Scotland may be set to host one of the world’s most powerful data centres. The Conservative Party’s money man stands to benefit.

Exclusive: Chancellor urged to reverse Jeremy Hunt’s tax surcharge cuts to claw back billions in lost revenue

Shadow ministers unveiled a series of policies on day two of the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham.

Structured financing helps fuel growth of secondaries funds by making investments more attractive to risk-averse investors

The BBC’s platforming of the bigoted views of billionaire tax exile Jim Ratcliffe is just the latest sign of a national broadcaster that has lost its way

The episode shows the risks of using this new, relatively poorly understood technology in the middle of the Iran war

Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.

GP records put private equity ownership in the spotlight The acquisition of Optum UK, the owner of EMIS, a major supplier of GP IT systems, for a reported $400 million (£293.5 million) by the US priva...

England’s privatised water companies are leaders of predatory practices. In 1989, the industry was privatised for £7.6bn and had no debts. It joined Chile and a few US states&...

Four more regions given drought status, putting 27 million people under restrictions on water use

Boardroom pay has risen steadily since the pandemic, while real wage growth more broadly has flatlined.

The "Burnham bounce" has largely been driven by Green voters coming back to the fold. Labour MPs warn that spells trouble if more oil and gas is approved following a summer of extreme weather.

An area the size of 140 football pitches has reportedly been destroyed

As buyout firm swoops on the budget carrier, discussions with Richard Branson’s airline may result in selling each others’ tickets

This ranking of the poverty rates of children in OECD countries shows that Costa Rica has the highest child poverty rate, while Finland has the lowest.

Environment Agency assessments find just 14.3% of country’s surface waters in good ecological status

Every so often – very often – someone declares that Aborigines “did nothing for 65,000 years.” Usually it is presented as an indisputable fact, as though it settles the argument. It doesn’t. It merely...

Global Witness found companies linked to deforestation and human rights violations still able to access “sustainability-linked” loans

Leaked financial reports show how Shell moved profits through tax havens such as the Bahamas and Switzerland – potentially depriving developing nations of hundreds of millions of euros. While some of ...

Health secretary says global heating means UK hospitals and GPs will have to prepare for summer as well as winter peaks of demand

Wessex Water says the pay rises to £670,000 brings Ruth Jefferson "closer to market benchmarks".

A federal judge rejected Tesla's request to overturn a $243 million jury verdict over the 2019 crash of an Autopilot-equipped Model S, which killed a 22-year-old woman and severely injured her boyfrie...

One of the UK's biggest spills of plastic pellets (or “nurdles”) is flooding the North East’s coastline. It could harm wildlife in the North Sea for decades. Thousands of volunteers – including Friend...