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May figure of £23.3bn underlines challenge facing Andy Burnham if he ends up as Labour leaderThe UK borrowed a higher-than-expected £23.3bn in May amid the economic fallout from the Iran war, underlin...
Liam Byrne, who chairs Commons business committee, says too many operators are still waiting for redressThe Japanese tech company at the centre of the Post Office IT scandal is facing calls from a par...
Labour mayor giving advisory roles to ex-Bank of England economist and others seen as attempt to reassure marketsMakerfield byelection – latest updatesThree economic heavyweights have been brought in...
Andrew Bailey says ‘inflationary pressure in pipeline’ despite US and Iran signing initial peace deal as interest rates kept on holdThe governor of the Bank of England has warned consumers to expect h...
PeopleCert had been planning to cut about 400 jobs in £22m savings drive at training body it bought last yearThe vocational training body City & Guilds has guaranteed that plans for mass compulsory re...
Findings of national survey comes as rail regulator reports record 1.83bn passenger journeys last yearFewer than half of rail commuters in Great Britain think their train fare is value for money, a na...
Explore the Guardian’s tracker to see which operators are nationalised and if services are improving under public ownershipThe majority of Great Britain’s major rail operators are now in public owners...
Generator’s shares rise as regulator finds no evidence of misleading statements about fuel’s sustainabilityThe City watchdog has closed an investigation into the owner of the Drax power plant after an...
Reform UK leader used private meeting at Bank of England to urge governor to drop plans for state-run cryptocurrencyNigel Farage has been trying to block a Bank of England cryptocurrency plan that cou...
Employers wary of hiring permanent staff but unemployment eased to 4.9% in the three months to AprilThe number of UK job vacancies fell to its lowest level for five years as businesses cut back on rec...
Exclusive: Ex-minister accuses Labour of ‘overcautiousness’ and says his proposal was cut from manifestoWes Streeting has said his plan to ban “private equity sharks” from the social care sector was r...
Strong sales of canned cocktails and Irn-Bru help retailer beat forecasts – and sunshine made people spendBusiness live – latest updatesThe weather will have more impact on grocery sales than home nat...
Exclusive: Economists find Brexit caused 12% depression in UK exports, most of which is due to leaving single marketBrexit has depressed UK exports to the EU by 12%, and rejoining the customs union wo...
Supply problems pose risk to health, with common painkillers, epilepsy medication and HRT affectedBritons are facing some of the “most severe” shortages of NHS medicines on record including common pai...
Private members’ bills to crack down on use of Slapps are likely to attract cross-party supportA coordinated push to protect whistleblowers, journalists and victims of sexual assault from being sued b...
Drive to appeal to wealthy Americans is part of pivot away from previously announced all-electric strategyJaguar Land Rover has said it will make more hybrid cars as part of an effort to focus on grow...
About 150 jobs have already been lost in Bolton as the retailer reports 145% rise in profits and hands £20m to shareholdersThe online electrical goods seller AO World has revealed it is outsourcing up...
Pamphlets from event featured projects in West Bank and East Jerusalem despite previous denials by organisersAn Israeli real estate event in north London appears to have advertised the sale of land in...
Impact of war on UK cost of living more muted than first forecast suggesting fuel price rises have failed to spill out more widely across UK plcUK inflation stays at 2.8% as slowing food prices offset...
May’s figure confounds forecasts of an increase to 3% as Bank of England prepares to set interest ratesAnalysis: benign data signals a softer hit than fearedUK inflation unexpectedly remained at 2.8%...