A 27-year-old transport planner has won the £250,000 Wolfson Economics Prize for a plan to improve Britain’s roads. Gergely Raccuja … More

Men from poor backgrounds are twice as likely to be single in their early 40s than those from rich families, … More

Does selling up mean selling out? Trendy independent firms can face a customer backlash when their founders sell to a … More

Facebook is launching an educational tool as part of measures it is taking to counter fake news.

Members of the British public are getting their first extended trial of a driverless shuttle bus.

To say that Sears is a household name in US retail is an understatement. But the firm has recently found itself … More

News that the UK’s best known chocolate brand, Cadbury, is abandoning its Fairtrade certification has caused some concern in the … More

Samsung, Oracle and Netflix are among the least green of the global tech firms, a Greenpeace report has claimed.

Ex-Goldman Sachs banker Steven Mnuchin has vowed a tax overhaul not seen in decades to boost the US economy.

Average wages for self-employed workers are lower than in 1994-95, researchers say. The Resolution Foundation said that while the UK’s … More