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George Osborne, the former chancellor, has emerged as a shock contender to become the next chairman of HSBC Holdings, one of the world's top banking jobs.

The future ownership of the Daily Telegraph has been plunged back into crisis after RedBird Capital Partners abandoned its proposed £500m takeover.

The cyber attack on Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), which halted production for nearly six weeks at its sites, cost the company roughly £200m, it has been revealed.

Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves have scrapped plans to break their manifesto pledge and raise income tax rates in a massive U-turn less than two weeks from the budget.

Britain's biggest high street lender has struck a £120m deal to buy Curve, the digital wallet provider, despite recriminations from shareholders about the distribution of the sale proceeds.

We'll get to the actual economics in a moment - to the questions of why the economy is flatlining and what it means for Rachel Reeves' forthcoming budget. But before that, let's take a moment to ponder something rather extraordinary.

An influential coalition of leaders from Britain's professional services sector has warned Rachel Reeves that a Budget tax raid on the sector would "stunt growth" in the UK's faltering economy.

The number of domestic UK flights has more than halved over the past 20 years, even as global air travel continues to grow.

The electric vehicle-leasing business which forms part of the same group as Britain's biggest household energy supplier will on Friday announce a £500m extension to its financing war chest.

The UK's economic slowdown gathered further momentum during the third quarter of the year with growth of just 0.1%, according to an early official estimate that makes horrific reading for the chancellor.