Business and Economics

The Reform Party reckons it has found a £140 billion magic money tree- but even if that's true, it still doesn't even touch the cost of leaving the EU.

Sir Keir Starmer’s party is focusing on the economy this week as it rides high in the polls.

The PM is believed to have profited to the tune of £5 million as partner in a hedge fund at the heart of the 2008 RBS crash.

Drivers called for better pay outside the annual general meeting in central London on Thursday.

Severn Trent was responsible for more than 60,000 sewage spills last year, up about a third on 2022.

Peter Hebblethwaite also admitted earning £508,000 last year including bonuses.

The shadow chancellor is set to draw battle lines over the economy ahead of the election.

"This is a large transfer of assets from the UK to global funds, which reinforces the inexorable trend of outflows from the UK."

The influential S&P Global/CIPS UK manufacturing PMI survey dropped to 49.1 in April, having hit a 20-month high of 50.3 in the previous month.