Chris Mason: VAT cut on summer fun – the announcement that didnt leak

The government’s ability to play with the public finances is limited by the so-called fiscal rules it has set for itself. So, if it needs more money to pay back higher borrowing costs, it has less to spend on other things (under its self-imposed rules). The possibility now looms of less support for households struggling…

Kemi Badenoch has said she is “really worried” that the UK might be forced to embark on a 1976-style bailout from the International Monetary Fund. The Conservative leader told BBC Newsnight that the UK could be forced to go “cap in hand” to the IMF unless the government delivers a plan for economic growth. She…

Over the past three weeks, Elon Musk and his lawyers have argued in a California federal court that Sam Altman – with whom he founded OpenAI – has swindled him out of millions of dollars and reneged on the ChatGPT-maker’s original non-profit mission. Musk and Altman themselves testified in a case in which the future…

Laura CressTechnology reporter GWR Some of the Great Western Railway fleet will use a hybrid system including low earth orbit satellites in space to create a more-reliable wi-fi connection A new UK-first pilot scheme is aiming to create fast and more reliable train wi-fi, using technology originally developed for Formula 1 cars. It will see…