Reeves serves up summer of savings with VAT cut on family days out
Rachel Reeves has rolled out a package of consumer-facing tax cuts in a bid to put more cash in family pockets and breathe life back...
Andrew trade envoy files: Queen ‘very keen’ ex-prince led UK plc abroad, Whitehall papers reveal
The late Queen Elizabeth II was “very keen” that her second son, then the Duke of York, take on a “prominent role in the promotion...
UK vending and automated retail sector hits £3.78bn as smart fridges and cashless tech outpace the wider economy
Britain’s vending, coffee services and automated retail industry has quietly become one of the most resilient and technologically progressive corners of the UK economy, generating...
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...