IFS: budget will be ‘work of fiction’ without clear plan to cover UK spending pressures
Thinktank’s influential pre-budget report urges key decisions to be made now and not put off until next yearJohn Healey has been warned by Britain’s l...
U.S. to detail new economic pressures on Iran. And, Canada to impose tariffs on U.S.
Today, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is set to announce details on new economic pressures on Iran. And, Canada has vowed to impose retaliatory tari...
Sales of trainers dive as cost of living pressures hit JD Sports performance
Inflation deterring shoppers from spending, especially in the US, says sportswear fashion chain Sports fashion retailer JD has slashed its profit fore...
Trump-Netanyahu rift widens as election pressures pull them in opposite directions
While the Israeli leader touts a willingness to defy the U.S. on Gaza, the president needs to show progress in the foreign entanglements weighing on h...
C.I.A. Sets Up Secret Cuba Task Force as Trump Pressures Havana
The task force will allow the spy agency to quickly direct more financial, human and technical resources at the island, with the goal of creating fiss...
NHS must prepare for annual summer heat pressures, says Yvette Cooper
Health secretary says global heating means UK hospitals and GPs will have to prepare for summer as well as winter peaks of demandAdapting to global he...
Microsoft pressures LG into killing unwanted McAfee ads
Microsoft has intervened to stop Windows 11 users with LG monitors from being bombarded with annoying McAfee trial pop-ups. In response to complaints ...
First the £10 pint, now the £6.50 flat white: coffee industry faces inflationary pressures
From harvests dampened by El Niño to wage and tax rises, getting coffee beans from crop to cup costs more than everDrinkers across the UK were shocked...
Burnham promises to ease cost of living pressures if he becomes prime minister
Makerfield MP said he would consider reducing business rates as part of a package that could also include freeze on private rentsAndy Burnham promised...
US cooking oil market shrinking due to Ice pressures on Latino households, Mazola owner says
Economic squeeze and anti-immigration raids have hit Hispanic communities, prompting people to shop online and reuse oilBusiness live – latest updates...
Public transport fee relief and car rego cut by $100 in NSW budget targeting cost-of-living pressures
Australia’s most populous state forecast to plunge into worse-than-expected $2.3bn deficit in 2026-27, before rebounding to a $1.1bn surplus following...
Bank of Japan raises interest rates to 31-year high amid Iran war inflation pressures
Country follows ECB in increasing borrowing costs, but US Fed and Bank of England expected to hold ratesBusiness live – latest updatesThe Bank of Japa...
Mass Layoffs in Iran as Businesses Buckle Under Wartime Pressures
Iran was already struggling economically before 2026 brought widespread instability. A government-imposed internet shutdown has crippled an entire sec...
DoJ pressures group to drop lawsuit against Trump’s ballroom after gala shooting
Trump officials use incident at correspondents’ dinner to pitch case for $400m project, arguing it will be ‘safe space’US politics live – latest upda...
