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Nick Edserbusiness reporter Getty Images The UK economy grew slightly in August, official figures show, as focus intensifies on what measures the government might unveil in next month’s Budget. An increase in manufacturing output helped the economy expand by 0.1%, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said, but the figure for July was revised down…

Elon Musk has suggested he could buy Ryanair and called for its chief executive to be fired amid a deepening spat between the pair. The budget airline on Tuesday branded the Tesla chief executive an “idiot”, and used the extraordinary row to promote its January sale. Musk and Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary have been trading…

UK government borrowing was significantly lower last month, due to an increase in tax income outweighing spending, official figures show. In December government borrowing – the difference between public spending and tax income – was £11.6bn, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said. It is down £7.1bn – 38% – from the previous December, and…

Tony HanGlobal China Unit Metropolitan Police Qian Zhemin enjoyed a lavish lifestyle of travel and shopping before UK police discovered her stash of crypto A woman, said by police to have bought cryptocurrency now worth billions of pounds using funds stolen from thousands of Chinese pensioners, is due to be sentenced this week for money…