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The big Formula 1 news of last weekend was the demotion of Liam Lawson from Red Bull to junior sister team Racing Bulls. His former teammate Yuki Tsunoda has been…

Millions of workers will receive a pay rise on April 1 when the statutory minimum rates increase in a move unions believe will help boost economic growth. The government said…

London markets have suffered a torrid couple of years, but could fintech help turn the tide? Swedish fintech Klarna marked the latest snub to the City after it announced it…

Rachel Reeves’s good intentions mean nothing against rising inflation, meagre growth and falling employment, writes shadow secretary of state for work and pensions Helen Whately One thing that I don’t…

Wobbly growth is the opposite of what Rachel Reeves would have hoped for in her first six months as Chancellor.  While the headline figure on Friday morning said the UK…

It’s a question that has been puzzling economists for months. The worst of the cost-of-living crisis is, for most households, moving further into their rear-view mirror. The Bank of England’s…

Historically, economic progress has been driven by seismic shifts in how we value things. From the agrarian economies that once sustained early civilisations, to the industrial revolutions that mechanised production…

What links Elon Musk with Manchester City and one of China’s biggest crypto tycoons? The answer is an English fitness tech company which counts British tennis star Cameron Norrie among…

Elon Musk has sold social media site X to his own xAI artificial intelligence company in a $33bn (£25.5bn) all-stock deal, the billionaire announced. Both companies are privately held, which means they…

A rail union is to hold a series of protests highlighting claims of staff shortages at ticket offices. The Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT ) said there was understaffing…