Trees, decorations and gifts such as sheep jumpers and bunny-shaped trinkets are a distraction from the gloomEaster is nearly here, but it’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas as Britons decorate trees, buy pricey gifts and pull crackers.High street stores are decked with wreaths, baubles and […]

S&P 500 and Dow Jones rise sharply after extraordinarily volatile week as experts warn of continued turbulenceDonald Trump insisted his trade war with much of the world was “doing really well” despite mounting fears of recession and as Beijing hit back and again hiked tariffs on US exports […]

Parliament recalled on Saturday for emergency vote to pass bill taking assets into public controlAnalysis: Government scrambles to save British Steel as firm faces crisis within crisisParliament recalled to debate emergency law on British Steel – live updatesKeir Starmer is stepping in to seize […]

Union leaders have welcomed moves towards public ownership but it is not an auspicious environment for nationalisationParliament recalled to debate emergency law on British Steel – live updatesBlast furnaces have been making steel in Britain for 300 years, ever since they helped start the […]

Facial recognition and a ‘journey pass’ stored on passengers’ phones are part of UN-backed plans to digitise air transportThe days of fumbling around for your boarding pass or frantically checking in for a flight on the way to the airport could soon be over under imminent plans to overhaul […]

The reason the US president had to back down on tariffs once investors started dumping treasury bondsDonald Trump’s tariff war has spooked stock markets and heightened fears of a recession in the US and Europe. But neither factor appears to have been what motivated the president’s sudden […]

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The US president adores the attention, but while leaders struggle to mitigate the damage he causes, other emergencies are getting worseWe’re all having to master a vocabulary that was once the preserve of specialists. Now everyone needs to know their tariffs from their treasuries, their levies […]

Elizabeth Warren and other senators urge SEC to look into whether president engaged in market manipulationSeveral senior Senate Democrats have written a letter asking the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to investigate whether Donald Trump violated securities laws and engaged in insider […]

Move by Danish toymaker appears to reflect US pressure on inclusivity initiatives worldwideLego has cut diversity terminology from its annual sustainability report despite trumpeting the recent addition of “diverse” characters to make its toys more “inclusive”.Most recently the world’s […]

The Guardian speaks to Manna Aero founder and orders coffee via startup’s app to be delivered to a suburban homeOne drone lifts up into the sky at a shopping centre on the outskirts of Dublin, then another. They rise to 70ft (21 metres), tilt forward and zip away in different directions, each […]

US is not set up to supply mobile phones and would cost estimated $30bn to move just 10% of chain from ChinaThe AI-generated video of tired-looking Americans making mobile phones, which circulated widely on social media this week, was a pointed vision of a post-tariff world. But Donald Trump wants […]

Carmaker removes ‘order now’ buttons for Model S saloon and Model X SUV on its Chinese website amid tariffs warBusiness live – latest updatesTesla has stopped taking orders in China for two models it previously imported from the US, as companies scramble to adapt to prohibitive tariffs […]

Fashion’s ugly shoe trend goes from strength to strength with high-heeled sandals to retail at £625With Birkenstocks and Crocs now ubiquitous, fashion’s ugly shoe trend was in danger of losing its shock factor. So the arrival of Balenciaga’s collaboration with the orthopaedic brand Scholl […]

In a second term of fiat, flubbing and flip–flopping, Trump pursued his desire to wield a club over everyone and everythingBy imposing punitively high tariffs, Donald Trump was playing a high-stakes game of chicken with the US’s trading partners – but it was Trump who chickened out and […]

February GDP rise was bigger than forecast – but impact from Donald Trump’s tariff war is yet to comeAnalysis: GDP jump offers Reeves some light as UK enters tariff tunnelBusiness live – latest updatesThe UK economy grew by a faster-than-expected 0.5% in February, official figures showed, in […]

Growth defied forecasts that chancellor had hobbled economy, but trade war casts long shadowUK economy far exceeds forecasts to grow 0.5%Business live – latest updatesEarlier this year Rachel Reeves was being written off for having jeopardised Britain’s economy. The chancellor’s tax-raising […]

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After doubling down on his promise not to pause his latest tariffs, Donald Trump has announced a 90-day pause for most countries except China. Why did he change his mind?Jonathan Freedland speaks to James Bennet of the Economist about who might have forced the president’s hand, and what could […]

More than 1,700lbs of the butter recalled due to product being ‘contaminated with elevated levels of coliform’A recall has been issued for Cabot Creamery butter in seven US states as the product was found to be contaminated with a bacteria commonly found in fecal matter.More than 1,700lbs of […]

Bank is largest UK lender to cut rates in apparent response to turbulence, and experts predict others will followBarclays has become the largest UK lender so far to cut its mortgage rates in apparent response to the financial turmoil sparked by the US trade tariffs, with some deals now priced at […]

AA says ‘cash-guzzling’ councils are adding clean-air levies to parking tariffs and resident parking permitsDrivers are being caught out by hefty price rises to park their cars, as councils across England impose parking surcharges on petrol and diesel vehicles.An estimated one in five councils […]

We’d like to hear from people in the UK who moved to the countryside or coast during the pandemic and have now moved back to the city – or are planning toData analysis from the property website Rightmove has found that London is once again the most searched-for location on the website, and the […]

Supplier finally confirmed there had been error during IT upgrade but prepay meter saga did not end thereWhile studying in Glasgow, my daughter lived in a rented flat with a prepayment electricity meter. Shortly after she moved out in the summer of 2022 she was contacted by ScottishPower about a […]

Fewer people want to escape from cities – and homes by the sea have lost some of their lustre, says RightmoveBack in the early months of Covid lockdowns, all the talk in property circles was of would-be housebuyers plotting a move to coastal and rural areas as city dwellers prioritised a bigger […]

Regulator rejects claim by presenters that most events on the resale site had tickets selling at below face valueGeorge Osborne and Ed Balls read out a “misleading” advert for the controversial ticket resale website Viagogo during an episode of their podcast, the advertising regulator has […]