HS2 reset to punch £33bn black hole in Britain’s public finances
The Treasury faces the unenviable task of plugging a shortfall of up to £33bn after ministers conceded that the latest reset of HS2 has driven...
Meta to axe 8,000 jobs as Zuckerberg doubles down on AI race
Facebook’s parent company has begun notifying staff worldwide that they are out of a job, with engineers and product teams bearing the brunt of a...
Private sector workers face worst real pay squeeze since 2022 as oil-driven inflation bites
Britain’s private sector workforce is staring down its sharpest squeeze on real take-home pay since the cost-of-living crisis of 2022, as a fresh burst of...
Youth jobs in retreat: IFS warns Britain is sliding back to Covid-era lows
Britain’s young workers are quietly slipping out of the labour market at a pace not seen since the pandemic, and economists at the Institute for...
Samsung dodges global AI chip shock
The tech giant that dominates memory-chip production has temporarily averted a potentially devastating union strike Samsung Electronics has reached a last-minute tentative wage deal with...
The Auto Union Lucca Returns: Audi’s Beautiful Silver Arrow Makes History Again
The 1930s were motorsport’s wild west. Manufacturers chased speed records with relentless ambition, while drivers risked everything for fractions of a second. Now, more than...