<?xml encoding="utf-8" ??>Today’s government announcements on energy security and climate change are inadequate and risk failing to meet UK climate targets, says Friends of the Earth. These announcements are likely to be part of a revised net zero strategy, which the

<?xml encoding="utf-8" ??>Eamonn Holmes has lost an appeal over a tax ruling associated with his earnings as a presenter on This Morning. Upper Tribunal judges upheld a previous decision that the 63-year-old broadcaster should pay tax as an ITV employee for

<?xml encoding="utf-8" ??>Twitter has reversed course on plans to limit presence on its “for you” timeline to paying users only, with Elon Musk claiming he “forgot to mention” that other users would be visible as well. When the company’s owner first

<?xml encoding="utf-8" ??>Mortgage approvals rose for the first time since August in a sign that the “worst is in the past”, Bank of England figures show. The number of mortgages approved for house purchases beat economists’ expectations to reach 43,500 in

<?xml encoding="utf-8" ??>The government will not reverse post-financial crisis banking regulation, Jeremy Hunt has said, amid growing concerns that Britain is loosening post-Brexit rules for the City. The chancellor told the Commons’ Treasury select committee that a decision on whether to

<?xml encoding="utf-8" ??>The Treasury is almost £2 billion in profit on loans it made under the Help to Buy house purchase scheme, which formally comes to an end tomorrow. Since it was launched in 2013 — by George Osborne when he

<?xml encoding="utf-8" ??>The European Union has watered down plans to ban the sale of petrol and diesel cars by 2035 in a move that campaigners believe will influence UK policy. Officials in Brussels caved into demands by Germany to dilute the