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Labour bets £1.1bn on Britain’s AI chip race

Tech

Keir Starmer’s government has unveiled a £1.1bn package aimed at turning Britain into a global AI hardware powerhouse, with ministers backing domestic chipmakers and pouring capital into training the next generation of engineers. The new AI Hardware Plan, announced at London Tech Week by tech secretary Liz Kendall, includes £750m for a new national AI […]
Jeremy Hunt: Pension triple lock is an ‘anchor drag’ on economic growth

Politics

Opinion

On this day: Britain’s first banking crisis

Opinion

On 8 June 1772 Alexander Fordyce, a partner at Neale, James, Fordyce and Down absconded to France to escape crippling debts caused by a sharp rise in shares in the East India Company, writes Eliot Wilson As 1772 opened, Alexander Fordyce seemed like a wealthy and successful man. He was 42 years old, a partner […]
Electoral reform could destroy the Labour party

Opinion

$Youth unemployment to cost the UK billions, Ferrari\'s share price in bottom gear, plus: the one b...$
$What West Ham’s relegation means for the club and London\'s finances$
$BP\'s chairman ousted over \"conduct issues\", EYE-WATERING London AI salaries, plus, West Ham\'s fin...$
$The man fighting for a seat on Nationwide\'s board, is green investing still a thing? Plus the App...$

Nice pubs face EVEN higher taxes for food service and river views
Wise faces €500m fraud probe, Reeves targets nice pubs with extra tax, and tube strikers object…
Digital ID scheme in peril after catastrophic passport data leak
Burberry delays climate targets, government looks to scrap NDAs, and why inheritance tax will now…
Has Ferrari lost touch with its customers?
LIES! What the hell is going on at BP?
$Youth unemployment to cost the UK billions, Ferrari\'s share price in bottom gear, plus: the one b...$
Youth unemployment to cost the UK billions, Ferrari\'s share price in bottom gear, plus: the one b…
Tube workers on strike AGAIN over optional four day week
$What West Ham’s relegation means for the club and London\'s finances$
What West Ham’s relegation means for the club and London\'s finances
$BP\'s chairman ousted over \"conduct issues\", EYE-WATERING London AI salaries, plus, West Ham\'s fin...$
BP\'s chairman ousted over \"conduct issues\", EYE-WATERING London AI salaries, plus, West Ham\'s fin…
$The man fighting for a seat on Nationwide\'s board, is green investing still a thing? Plus the App...$
The man fighting for a seat on Nationwide\'s board, is green investing still a thing? Plus the App…
Mike Soutar on leadership challenges, managing Gen Z, AI at work and grilling Apprentice candidates
Is green investing dead?
Consumer confidence ticks up in May 2026
Barclays boss: UK is losing its reputation for stability, Patagonia sues drag queen Pattie Gonia …

Sport

Fifa+ deal to boost Dazn’s quest for first profit, says CEO

Sport Business

Dazn CEO Shay Segev insists the global sport streaming platform will make money from hosting Fifa+, the world governing body’s mothballed direct-to-consumer product. Fifa+, which comprises archive footage, live games from obscure competitions and magazine shows, is now only available on Dazn after Fifa pulled the plug on its four-year-old D2C offering. Segev told City […]
Why investors will be keeping a close eye on rugby’s Nations Championship

Sport Business

The Punter

Back Bonnard to upset Cellini in the Derby

Sport

WORLD Pool is in operation for a second successive day at Epsom, with all eight races on Derby Day being globally commingled. I’m keen to play in the feature and take advantage of the potential for healthy overpays offered by the global pools, and you can too by betting with the Tote. BENVENUTO CELLINI spearheads […]
Kinswoman to take the honours in Dash for glory

Sport
Pay Attention to Crawford’s Public at Sha Tin

Sport

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