'Our mortgage may now go up by less than £125 a month'Vishala Sri-Pathma and Abi SmittonBusiness reportersBBCJon and Becky Ball say the rate cut may help their mortgage, but hit…
A.I. chatbots are fun, sometimes even useful and, until recently, endowed with the uncanny ability to mesmerize investors and fuel the U.S. stock market.But the excellent performance of a new,…
Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary Ed Miliband has refused to say whether he is personally in favour of the expansion of Heathrow airport.Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced the Labour government…
Joshua NevettPolitical reporterPASome people on benefits are "taking the mickey", Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall has said, as the government seeks ways to curb welfare spending.Kendall was speaking to…
Charlotte EdwardsBBC BusinessGetty ImagesUK house prices have hit another record high with the average property price reaching £299,138, Halifax has said.The UK's largest mortgage lender, part of Lloyds Banking Group,…
SIPTU has accused publicly funded service providers of failing to increase pay, in line with minimum wage increases, for workers in disability services who carry out sleepover shifts. The union…
India cuts interest rates for the first time in five yearsGetty ImagesIndia's GDP growth is seen slowing to a 4-yr low this financial year. India's central bank has cut interest…
Around 300 jobs are to be cut at PTSB this year as part of a voluntary redundancy scheme that was launched last year. In December, the bank said that a…
Jo Adnitt and Kirstie BrewerBBC News InvestigationsBBCThree former Harrods employees have accused Mohamed Al Fayed's only surviving brother of sexually assaulting them while they were working for the department store.Speaking…
Accenture has scrapped its global diversity and inclusion goals after an evaluation of the changing US political landscape, according an internal memo seen by Reuters. The company will start "sunsetting"…
Michael DempseyTechnology ReporterDavid BoutflourDavid Boutflour - from lorry driver to space systems engineerDavid Boutflour's background is as far from the glamour of space launches as it's possible to imagine.The 31-year-old…
Central banks around the globe have plenty of room to keep cutting interest rates, and a limited "decoupling" from the US Federal Reserve could continue as it pauses its own…