Two women remain in running to be chief of Secret Intelligence Service, with decision expected within a fortnight

Vice-president JD Vance pushed for rightwing media star’s inclusion in a deal for video app

New vice-chair for supervision Michelle Bowman says she will seek changes to crucial rule over capital holding levels

Democrats and Republicans alike have presided over an unsustainable growth in the debt and deficit

Tech industry fears commercial and political damage from breakdown in relationship between Tesla boss and US president

But pollsters argue that Reform’s gain of vote share is main story of night

Breaking down the barriers to aspiration is not impossible — here’s one way to do it

Renewed attack on Federal Reserve comes after official data shows weakening employment growth

‘Too big to fail’ reforms come after bank’s rescue of main rival Credit Suisse

The real cause of their falling out has little to do with the US fiscal deficit

Countries finally settle on timeframe for compensation after 12 years of negotiations

The moves lowers borrowing costs to 20 per cent and follows a reduction in inflation

Assault comes days after raid by Kyiv destroyed more than a dozen of Moscow’s bombers

For the first time in almost a generation, governments are starting to face regular resistance from investors when they try to sell long-term debt

Science, civic life and commerce all rely on safeguarding government statistics from Trump’s assault

Europe doesn’t need more spending to transform its moribund armed forces — it needs more co-operation across borders

Hedge fund tightens flexible working after period of poor performance for its systematic investing arm AHL

How global companies have fared since the US president’s inauguration

University argues president’s proclamation is a ‘government vendetta’ against the school

Letter sent to new recruits is latest escalation of US bank’s battle with private equity over junior talent

Hamilton result gives momentum to Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar

Brendan Nelson to take over as head of the UK-headquartered bank’s board

Consulting group says work by employees on contentious US-backed effort was ‘unauthorised’

Conservative leader will harden her immigration stance, but her party is no longer trusted by voters on the right

Government proposes changes to tax treatment of carried interest that will make the regime less onerous

Chief operating officer John Waldron anticipates period of ‘slowflation’ with rising prices outpacing growth

US president and world’s richest man trade insults as their alliance collapses

Microsoft-backed UK tech unicorn hired reputational management specialists after FT reported on founder’s legal issues

Prime minister’s comments come after opposition leader claims country is sending weapons to ‘criminals and felons’

Senior figure in populist movement says role is ‘no longer good use of my time’

US president signals he may cut billionaire’s contracts with the federal government

Wall Street titans increasingly voicing concerns over mounting debt due to government spending

Central bank president’s remarks come after governing council members reduce rates by quarter point to 2%

Test your knowledge of how the US president’s trade war actually affected import duties

Leaders hold phone call amid simmering trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies

Quarter-point reduction comes after Eurozone inflation fell below target in May

This government inherited a mess but it also hobbled itself with tax pledges and a plan dependent on higher growth

Donald Trump’s order says aides abused power of presidential signatures through use of an ‘autopen’

Kemi Badenoch’s failure to signal changed Conservative party makes saying sorry a pointless expression

The City gets road rage