An investigation has been launched into "whistleblower allegations" about the practices of some "labour suppliers" to the company building the embattled HS2 rail line.
House builders will be forced to commit to delivery time frames to get planning permission under new government rules - and those who leave sites unfinished could lose their land to local authorities.
Donald Trump says he will delay the imposition of 50% tariffs on goods entering the US from the EU until July, as the two sides attempt to negotiate a trade deal.
The owners of the AA, Britain's biggest breakdown recovery service, are lining up bankers to steer a path towards a sale or stock market listing next year which could value the company at well over £4bn.
President Trump's Friday flurry of pronouncements marks the return of negotiation by smartphone and may trigger another period of profound uncertainty for international trade and financial markets.
The British-born newspaper-owner whose takeover of The Daily Telegraph appears to have been thwarted by a £500m deal with RedBird Capital Partners has called on the title's stakeholders to rally behind his bid instead.
Donald Trump has threatened to impose a 50% tariff on the EU, starting from next month, after saying that trade talks with Brussels were "going nowhere".
British taxpayers are set to swallow a loss of just over £10bn on the 2008 rescue of Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) as the government prepares to confirm that it has offloaded its last-remaining shares in the lender as soon as next week.
The investment firm which has agreed to buy WH Smith's high street operations has been eliminated from the auction of Poundland, the struggling discounter.
The latest energy price cap announcement brings a welcome if modest reduction in prices for 22 million consumers, and valuable context to the politically corrosive debate over the Winter Fuel Allowance.
