HM Revenue & Customs reported £1.2bn in bank surcharge receipts in the 2025-26 tax year, a rise of one-fifth compared with the year before. Bank levy receipts rose to £1.4bn, an increase of 9 per cent ...

Intelligence service cites ‘low but growing risk’ of troop movement into neighbouring country or attack on infrastructure ...

But they are both really about how to react to a world where states and their leaders take their gloves off in using power to direct the global economy rather than let markets run their course. And ...

Dynamics in Washington ‘are likely to compromise several vital interests’ of Belgium and the EU, says strategy document from foreign ministry ...

Fallout from conflict, rising interest rates and a strong dollar have not dented investor appetite for EM bonds ...

Benjamin Netanyahu’s government is seizing Palestinian land under the pretext of preserving ancient West Bank sites ...

Tencent has launched a new payments app targeting foreign visitors to China, as the country’s largest tech group seeks to capture spending from the growing wave of “China-maxxing” tourists.

Study finds Europe’s efforts to reduce reliance on Chinese investment, trade and other links have produced only ‘modest’ ...

Massumi + Consoli executives bet new ownership model will allow them to lure partners with equity incentive plans ...

The Bank of England will be “increasingly likely” to need to raise interest rates if higher energy prices persist, even though there is little sign yet of the shock triggered by the Iran war fuelling ...

Daniel Thomas, the leader of a series of anti-migrant protests in the UK, has been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and maritime safety offences after posting a video of himself trying to stab ...

Fighting between Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front and government forces threatens to restart brutal conflict after four years of fragile peace ...