• How climate change and red tape could be jeopardising UK access to affordable food

    It might be tempting, given how much coverage has focused on it recently, to assume the forthcoming changes to inheritance tax regime are the single biggest issue facing farmers these days.  But the reality is these tax changes come at a moment of extraordinary pressure, with farmers having to contend with a swathe of unsettling

  • Telegraph hands out bonuses as ownership uncertainty drags on

    The Daily Telegraph's publisher is to hand hundreds of staff a £500 bonus this month as uncertainty over its ownership looks set to stretch into a third calendar year. Sky News has seen an email sent on Thursday by Anna Jones, Telegraph Media Group's chief executive, in which she told employees that they would receive

  • European Central Bank cuts interest rates again as economy slows

    A third successive interest rate cut has been ordered by the European Central Bank (ECB) to help arrest a slowdown across the euro area. The bank's governing council said that while its battle against inflation continued to show real progress, it was also acting to help stoke weakening demand in the 20 nations that use

  • Mark Zuckerberg

    Mark Zuckerberg's firm Meta has donated $1m to Donald Trump's inauguration fund as the Facebook founder tries to mend ties with the president-elect. In August, Mr Trump threatened to imprison the billionaire if he did "anything illegal" to influence the presidential election. But last month the pair dined together at Mr Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in

  • Currys rues impact of budget and warns of hit to consumers

    Currys has warned of a drop in consumer sentiment over the past six months, with the chain plotting price rises to help offset the impact of the new Labour government's first budget. Alex Baldock, the retailer's chief executive, told reporters that progress in tackling financial pressures on households had "stalled in recent months". He noted

  • Government demands

    The government is today demanding "immediate, mandatory" housing targets from councils as part of its plans to build 1.5 million houses by the next general election. During its election campaign Labour promised to build swathes of new housing to address lack of affordability and supply. And it will today release its latest version of the

  • Trump tariffs to have

    Plans by Donald Trump to impose blanket tariffs on all imports to the US will have an "insignificant effect" on the UK economy, according to a poll of international economists. While policymakers at the Bank of England fret over the impact of threatened tariffs of up to 10% on UK goods and the prospects for

  • British businesses stop shipping to Northern Ireland due to updated rules

    Small British businesses have stopped selling to Northern Ireland as well as Europe due to extra administrative hurdles posed by new EU customs rules coming into effect. Many small firms said they are unable to meet new requirements for paperwork and numbering of each product as well as the need to have an "authorised representative"

  • Rhetoric rises in farmer inheritance tax row – with neither side seemingly prepared to budge

    Labour's rural problem has reared its head once more. This time, the government is facing down fierce opposition over changes to inheritance tax . Unless a breakthrough is achieved, Labour's rural problem risks becoming everyone's problem. Protesters showed no sign of backing down on Tuesday. Farmers from across rural Britain got up in the middle

  • Rhetoric rises in famer inheritance tax row – with neither side seemingly prepared to budge

    Labour's rural problem has reared its head once more. This time, the government is facing down fierce opposition over changes to inheritance tax . Unless a breakthrough is achieved, Labour's rural problem risks becoming everyone's problem. Protesters showed no sign of backing down on Tuesday. Farmers from across rural Britain got up in the middle