Business

Consumer spending kept UK growth higher than expected at the end of last year – so has the predicted Brexit slowdown been proved wrong, or just delayed?

America’s financial markets are certainly on a high about Donald Trump and what his economic policies could bring.

Around £8bn has been wiped off the value of shares in British Telecom after the company revealed an accounting scandal in its Italian division was more serious than first thought.

While Boris Johnson says he can sketch out post-Brexit trade deals on the back of an envelope, one of the world’s most powerful trading nations, China, has just opened a new route into Britain.

Theresa May’s Brexit speech saw a surge in the pound as the markets, which had been preparing for a hard Brexit, responded to the removal of uncertainties and the promise of a parliamentary vote.

Forget the traditional image of the family breadwinner. One in four low-paid men now works part time, thanks to the changing nature of the British workforce.

Two more major carmakers are being investigated over diesel emissions tests, as the Department of Transport said it was urgently seeking more details.

Now some encouraging news for retailers at last: as new figures show there’s been a boost in Christmas sales for some of the biggest names on the high street.

While Trump spoke the markets gyrated wildly up and down.

The deputy editor of the Telegraph, Allister Heath, and Dawn Foster, who’s a writer with the Guardian.

It’s been another day of industrial action affecting transport services.