Business and Economics

Figures compiled by the FT show that dividends dished out by water companies hit £1.4 billion in the year to the end of March 2022.

A deal struck by Boris Johnson in Delhi could decimate the British rice milling industry, with the vast majority of jobs at risk in Leave-voting areas.

Officials have been accused of been "asleep at the wheel" as looming new rules covering electric vehicles approach.

"The North East wasn't as important for them as maybe other places in this country", Orral Nadjari said in an explosive interview.

Experts have warned that there is an "existential threat to the UK car industry" as manufacturers consider pulling out of the country.

The hotelier said he will be able to expand more quickly in Italy than he can in the UK.

"If we believe that WNI is a better measure than GDP, then this drop by more than 9 per cent within 7 years is worrisome."

Falling commodity prices mean the cost of some essentials is likely to come down, while energy bills are set to drop significantly from July.

The PM opened a new research institution on the same day the UK's largest software company moved out of the UK because of Brexit.