Kevin Peachey Cost of living correspondent Getty Images The rate of rising prices – inflation – has eased for the second month in a row, official figures show. In March, prices rose at an annual rate of 2.6%, far slower than the 11% inflation peak seen in 2022. Petrol and toy prices have fallen, a...
US President Donald Trump’s officials show no sign of halting the “bruising tariffs” on imports from around the world and are rejecting “fears of a looming recession,” the Financial Times reports. The i Paper leads with the easing of a ban on manufacturing petrol cars, described as an effort to “shield” the UK from a...