Business

The government has opted not to intervene in proposals to close and redevelop part of Chatham Docks in Kent, a scheme which one of the world's largest steel companies had previously warned could lead to one of its divisions abandoning the UK.Read More

A UK watchdog has taken mattress seller Emma to court for allegedly misleading shoppers.Read More

A second group of Thames Water lenders will this week submit a fully funded £3bn financing package that it will argue is cheaper and more certain than a rival offer endorsed by the company last week.Read More

People will not face higher taxes on their payslips after the budget, a cabinet minister said, as she refused to be drawn on what measures could be in the £40bn revenue raiser.Read More

Briefings and speculation are rife over what will be included in the chancellor's budget on Wednesday, particularly the scale of tax rises.Read More

On a sunny October afternoon in Derbyshire, hundreds of people are pushing their wheelbarrows around a field full of pumpkins in Ashover.Read More

The Labour government's first budget will embrace the "harsh light of fiscal reality" but "better days are ahead", Sir Keir Starmer will say in a speech today.Read More

Money blog reader Jane T asks: "I want to put my house on the market. One of the previous owners was stabbed to death by a family member in the house. Do I need to tell prospective owners?"Read More

Increased funding for social housing is needed to meet ambitious government building targets, according to experts.Read More