Stock in electric-vehicle maker jumps 8% in pre-market trading after regulatory filing discloses purchase

Politician is first sitting Conservative MP to join Nigel Farage’s rightwing populist party

Regulator’s statement comes as US and Chinese officials meet in Madrid for talks

Alternative for Germany puts centre-ground parties under pressure in North Rhine-Westphalia’s municipal poll

Paul Atkins signals softer approach to Wall Street regulation than under his predecessor

Settlement after first UK hotel strike for decades encapsulates problems BoE is grappling with

How Apollo’s in-house insurer has raised capital to fund the group’s lending, without turning to policyholders

Prices for material used for thermal imaging systems in military equipment at 14-year high

Retail sales and factory output growth hit lowest rate in 9 months amid mounting domestic weakness

Proposals would give UK much stricter rules for market than US or EU

The assassination comes as universities are under pressure to expose students to a more diverse range of views

Card reader company wants to raise cash to buy up competitors

Neither re-industrialisation nor US security can be achieved with the current White House approach

Carmakers fear falling behind on scale and technology even as profit margins drop and officials lambast extreme discounting

Danish pharma group seeks to broaden options and stay competitive with Eli Lilly

Cornwall Insight estimates impact of cost of building Sizewell C on companies in Britain

Pontiff expresses concern about the widening gap between corporate bosses and workers

Robyn Denholm defends controversial package and says she has ‘tough conversations’ with billionaire about his political posts

Spencer Cox said accused shooter of Charlie Kirk had been a ‘very normal young man’ who was radicalised online

PM’s attempt to focus on ‘delivery’ has been thrown into disarray by departures of Angela Rayner and Peter Mandelson

Country’s defence minister calls Russia’s behaviour ‘reckless’ after second breach of Nato territory in a week

UK supermarket chain says revised terms would not serve shareholders or staff

Industries most exposed to rising costs caused by trade wars launch wave of job cuts

But ‘depth of relationship’ with Jeffrey Epstein was not known when peer was chosen, insists business secretary