Business & Finance

As hundreds lie dead following the latest tragedy to beset a Boeing passenger plane, it is too early to determine blame.

The FTSE 100 has secured a new record closing high after riding out a US trade war-linked slump.

The UK economy shrank more than expected in April as the worst of President Trump's tariffs hit.

Thousands of jobs are at risk after discount high street chain Poundland was sold - with dozens of shops expected to shut.

Rachel Reeves is a "gnat's whisker" away from having to raise taxes in the autumn budget, a leading economist has warned - despite the chancellor insisting her plans are "fully funded".

The billionaire who has bankrolled DAZN, the sports-streaming service, is being courted to take a stake in The Daily Telegraph alongside the newspaper's new American majority-owners.

China will "always honour its commitments" when it comes to negotiating trade disagreements with the US, according to a spokesperson for the Chinese government.

A prominent activist investment firm has begun building a stake in WH Smith, the travel retailer, weeks after it sold off its historic high street arm.

Rachel Reeves has set out her spending review in the House of Commons.  

It was billed as a massive moment in British economic policymaking - a juncture where the Labour government would turn its economic philosophy into a fiscal reality, running its finger down every line of public spending and overhauling the machinery of government for years to come.