Pay gap widens as UK bosses get 130 times average worker’s salary
The bosses of Britain’s largest listed companies received record pay last year, fuelling the widest earnings gap with workers in eight years.
Economy
Thames Water creditors seek talks with Burnham as nationalisation looms
The group of investors pursuing a rescue bid for Thames Water have said they are willing to discuss greater public control but are also preparing for a potential multi-billion pound legal battle amid reports that Andy B…
Are money and soft power draining World Cup football of its magic? | Richard Partington
It’s almost all over. No more hydration breaks, no more obligatory pans of the TV cameras to Hollywood A-listers, or dread of the crushing inevitability of English disappointment. The Fifa World Cup 2026 is at an end, a…
Molten salt and human sweat: the weird batteries that could store renewable energy
In the deserts of the United Arab Emirates a sprawling clean energy project , stretching across an area roughly the size of 12,600 football fields, will play host to a breakthrough allowing solar energy to power the equ…
Here be dragons: does moving power to the north work?
When the BBC first announced its intention to move a significant chunk of its operation to Salford in Greater Manchester – the “ Out of London ” plan, as the then director general Mark Thompson called it in 2004, with a…
‘Good growth in every postcode’: Burnham’s economic to-do list in seven charts
Andy Burnham becomes prime minister as Britain contends with a series of global economic shocks and years of weak growth in living standards, fuelled by underinvestment and deep regional divisions.
After fixing its engine problems, Rolls-Royce is turning to its next big challenge
In a 100-year-old hangar at Rolls-Royce’s factory in Derby, aircraft engines lie on their noses as technicians strip them down after a couple of years circling the world.
‘We noticed a login from a new device’: the message from fraudsters targeting your X account
You have had an X account for years, since it was known as Twitter. When an email arrives about a new login from a location nowhere near where you live, alarm bells begin to ring.
Fifa to announce record $15bn World Cup revenue, smashing expectations
Fifa will announce record $15bn (£11.2bn) revenues from this summer’s World Cup, significantly exceeding the targets set before the tournament.
Andy Burnham considers radical shake-up to cut energy bills
Andy Burnham is considering radical plans that could cut household energy bills by £130 a year and make running a heat pump cheaper than a gas boiler.
The Paramount-WBD merger: bad news for Hollywood, great news for Tennessee? | Dave Schilling
There are simply too many companies in the world. Apple, Google, Amazon, Ryanair. I’m probably forgetting some. How could I not? There are so many companies . Thankfully, here in Hollywood, we’re culling the herd. My me…
Poultry sector growth plan risks UK national security, campaigners warn
The government’s planned poultry sector growth plan is a risk to national security, campaigners have warned.
Cuba edges toward breakdown as power cuts and US meddling push society to brink
When Cuba’s national grid collapses, as it did for the third time in 10 days on Tuesday, a collective groan spreads across its cities and people wonder, again, whether the island’s antiquated electricity system may soon…
Trump has normalized crypto. Is it the path to the next financial collapse? | Eduardo Porter
The scale of the graft is decidedly off the charts, but the revelation that Donald Trump raked in a personal fortune of $2.2bn during his first year in office should come as no surprise. The president didn’t even try to…
London Underground users should know about toxic dust risk, whistleblower says
A London Underground worker who was unfairly sacked after whistleblowing about his concerns over exposure to asbestos and other toxic dust has said he wants all tube passengers to know about the potential hazards his ca…
Wessex Water chief pockets above-inflation pay rise despite bonus ban over sewage spills
Wessex Water awarded its chief executive an above-inflation pay increase even as the company was banned from paying bonuses because of sewage spills, it has emerged.
Nigel Farage says questions over his finances are part of ‘coordinated pile-on’
Reform leader says he’s been ‘demonised’ since revelation he received £5m from billionaire before election
Jackdaw gasfield would create only 27 direct full-time jobs, documents show
More people can fit on to the top deck of a standard London bus than will be directly employed on the new Jackdaw gasfield in the North Sea, industry documents show.
Intercity rail passengers face summer disruption amid slashed services and strike votes
East Midlands Railway cancels trains on Midland mainline, as drivers on LNER and Avanti West Coast ballot
‘Laws were broken’: multistate effort to stop Paramount’s $111bn merger heads to court
A last-ditch effort to block the merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) is heading to court as 12 Democratic state attorneys general attempt to stop the $111bn deal they say violates antitrust…
Amazon Web Services customers receive bills for up to $1.5tn after global glitch
People always suspected big tech was greedy, but not quite like this. Patrons of Amazon Web Services have been landed with panic-inducing monthly bills running as high as $1.5tn for subscriptions that usually cost less …
Ribena owner invests in helping blackcurrants withstand extreme weather
The owner of Ribena is to invest £200,000 in helping blackcurrant bushes withstand stress after extreme weather put a squeeze on this year’s UK harvest.
Apple dethrones Nvidia to regain title of world’s most valuable company
Apple overtook Nvidia on Friday to become the world’s most valuable company, reshuffling the top ranks of tech heavyweights as investors reassess the outlook for artificial intelligence.
South East Water warns over survival as funds dry up
South East Water has warned that there is “material uncertainty” over its survival, after a disastrous year in which the lossmaking company paid millions of pounds in fines and its chief executive was forced out.