Contactless card payments could become unlimited under new plans
Contactless card payments could become unlimited and £100 cap scrappedKevin PeacheyCost of living correspondent, BBC NewsGetty ImagesContactless card payments are set to exceed £100 and potentially become unlimited under new…
Rachel Reeves tightens departmental spending ahead of budget
Faisal IslamEconomics editorPA MediaRachel Reeves has told her cabinet colleagues that government departments will have their access to the Treasury's emergency funds limited ahead of the budget, BBC News understands.The…
Supreme Court to decide if Trump’s global tariffs are legal
Danielle KayeBusiness reporterThe Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments on whether the Trump administration's sweeping global tariffs are legal. On Tuesday, it said it would review lower court decisions…
Business chiefs urge Trump to ease up on immigration crackdown after Georgia raid
EPA/ShutterstockPresident Donald Trump is facing calls from business leaders to "turn the page" on his immigration crackdown after a raid at a Hyundai plant in the US state of Georgia.It…
Mitchum apologises after deodorant left users with itchy, burning armpits
Deodorant firm sorry after 'itchy, burning armpits' claimsFaarea Masud & Connie BowkerBBC NewsMitchumMitchum has apologised after customers were left with "burning armpits"A well-known deodorant brand has apologised after some of…
London Tube strike enters third day with more disruption reported
More Tube disruption as RMT union talks collapseEPANearly all London Underground services are suspended during the industrial actionIndustrial relations on London Underground have "totally collapsed", a union leader has warned,…
US job growth revisions signal economic weakness
Danielle KayeBusiness reporterThe US economy added 911,000 fewer jobs than initial estimates had suggested in the year through March, according to preliminary data from the Labor Department released on Tuesday.The…
Cyber attack: Jaguar Land Rover in daily talks with government
Theo LeggettBusiness CorrespondentThe government is in daily contact with Jaguar Land Rover and is monitoring the situation at the company very closely in the aftermath of a serious cyber attack,…
Badenoch ‘worried’ UK may need IMF bailout
Nicholas WattNewsnight political editorKemi Badenoch has said she is "really worried" that the UK might be forced to embark on a 1976-style bailout from the International Monetary Fund.The Conservative leader…
Car finance compensation should be paid next year, says regulator
Kevin PeacheyCost of living correspondentGetty ImagesMillions of motorists should be paid compensation next year for the mis-selling of car loans, the UK's financial regulator has told MPs.The payouts are over…
Trade forum to discuss impact of EU-US trade deal
A meeting of the Government's Trade Forum will be held today to discuss the impact of the EU-US trade deal. The forum, which includes state agencies, business groups, unions and…