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Germany nationalises biggest gas importer as Truss refuses to implement windfall tax
The deal with Uniper builds on a rescue package agreed in July and features a capital increase of eight billion euros, financed by the government.
Union’s rallying cry to Bank of England over banker bonuses as workers told to show wage restraint
The cap, introduced in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, limits annual pay-outs to twice a banker’s salary.
Royal staff told their jobs could be affected following Queen’s death
Last week it was disclosed that up to 100 employees at the King’s former official residence, Clarence House, had been notified that they could lose their jobs.
Brexit: Daily Express front page about US trade deal comes back to haunt them
"Question to all Brexiters out there. Why do you still believe the lies?", wrote one person in response to the newspaper's headline.
Director of This England opens up on what he thinks Johnson will make of his portrayal
The series will follow the former prime minister during the first weeks of the pandemic response and will air on Sky Atlantic.
Truss’s talks with Macron didn’t address two of the huge elephants in the room
The pair held their first bilateral meeting at the fringes of the United Nations summit in New York after Ms Truss caused controversy by failing to say whether the ally was “friend or foe”.
Biden slams ‘trickle-down economics’ as Truss plans to lift bankers’ bonus cap
In a message on Twitter, Mr Biden said: “I am sick and tired of trickle-down economics. It has never worked.
Prime Minister Liz Truss admits not all her policies will be ‘popular’
She was pressed on whether her Government is on the right side as she also refuses to impose a windfall tax on energy giants to fund measures to prevent energy bills soaring further.