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The government is spending £22bn on "unproven" technologies which will have a "very significant effect" on energy bills, according to an influential committee of MPs.

The Bank of England has cut interest rates by another quarter percentage point, bringing down the cost of borrowing to 4.5%.

Apple has reportedly been ordered by the UK government to allow it access to encrypted data stored by the company's users worldwide in its cloud service.

The private equity backer of one of Britain's oldest industrial manufacturing groups is in talks to sell an advanced defence technology business that will bring its parent's dismantling close to completion.

Every Thursday, our Money blog team interviews chefs from around the UK, hearing about their cheap food hacks and more. This week, we chat to George Livesey from the Michelin-starred Bulrush in Bristol.

We've all got our favourites. For me, it's the under-appreciated scampi fry. For others, it's the packet of salt and vinegar crisps communally split open across a sticky table, or the pork scratchings that might leave you needing a visit to the dentist.

Purplebricks, the online estate agent owned by Sir Charles Dunstone, one of Britain's most prolific entrepreneurs, has parachuted in an interim chief executive 18 months after it delisted from the London stock market.

Sir Keir Starmer has reinforced his commitment to reducing household energy bills by £300 a year by 2030.

Let's start with the simple bit: interest rates have been cut - down by another quarter percentage point to 4.5%. But what happens next?

Keir Starmer was touring the UK National Nuclear Laboratory in Preston when the Bank of England halved its 2025 growth forecast, cut interest rates for the third time in six months, warned of an uptick in inflation and said the national insurance hike on employers would hit prices and jobs more than expected.