A new play tells the story of RBS’s rapid expansion and dramatic collapse. Lionel Barber, who began his career as a reporter in Edinburgh, watched the saga from the start

The alliance has been beneficial to both men but has often been fractious

Europe’s largest lender is looking for more names amid slow progress in replacing Sir Mark Tucker

Use of secure rooms and secrecy classifications may have been ignored in government-wide emails during chaotic Kabul evacuation

Why is it so hard to accept that it is happening out of choice?

Contrary to common belief, British pensions have little exposure to domestic equities

FDI has slumped as businesses are warned to take on burden of protecting their staff if Beijing attacks

US president files libel case following media group’s report on his alleged correspondence to Jeffrey Epstein

US Department of Justice claims there is ‘extensive public interest’ in the cases targeting the late disgraced financier

A change in habits has led to a battle of the discounts and a move towards surge pricing

New official estimate reflects surging construction inflation and contingency costs

The drive to deregulate in the UK, US and Europe could unleash growth — or sow the seeds of the next crash

Investors bet passing of Genius Act and other legislation will send billions of Wall Street dollars into digital assets

US president also rejects reducing 25% sectoral duties on cars from the bloc, say diplomats

Prime minister seeks to contain fallout as deadly assault draws rare White House rebuke

Both this government and the last are implicated in a cover-up that will cost the UK billions

Drinks group chief had asked the board to quell speculation about her job

The US attorney-general’s stance has disappointed the president’s Maga base

The once-glamorous business may be losing strategic relevance

Arbitration panel dismisses ExxonMobil’s claim to contested assets in Guyana

Sale to LS Power is part of plan to generate $20bn from divestments

Order banning disclosure of huge data leak went on too long, says senior Tory

Chief investment officer says stocks and bonds would have prevented ‘all the drama’

Unpicking the puzzle of increasing junior white-collar unemployment