The persistent spread of Covid and resulting stay-home orders — primarily in Shanghai — forced factories to close or operate at limited capacity in April. Pictured here on May 12...
Traders on the floor of the NYSE, May 6, 2022.Source: NYSEStock futures were higher Sunday evening after a week of steep losses that ended on a high note, and ahead...
A food bank charity has called for the energy watchdog to intervene after a spate of reports of penniless families self-disconnecting from their gas and electricity, leaving them unable to...
The cost of living could be the next frontline for scammers, the head of the UK’s specialist police unit for fraud has warned, with criminals using the crisis as a...
As tokenistic and implausible policies go, it’s hard to beat the concept of “street votes”, flagged up in last week’s Queen’s speech in order to “fix the country’s housing problems”,...
Boris Johnson’s Queen’s speech was largely empty of substance. So thank goodness for the housing and planning secretary, Michael Gove. In his contribution he never spoke truer words, at least...
Boris Johnson refused to rule out a windfall tax on Thursday as the clamour for a one-off levy grows. Supporters of a tax on energy giants’ profits argue the funds...
Energy bills rose in April, and this week there have been more warnings of what could be on the cards later in the year: on Monday the head of Scottish...
The “out of touch” award this week goes to Lee Anderson, a Conservative MP who claimed in the Commons that there isn’t a massive need for food banks in the...
When P&O sacked 800 of its workers with the intention of replacing them with agency staff, including foreign workers allegedly paid less than minimum wage, it sparked an outcry. As...