Prime minister will risk Labour MPs’ ire by arguing that tackling the spiralling benefits bill is a moral imperative

Alliance’s top military officer says it could become proactive in dealing with threat from Moscow

Move follows in footsteps of Disney’s ‘imagineers’ and Amazon’s ‘ninja coders’

Bipartisan Congressional committees vow to probe alleged order by defence secretary to leave no survivors

We are failing to invest in the mathematical community at a time when we need it more than ever

The EU must make itself minimally vulnerable to inevitable US pressure

Donald Trump’s special envoy due to travel to Moscow this week as Washington tries to clinch a deal

Isaac Herzog’s office says it will consider the ‘extraordinary request’, which is expected to have significant political and legal implications

There are ways to overcome a Belgian block and provide game-changing support to Kyiv

Tax rises, instability and a lack of pro-growth measures contravene the party’s election platform

Conservatives say chancellor exaggerated fiscal hole to justify tax rises

Three years since the debut of ChatGPT, the $500bn start-up is facing significant challenges to its dominance in AI

Overwhelming majority opposed wealth tax in contentious referendum

Zubir Ahmed says new central service for medical datasets should be leveraged for ‘benefit of Treasury coffers’

A wave of Chinese companies raising money has revived dealmaking in Asia’s financial hub

We invented clocks to measure our days — but they ended up measuring us

Data from the national statistics agency indicates persistent weak demand in the economy

Fiscal watchdog’s letter ‘set out the facts’ about the evolution of its forecasts in the run-up to the Budget

The real losers from Rachel Reeves’ financial statement were not the wealthy, but those on the way to wealth

Czech-born author of witty, cerebral plays was also an award-winning screenwriter

Tie-up marks new level of co-operation between Moscow and Beijing’s military industrial complexes

Announcement comes after military build-up by US forces in region

Campaign will check housing and public buildings for safety, Beijing says

Rachel Reeves has steered the gilt market to a less skittish place with the Budget