Pay rent, eat or keep warm? Growing numbers face hard choices as housing benefit gap grows
Wirral mother among renters turning to food banks as gap between a two-bed and housing benefit hits £158 a month – rising to as much as £324 in London
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Federal Reserve Board announces approval of application by BancFirst Corporation
The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced its approval of the application by BancFirst Corporation, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to acquire and merge with Spirit BankCorp, Inc., of Bristow, Oklahoma, and thereby ind…
Fed’s Perli says Treasury bill purchases will adapt to evolving market conditions
The Federal Reserve’s monetary policy control toolkit continues to be very effective, Roberto Perli, a New York Fed official responsible for implementing short-term interest rate policy for the central bank, said on…
SEC Censures OTC Link LLC for Repeated Compliance Failures Related to Regulation SCI
Washington, D.C.--(Newsfile Corp. - September 22, 2026) - The Securities and Exchange Commission today censured New York-based broker dealer OTC Link LLC and ordered it to pay a $575,000 civil penalty for longstanding v…
EU removes two oligarchs from Russia sanctions list as deadline looms
Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman delisted in what Ireland’s EU presidency calls ‘a difficult compromise’ for the bloc
European drugmakers say they are ‘losing ground’ to US and Chinese rivals
Some of continent’s biggest pharma firms write to national leaders calling for action to safeguard their futures
Bessent emerges as frontrunner for Trump’s "AI czar" role - report
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has emerged as the leading candidate to serve as the Trump administration's "AI czar," a newly created position to coordinate artificial intelligence policy across the federal government…
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British banks warned not to invest in planned Israeli settlement before UK trade ban begins
British banks and financial institutions are receiving written warnings from MPs that they should not invest in Israel’s E1 settlement project even though new UK laws banning trade with illegal settlements are unlikely …
Jim Ratcliffe halts production at Hull chemical plants over ‘ridiculous’ gas prices
Billionaire industrialist Sir Jim Ratcliffe is pausing production at three chemical plants in Hull, blaming the UK’s “ridiculously high” gas prices.
EU spends three times more on imports from China than bloc exports there
Consumers and businesses in the EU are spending three times more on Chinese imports than their counterparts in China are buying from the bloc, a study has shown.
High-mileage electric cars are more reliable than petrol ones, study finds
Motorists buying a secondhand car with a lot of miles on the clock are likely to find an electric vehicle (EV) ultimately more reliable than a petrol vehicle, according to a study.
OpenAI’s George Osborne says datacentre nimbys holding back Britain
Former chancellor, now senior figure at OpenAI, says UK needs datacentres to maintain ‘sovereignty’ over AI tech
UK borrows £18bn in August, putting pressure on Healey before budget
The UK government borrowed a higher-than-expected £18.3bn last month, increasing the pressure on John Healey as he attempts to calm jittery bond markets before next month’s budget.
Deutsche Bank shifts to two BoE rate hikes. Here’s why
Markets spent Thursday digesting the fallout from Wednesday's Federal Reserve rate hike, with Goldman Sachs among the first to revise its outlook, moving up its call for the next increase to the October 27 to 28 meeting…
Fancy a pint … at Lidl? The bizarre battle over Northern Ireland’s stifled nightlife
The country’s licensing laws mean the supermarket has opened a pub so it can sell alcohol, while campaigners are fighting to help other venues open and get people dancing
Debt advice warning: spot the red flags
Free debt advice is available to everyone. However, the FCA is concerned that some consumers are being steered towards fee-paying debt solutions that may not be suitable for their needs, sometimes through high pressure …
Philip R. Lane: Interview with Le Temps
Essentially, we experienced an initial wave of energy price increases in March and April this year, and then some optimism after the United States and Iran signed the Memorandum of Understanding on 17 June to bring the …
Borrowing surge puts pressure on chancellor ahead of Budget
The government borrowed more than expected in August, as persistently higher inflation pushed up overall spending.
Halt super-intelligent AI with non-proliferation treaty, Ed Davey to say
Ed Davey is to call for a global nuclear-style non-proliferation treaty to halt the development of super-intelligent AI when he makes his keynote speech at the Liberal Democrat conference, accusing Andy Burnham of relyi…
Black Tesla employees accuse company of fostering racial discrimination in major trial
Lawyers say Black employees at Tesla experienced ‘rampant racism’ that was left unchecked for years at their flagship factory in California
‘Half my day’s pay goes to filling up my car now’: diesel crisis ripples across Britain
The smoke rising from the Kapotnya oil refinery to the south-east of Moscow marks one of Ukraine’s biggest air raids on the Russian capital since the start of the war, and the latest salvo in an energy crisis that threa…
Stop relying on chatbots for customer care, UK service providers urged
Stop relying on AI chatbots for customer care and guarantee the “right to talk to a human”, Citizens Advice has urged essential service providers, as research found they wasted time, caused stress and delayed problem so…
Airlines urge action after UK flights delayed and cancelled again
Nats says fault at Prestwick has been ‘fixed’ after airports in Scotland, northern England and Northern Ireland are hit