Average annual energy bills will rise by £332 in July, more than double the previously anticipated increase, due to high oil and gas prices driven by the war in Iran, trusted forecasters predicted.

A US jury has found Elon Musk misled investors by deliberately driving down Twitter's share price in the months leading up to his $44bn (£33bn) takeover of the social media company.

Almost 200,000 students who were at university during the COVID-19 pandemic are seeking financial compensation.

Sharp rises in the price of oil and gas as a result of the war in Iran have set off an economic chain reaction which is already hitting people in the pocket.

There is a small fraction of the population for whom the release of the government's new Steel Strategy represents an extraordinarily fascinating, not to mention important, moment. The chances are you are not one of those people.

UK unemployment has remained at its highest rate in five years, new official figures show.

The US central bank has raised its forecast for inflation as the Iran war-linked surge in global energy prices threatens self-inflicted damage on the world's largest economy.

Naval escorts will not guarantee safe passage for oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz and could even present a target for Iran as it attempts to leverage control of the vital shipping lane, the head of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has warned.