Long-term immigration fell sharply to below 1mn for first time since 2022

High Court judge temporarily blocks signing that had been scheduled for Thursday

Overshoot for first month of tax year increases pressure on Rachel Reeves ahead of next month’s spending review

One of UK’s biggest landlords points to lack of construction since pandemic and high rents for shift

Hackers gained access via third-party supplier to perpetrate attack that put M&S ‘on its backside’

Suspect in attack outside Jewish museum chanted ‘free Palestine’, police say

Elon Musk’s satellite system dominates the battle for the future of global connectivity. Amazon and Chinese rivals are working to catch up

Inflated stock prices may have been mistaken for growth-driven superiority

High transaction costs mean we’re stuck with a housing market dependent on price growth to function

Controversial plan to ‘shake off’ nearly £1bn owed to Jingye and related companies could ease a sale, officials say

Laurent Freixe criticises diversification efforts under previous CEO Mark Schneider as he takes Nestlé back to basics

The president has staked his second-term agenda on the sprawling tax-and-spend legislation

Britain will agree a multibillion pound payment to retain access to the Diego Garcia military base also used by the US

Deal will help AI data centre operator raise fresh capital after size of IPO was cut in Wall Street debut in March

Republican and Democratic lawmakers have voiced concerns about ethics and security around such a gift

Stocks also slide after lacklustre $16bn auction for 20-year Treasuries

Labour MPs mobilise to put pressure on chancellor over planned welfare cuts

US president brandishes printed media reports of what he claims are murdered farmers in Oval Office exchange

Ex-Apple design chief is working on AI-powered alternatives to smartphones and laptops

UK retailer’s woes highlight the scale — and cost — of the battle

The white minority does have justified anxieties but many are thriving and it is absurd to talk of a ‘genocide’

Mike Johnson overcomes sticking point on taxes but needs to placate fiscal conservatives in his party ahead of vote

The president’s fiscal plans deepen concerns over America’s public finances

Workers at UK retail bank told line managers will start monitoring office attendance more closely

UK prime minister tells MPs he wants ‘more pensioners’ to receive the benefit

Like a poorer Switzerland, the UK will never find a happy balance of independence and access

Disruption to widely used markets data service affects UK and EU debt auctions

How then shall we live?

Ukrainian national is third person arrested and charged

UK retailer discloses that breach came via supplier and warns online operations will be disrupted until July

Higher than expected rise leads traders to price in just one rate cut in next 12 months

Discussions regard travel ban and asset freeze on finance minister Bezalel Smotrich and security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir

A Norfolk campaign against Cranswick’s plans to raise more chickens and pigs may undermine food security

World’s top AI semiconductor maker says export controls have accelerated Chinese rivals’ advances

Move would pave the way for savers to access funds focused on corporate buyouts and other high-octane deals

We track the roaring trade of mobiles grabbed in London and New York, then sold in a single district in Shenzhen

A prize aimed at cracking interspecies communication could make humans think differently about the welfare of other creatures

Remains of 42 people found scattered on cartel ranch, highlighting crisis in which 120,000 people have disappeared

Top official Gita Gopinath warns over country’s ‘ever-increasing’ debt burden

US broker that pioneered zero-commission share trading plans to disrupt the UK market