Auditing giant KPMG has been handed a record fine over “exceptional” failures in its accounting work for Carillion, the construction … More

The International Monetary Fund has rejected government suggestions that its latest assessment of the UK economy is too gloomy. The … More

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has again refused to say if the Birmingham to Manchester leg of HS2 will be axed. … More

Firms have told the BBC they were not aware of a ban in England on single-use plastic cutlery, plates and … More

In a surprise move, UK interest rates have been left unchanged after the Bank of England said price rises were … More

Regulated train fares in England will again rise below the rate of inflation next year, the government has said. The … More

Elon Musk “isn’t serious” about holding a cage fight and “it’s time to move on”, Mark Zuckerberg has said. In … More

The UK economy has barely grown since 2019 before the pandemic, with one economist describing it as “listless”. It shrank … More

Bank bosses have been summoned by the UK’s financial watchdog over concerns interest rates on savings are too low. Higher … More