Starbucks has reversed its North American policy allowing people to sit in stores and use the loo without buying anything. Patrons in the US and Canada now must buy something or leave. Starbucks did not respond to questions about the impact the policy change could have on its UK shops. Sky News asked if there

Google could be required to hand over data it collects to businesses as the UK competition regulator launched an investigation into the tech giant. The Competition and Markets Agency (CMA) said it launched the inquiry to assess how Google 's search and advertising services impact users and businesses such as advertisers, news websites, and rival

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been accused of refusing to "face up to her own failures" by "jetting off to Beijing" during a week of market turmoil. Shadow chancellor Mel Stride accused the chancellor of ducking difficult questions as the "government was losing control of the economy" while Ms Reeves visited China over the past week

TikTok has described a report it could sell its threatened US business to Elon Musk as "pure fiction". The short video platform's Chinese owners ByteDance are facing the prospect of TikTok being shut down permanently in America on Sunday. That is when a US government ban , on national security grounds, is due to take

Donald Trump will address business and world leaders at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, in a virtual appearance from the US three days after his inauguration as President. The Davos event, which starts on Monday, will attract more than 3,000 business and political leaders to the Swiss Alps. They will include 900

The Reform UK leader Nigel Farage will host a £25,000-a-head fundraiser later this month, weeks after his new treasurer - the property billionaire Nick Candy - pledged to secure more money for the party than any other in British political history. Sky News has seen an invitation to a central London venue on 28 January

The former chief of the defence staff, the head of the BBC's commercial arm and the chair of the Football Association are among the notable figures lined up to aid government efforts to deploy Britain's 'soft power' more effectively on the global stage. Sky News has learnt that General Sir Nick Carter, Tom Fussell and

Rachel Reeves will stay on as chancellor for the whole of this parliament, Downing Street has clarified after the prime minister refused to guarantee her future. Earlier on Monday, Sir Keir Starmer said he had "full confidence" in his colleague, but would not be drawn on whether she would stay in post until the next

Campaigners are calling on the government to allow rents to be capped within tenancies as a key bill returns to the Commons. More than 30 MPs have backed an amendment to the Renters' Rights Bill which, if passed, would restrict how much landlords can raise rents on sitting tenants by limiting percentage increases to inflation

Pizza Hut's biggest UK restaurant franchisee is closing in on a rescue deal that would salvage the vast majority of its British outlets and jobs. Sky News has learnt that Directional Capital, an investment firm which already controls much of Pizza Hut's dine-in operations in Denmark and Sweden, is in advanced talks to acquire roughly