Business

Britain's four biggest supermarkets could see their collective tax bill rise by close to £500m after Rachel Reeves augmented her raid on employers' national insurance contributions (NICs) with bigger-than-expected changes to the threshold at which companies start paying it.Read More

Adidas has reached an out-of-court settlement with Kanye West - known as Ye - ending all legal proceedings between them, the sportswear brand has said.Read More

Budgets are all about numbers.Read More

The minimum wage for those aged 21 years and over will rise by 6.7% to £12.21 - with pay for those aged 18 to 20 set to go up by 16.3% to £10 an hour.Read More

The Labour manifesto never did add up.Read More

An aircraft leasing company backed by Oaktree Capital, the $200bn US investment giant, is plotting a swoop on London-listed rival Avation.Read More

Reaction Engines, the British hypersonic aviation pioneer, could collapse within hours unless it can persuade investors to provide millions of pounds for a rescue deal.Read More

Sir Keir Starmer has confirmed there will be tax rises in the budget to prevent a "devastating return to austerity" and rebuild public services.Read More

Former chancellor Jeremy Hunt has accused the independent fiscal watchdog of lacking "political impartiality" ahead of its review that could be critical of the Conservative government.Read More