US tariffs will make global trade shrink, says WTO
The Geneva-based institution says American tariffs will send international trade into reverse....
UK inflation falls as price of petrol comes down
Inflation falls in the year to March as the price of petrol drops....
A UK-US deal sounds good but it is all about the detail
Britain is being taxed by US despite having no trade deficit but the UK may have some leverage....
UK jobs market weakens as employment costs grow
The number of job vacancies and people on payrolls fell ahead of changes to National Insurance and wages....
Low-deposit mortgage deals highest for 17 years
Choice of home loans requiring small deposits of 5% or 10% reaches levels last seen in the 2008 financial crisis....
Biggest choice of low-deposit mortgages for 17 years
First-time buyers will welcome the greater choice although prices are still on the rise....
Supplies to be sent to Scunthorpe to keep blast furnaces going
Coking coal and iron ore from the US will keep the British Steel blast furnaces running for the coming weeks, says the government....
Government ‘confident’ British Steel furnaces will stay on
Vital materials stored nearby to the Scunthorpe plant will arrive in the “coming days”, Downing Street says....
US stock markets rise on Trump tariff rollback
The US president exempts some Chinese goods such as smartphones from levies but says it is temporary....
Why did the government take control of British Steel?
An emergency law has handed control of the UK’s only remaining plant making virgin steel to the government....
