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MPs will tell ‘dad jokes’ in parliament to highlight ‘real joke’ of UK paternity leave, which is a class issueToe-curlingly bad jokes (“I’m reading a book about anti-gravity, it’s impossible...

Consumer confidence has tumbled amid rampant speculation about what the chancellor will announce in the budget, figures show.

Jensen Huang opens earnings call with attempt to dispel concerns after his $5tn firm beat Wall Street expectationsGlobal share markets rose after Nvidia posted third-quarter earnings that beat Wall Street...

The activity of a Russian spy ship in the North Sea leads several front pages on Thursday.

The Covid inquiry is set to publish its second set of findings looking in detail at the huge political decisions that had to be made in 2020.

Continued funding squeeze and volatile student enrolment will continue to hit finances, regulator warns

Ford's UK boss says it is "not the right time" to tax electric vehicles when demand has already stalled.

RSPCA says pet abandonments in England and Wales rose by almost 25% in 2025 compared with 2024There is an “epidemic” of dogs, cats and other pets being abandoned as owners...

The home secretary told MPs on Monday around 700 Albanian families were "living in taxpayer-funded accommodation having failed their asylum claims".

Insurance marketplace calls in lawyers to probe potential failings days after collapse of John Neal’s appointment to AIG

Samantha Niblett highlighted government’s multi-billion-pound deals with Microsoft and ‘getting locked in’Microsoft has “ripped off the NHS”, it was alleged in parliament on Wednesday, as MPs called on ministers to...

Lords say culture department has mishandled process and suggest CMA or Cabinet Office oversee new auctionThe government has been urged to take control of the sale of the Telegraph through...

Usually raucous backbenchers snoozed through the session as Keir and Kemi’s exchanges descended into a slanging matchIt’s like watching dead men walking. Or, to be accurate, a dead man and...

Organisers claimed proposed ban on reselling tickets for more than face value would dent investment in facilitiesBusiness live – latest updatesWimbledon will be given an exemption from the clampdown on...

Online grocer had a deal with Kroger to build 20 customer fulfilment centres but three of the sites are to closeThe value of online grocer Ocado has fallen sharply after...

Under-sixteens will be banned from major social media plaforms from 10 December.

One reader reveals that a man she trusted to make investments for her in bitcoin vanished with her money, in response to an article on romance scamsRe your article (‘I...

Government has officially announced ban on reselling for profit, described by minister as ‘no-brainer’Last May, in a dimly lit basement beneath London’s South Bank, the UK’s most prolific ticket touts...

Proposed legal case understood to allege that app has breached data protection law varying driver pay ratesUber has been hit with legal demands to stop using its artificial intelligence driven...

Starbucks union threatens to expand campaign as politicians like Zohran Mamdani back striking workersUnionized Starbucks workers are threatening to expand a US strike against the world’s biggest coffee chain into...

The Conservative leader says the government floated the idea of increasing income tax rates only to "U-turn".

Company slashes profit outlook as it takes hit from blunder in North American division Business live – latest updatesWH Smith’s chief executive has stepped down with immediate effect after a...

Newly released Epstein documents drag the ex-treasury secretary into deeper scrutiny as Harvard widens its reviewHarvard is set to launch a new investigation into its former university president and Bill...

Drop in October’s annual rate raises hopes of interest rate cut after Rachel Reeves’s tax and spending statementFall looks like turning point that heralds interest rate cutBusiness live – latest...

The interest rate set by the Bank of England affects mortgage, loan and savings rates for millions.

Dutch government’s move pauses dispute that threatened car production around the worldNexperia row shows how China is weaponising EU relationshipBusiness live – latest updatesThe Netherlands has suspended its seizure of...

UK Inflation has fallen from record highs but remains above the Bank of England's 2% target.

As temperatures fall across much of the UK, how should you heat your home and keep yourself safe?

Britain's second-biggest retail investment platform has dealt a fresh blow to Rachel Reeves's hopes of stimulating a stock market splurge by pulling out of a government-backed marketing campaign.

The boss of WH Smith has resigned with immediate effect after an accounting failure prompted the retailer to slash its profit forecasts.

Inflation has fallen, but households are still feeling squeezed.

A small business financing platform co-founded by a Goldman Sachs alumnus will this week unveil an $80m (£61m) funding boost as it seeks to expand its international presence.

Rachel Reeves hints there will be budget measures to push down prices and Bank of England is likely to actUK inflation eases to 3.6% before crunch budgetBusiness live – latest...

From turning down thermostats to make savings to installing reflectors to push warmth back into your home“When it comes to staying warm and saving energy, small changes can make a...

Two wealthy businessmen say the chancellor should make them pay more ahead of the Budget.

The Neoliner Origin set off on its inaugural two-week voyage from France to the US with the aim of revolutionising the notoriously dirty shipping industryIt is 8pm on a Saturday...

Homeowners facing repossession homelessness doubles in three years, BBC investigation finds.

Shares in the firm behind the highly-addictive children's song rose by more than 9% in their stock market debut.

The decision allows Instagram's parent company to avoid the prospect of the company breaking up

Lords look ‘undemocratic and firmly against interest of working people’, say senior trade union and Labour figuresDozens of hereditary peers – including the Duke of Wellington, landed aristocrats and millionaire...

Delivery company struggling to convince US chain Kroger, its most important customer, of the virtues of automationThat’s quite a stock market journey: from 180p at listing 15 years ago to...

The bitcoin collapse lifts the lid on a society without opportunity, where risk is privatised and rightwingers sell illusions of freedom while ordinary punters bear lossesThe crypto crash has come...

US oil firm blames UK government policy and supply costs for closure of site near CowdenbeathExxonMobil is to close a chemicals plant in Scotland that employs hundreds of workers within...

Customers will see a significant increase in the amount of money protected if their bank collapses.

In an exclusive BBC interview, Sundar Pichai hailed artificial intelligence as an "extraordinary moment" but said no company would be immune if bubble burst.

Cap on dual-fuel bills forecast to decrease by £22 to the equivalent of £1,733 a year for a typical householdBusiness live – latest updatesBritish households will have a brief reprieve...

HM Revenue & Customs Tax office apologised after an error in its checks led to payments being stopped.

A new generation of younger workers are being derided as delusional and unreliable, just as millennials wereGen Z is undisciplined, apparently; entitled, some critics claim; and purportedly hates work. One...

From mobiles to insurance and subscriptions, firms are able to exploit the fact they know more than customersEver felt swizzed by the small print in your mobile contract, bamboozled by...

The White House has made it a top priority to return the rare-earth industry to US shores. But is it really feasible?Scott Bessent, the US treasury secretary, returned from South...

Tales of dwindling savings, frozen retirement pots and stringent frugality to put something aside for the futureAndrew, a writer in his mid-30s from Essex, would be considered middle class by...

Are credit cards 'bad' and debit cards 'good'? Martin Lewis explains why it's not that simple.

Find a penny, pick it up, then what? Now the US has stopped making pennies, a shortage has emerged and created confusion.

Plastic recycling plants in Europe are being shut as they struggle to find a business model

South African firms that do remote work for North American and European businesses growing strongly.