The chancellor, John Healey, announced tax incentives for entrepreneurs and employee share schemes in his maiden Budget on 28 October, alongside increases in selected taxes. He framed his Budget measures as providing breathing space for businesses and families while maintaining fiscal discipline, which he described as his first commitment as...

Electrification is a central theme of the agenda set by the presidency of the 31st United Nations climate change conference (COP31) underway in Antalya, Türkiye until 20 November. The presidency's Global Climate Action Agenda aims to increase the share of global final energy demand met by electricity from just over...