paramount-Warner merger after challenge from 12 states
A federal judge on Monday ordered Paramount and Warner Bros Discovery to halt their $81bn merger for at least two weeks, allowing states that are challenging the deal more time to see their case through in court.
Read more →‘My shirt was wringing’: National Express bus drivers speak out on 40C conditions
Bus drivers in the West Midlands have spoken out about the “horrendous” working conditions they have experienced during heatwaves, which led to 40C temperatures in their cabs.
Read more →European gas prices surge amid fears US-Iran war will cause winter shortages
European gas prices have hit a four-month high as the escalation of the conflict in the Middle East raises fears of supply shortages this winter.
Read more →Burnham promises help with your money. How could it affect you?
In his first speech as prime minister, Andy Burnham has promised to give people more "breathing space" to help with the cost of living.
Read more →AliExpress fined record €550m by EU for failing to stop sale of illegal and fake goods
AliExpress, the Chinese online retail platform, has been fined a record €550m (£470m) by the EU over its failure to stop illegal goods including harmful clothing, cosmetics and kitchen gadgets being sold through its sit…
Read more →Ryanair says its planes are safe after passenger nearly sucked out of window
Airline says it has been in touch with family of man nearly sucked out mid-flight and reports strong summer bookings after profits slump
Read more →How Elephant and Castle risks becoming London’s gentrification ‘patient zero’
Diana Sach once employed more than 30 people and catered for hundreds more every day from her Latin American restaurant and delicatessen, famous for its Peruvian empanadas, in south London’s Elephant and Castle district.
Read more →Prosper Capital LLP enters creditors’ voluntary liquidation
On 1 June 2026, Prosper Capital LLP (Prosper) went into creditors’ voluntary liquidation. Jeremy Karr and Simon Killick of BTG Begbies Traynor (Central) LLP were appointed as joint liquidators.
Read more →PRA fines HDI Global SE £4,165,000 for inaccurate reporting of FSCS Liabilities and FSCS Fee Tariff data
The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has imposed a financial penalty of £4,165,000 on HDI Global SE in connection with the submission of incorrect data to the PRA.
Read more →Jeff Bezos and UK government invest in £2bn British startup CuspAI
Amazon’s founder, Jeff Bezos, and the UK government have invested in a £2bn British artificial intelligence startup that is aiming to become the “search engine for rare materials” that accelerates the next wave of techn…
Read more →Survey on the Access to Finance of Enterprises: lending conditions tightened
In the most recent round of the Survey on the Access to Finance of Enterprises (SAFE), covering the second quarter of 2026, euro area firms reported a strong net increase in interest rates on bank loans (net 42%, compar…
Read more →Retired UK civil servants failed by pension outsourcing, government says
Retired civil servants have been failed by the decision to outsource their pension scheme, the government has admitted, and the maladministration meant some were left waiting up to a year for payments.
Read more →Pay gap widens as UK bosses get 130 times average worker’s salary
The bosses of Britain’s largest listed companies received record pay last year, fuelling the widest earnings gap with workers in eight years.
Read more →Fossil fuels, utilities and housing: what we know about Andy Burnham’s plans
Burnham has pledged to take more public control of key utilities such as water, a move that appears likely to begin with Britain’s largest water company, Thames Water.
Read more →Thames Water creditors seek talks with Burnham as nationalisation looms
The group of investors pursuing a rescue bid for Thames Water have said they are willing to discuss greater public control but are also preparing for a potential multi-billion pound legal battle amid reports that Andy B…
Read more →Are money and soft power draining World Cup football of its magic? | Richard Partington
It’s almost all over. No more hydration breaks, no more obligatory pans of the TV cameras to Hollywood A-listers, or dread of the crushing inevitability of English disappointment. The Fifa World Cup 2026 is at an end, a…
Read more →After fixing its engine problems, Rolls-Royce is turning to its next big challenge
In a 100-year-old hangar at Rolls-Royce’s factory in Derby, aircraft engines lie on their noses as technicians strip them down after a couple of years circling the world.
Read more →Molten salt and human sweat: the weird batteries that could store renewable energy
In the deserts of the United Arab Emirates a sprawling clean energy project , stretching across an area roughly the size of 12,600 football fields, will play host to a breakthrough allowing solar energy to power the equ…
Read more →Restoring Britain’s health to 2014 levels could add 2% to GDP, thinktank says
Restoring the deteriorating health of the UK’s population to the level of 2014 would boost GDP by 2% and generate a £72bn dividend for the public finances, research suggests.
Read more →Fifa gives fraud ‘an open door’ with betting, says Council of Europe chief
Fifa has been accused of providing an “open door to fraud” and allowing political influence to cast doubt on the integrity of the World Cup in a stinging rebuke by the Council of Europe’s secretary general.
Read more →Here be dragons: does moving power to the north work?
When the BBC first announced its intention to move a significant chunk of its operation to Salford in Greater Manchester – the “ Out of London ” plan, as the then director general Mark Thompson called it in 2004, with a…
Read more →‘Good growth in every postcode’: Burnham’s economic to-do list in seven charts
Andy Burnham becomes prime minister as Britain contends with a series of global economic shocks and years of weak growth in living standards, fuelled by underinvestment and deep regional divisions.
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