From Scotland, I look at England’s water privatisation disaster. I wish you had done what we did | Devi Sridhar
Listening to debate, you’d think bringing English water companies into public ownership was a radical socialist idea. He...
Lego posts record first-half revenue, CEO touts strong sales at high-end and value pricing
The brickmaker posted a 21% revenue bump for the first half of the year, boosted once again by its now-stalwart lines li...
Gold hits highest level in three months as traders worry about US inflation and bond market jitters – business live
Spot gold touches almost $4,700 an ounce and Bitcoin tops $80,000 while oil prices fall despite threat of heavy US sanct...
Lloyds Bank is holding on to our urgently needed £5,500
We want our balance back, but we can’t access the money to pay for essential repairs and settle an electricity billLast ...
‘Petty grievances’ and an alleged troublemaker: unsealed Murdoch court documents give rare glimpse into bitter succession battle
Rupert Murdoch said in newly released correspondence that it would be a disaster if his media empire fell into the ‘wron...
The Gurkha families fighting for their pensions
Image caption, Indumati Thapa says her pension and benefits do not cover the day-to-day costs of livingByPatrick O'...
Drought leaves 'barely any apples' to make cider
Image caption, Kimberly Jones has seen just 10% of the usual apple crop at her cider orchardByDave HarveyWest of England...
‘Never seen this level of objection’: Scotland pushes back against datacentre boom
A protest outside Holyrood in June against proposed datacentres across Scotland. Photograph: Ken Jack/Getty ImagesView ...
Canadians do not seek a trade war – but neither will we be bullied by Donald Trump | Jen Gerson
A fundamental rupture in the values that have united North America is not a problem that can be wished away: this is a w...
Climate damage would obliterate any economic benefits of new North Sea fields, analysis shows
Exclusive: Economic harm of CO2 pollution from Rosebank and Jackdaw forecast to far outweigh any boost to UKThe climate ...
The other Post Office scandal: how organised crime launders money on the high street
Hundreds of millions of pounds of dirty money are being deposited at post offices every year. So why are the police relu...
China is the biggest buyer of Iran’s oil. Could US sanctions threaten those ties?
The US has put the world on notice to cease doing business with Iran, but experts say Washington is wary China could ret...