Business

The Port of Dover handles more than £120bn worth of trade each year. But Channel 4 News has been speaking exclusively to the Chief Executive, who is worried that red tape after Brexit could seriously harm that free flow of trade.

Now many in the business community say they are increasingly concerned about how the Brexit talks are progressing. The boss of Britain’s largest carmaker Jaguar Landrover has told this programme it would be a disaster if there was no transition arrangement in place. Ralf Spate today set out his plans to make his entire fleet…

The UK must not be “blackmailed” into agreeing a divorce settlement with the European Union before trade talks begin, Liam Fox has warned.

Conservative MP Vicky Ford and Labour MEP Seb Dance discuss the Brexit negotiations.

Are businesses based here getting more worried about the future? All the uncertainty can’t help. Neither does the falling pound, which is eating into their margins. It’s all sent confidence slumping to its lowest level since last year.

Ministers who have been at polar opposites of the Brexit debate have joined forces to reassure businesses there’ll be no ‘cliff edge’ after Britain leaves the EU.

New plans to ban the sale of new-build homes in England under leasehold have been unveiled, as the government called it a sign of the “broken housing market”. Buyers have been caught in spiralling costs and fees, which can make homes virtually impossible to sell.

Household debt can be dangerous when it’s taken to excess, the Bank of England has warned – telling high street banks, credit card firms and car loan providers they risk fresh action against reckless lending. The bank’s director for financial stability Alex Brazier said banks were getting into a “spiral of complacency” over mounting levels…

The Grenfell fire has brought into focus the bodies running much of Britain’s social housing – tenant management organisations, or TMOs. Kensington and Chelsea TMO, which ran Grenfell Tower and was responsible for its refurbishment, is the biggest in Britain, with nearly 10,000 properties and thousands of tenants. TMOs, especially Kensington and Chelsea, have been…

Inflation has been on the rise while wages are being squeezed, and now there’s even more gloomy news for the British economy. The IMF has slashed its growth forecast for the year in its first downgrade since the Brexit vote, blaming the UK’s “tepid” performance in the first three months of the year.

The Prime Minister’s review into workers’ conditions has called for all work in the UK to be “fair and decent”, paying particular attention to short-term, so-called gig economy roles. Mrs May said she’d take the report’s recommendations seriously, but it has been criticised by trades unions for tinkering at the edges.

All work should be fair and decent and staff should be treated like human beings, not cogs in a machine. The words of Matthew Taylor, who’s been carrying out an independent review for the Government on what’s known as the gig economy, and how workers at new-style companies like Deliveroo or Uber should be better…

I’m joined by the deputy leader of the Labour Party Tom Watson who played a significant role in bringing the News International phone hacking scandal out into the open.

Rupert Murdoch’s £1.7 billion bid to take full control of Sky looks set to be investigated by the competition watchdog – after the Culture Secretary said she was “minded” to refer it for further inquiry.