Bank of England economist says disruption will be more intense than industrial revolution

Oil industry on alert in case Hammond reverses Osborne initiatives

Subsidy programme connects 5m UK homes and businesses

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Lib Dems leader attacks ‘tax on productive investment and burden on high streets’

Sadiq Khan concedes annual rate of building needs to rise by 70 per cent

Former UBS trader who ran up $2.3bn loss is Ghanaian national

UK inflation, pension pot scammers and worried landlords

Government’s 3m target recedes as levy scheme aimed at employers fails to deliver

Rating agency scales back expectations of transition deal, citing political divisions

BMA says disruption could affect up to 1m patients with rare diseases

ONS says increase of 0.7% helped by sunny weather and discounting

Construction industry has become symbol for dismal productivity record

Review will have access to legally privileged documents and keep interviews private

Volatile category of ‘recreation and culture’ masks softening prices, say economists

Khan wants to follow New York in restricting number of cars using apps such as Uber

Unions describe increase as ‘nothing short of a scandal’

Minnows tend to be less productive than large companies but they are growing faster

Foreign secretary’s activist role contrasts with sidelining of Boris Johnson

Regulatory clampdown sees mortgage activity fall 19% compared with last year