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Meta TitleLatest financial, market & economic news and analysis | Business | The Guardian
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Economics Jamie Dimon says US should strengthen allies economically, in veiled criticism of Trump JP Morgan boss warns of risks of higher inflation and interest rates due to Iran war in annual letter to shareholders Ethical business Dozens of firms risk losing B Corp status after standards overhaul Small business Thousands of small UK firms’ energy bills set to more than double due to Iran war Farming New UK farm inheritance tax rule will cause ‘significant challenges’, say accountants Levy on inherited farms and family businesses worth £2.5m or more comes into force 6 April Politics Starmer attacks Greens, saying vote for Labour rivals puts new workers’ rights at risk Employment Sick pay rule changes to benefit up to 9.6m UK workers, TUC says Music Wireless festival promoter stands by decision to have Kanye West perform Performer is being extended ‘forgiveness’ over antisemitic remarks, says Melvin Benn, despite calls for ban Gambling New Jersey cannot regulate Kalshi’s prediction market, federal appeals court rules Supermarkets Waitrose under pressure to reinstate worker sacked after stopping shoplifter All stories Get the Business Today email Opinion & analysis double quotation mark Workers, pensioners and children: all better off. Ignore the critics – we really are standing up for working people Keir Starmer double quotation mark Higher energy costs from Iran war could threaten fragile economics of AI boom Heather Stewart double quotation mark Struggling families like mine don’t talk about the cost of living any more – now it’s the cost of survival Ella Michalski double quotation mark Don’t believe Trump’s claims about making life more affordable Steven Greenhouse Letters Labour should hold a referendum on whether Britain should rejoin the EU Editorial The Guardian view on Japan’s hidden century: cheap money, global risk double quotation mark Trussonomics still haunts parties’ economic promises in run-up to UK local elections Phillip Inman Energy How Trump’s Iran war could make the world more reliant on coal More news Environment Using AI to speed up Australia’s environmental approvals risks ‘robodebt-style’ failures, scientists say Executive pay Former Co-op boss was paid almost £2m before leaving after group’s difficult year Animal welfare Labour to back down on foie gras and fur bans to ease EU trade deal Employment rights Fair Work Agency’s priorities criticised days before its launch Football Premier League clubs facing £80m shirt sponsor void amid gambling ban Report Iran war driving up funeral costs in the UK ‘I think you have something amazing’: how UK Export Finance helped a Black-owned startup go global ‘Always scary, always exciting’: how Spice Kitchen turned a hobby into a thriving export business Paid for by This content was paid for by UK Export Finance and produced by the Guardian Labs team. Spotlight US-Israel war on Iran War in Iran is boosting profits for oil and defense companies as US gas prices soar As Americans struggle with rising prices, Lockheed Martin, Shell and other companies are experiencing gains In focus Commodities ‘It’s all fear and headlines’: energy traders race to keep pace with volatile oil markets Restaurants ‘Over the top and fun:’ TGI Fridays boss insists time is right for a UK revival ‘A surrender to special interests’ Alarm as Utah shields fossil-fuel companies France How Paris swapped cars for bikes – and transformed its streets ‘It started with a tip-off’ How a Guardian investigation exposed child sex trafficking on Facebook and Instagram ‘I always considered social media evil’ Big tobacco whistleblower on tech’s addictive products Technology An AI bot invited me to its party in Manchester. It was a pretty good night UAE ‘I was beaten and tortured’: how a British father and son made a fortune in Dubai then became wanted men Valid Euro Car Parks ticket holders chased by debt collectors Blue badge permits now held by 1 in 15 adults in England Buying a collectible? Beware fakers out to persuade you it’s the real deal Northern Ireland leads surge in fuel prices since start of Iran war Most viewed Most viewed in business Most viewed Across the guardian Most viewed in business Waitrose under pressure to reinstate worker sacked after stopping shoplifter Waitrose employee sacked after stopping shoplifter from taking Easter eggs Jamie Dimon says US should strengthen allies economically, in veiled criticism of Trump double quotation mark From microshifting to coffee badging: whatever happened to just doing your job? Thousands of small UK firms’ energy bills set to more than double due to Iran war Dozens of firms risk losing B Corp status after standards overhaul Claim sooner rather than later, experts urge, after £7.5bn car loan compensation scheme launched Waitrose brings back free coffee for shoppers without need to buy anything Former Co-op boss was paid almost £2m before leaving after group’s difficult year ‘Over the top and fun:’ TGI Fridays boss insists time is right for a UK revival Most viewed Across the guardian Live Middle East crisis live: Trump says Iran ‘can be taken out in one night, and that might be tomorrow night’ Artemis II sets new record as astronauts travel farther from Earth than ever before Trump threatens to jail journalist to find source of second missing airman report Trump threats cause dilemma for US officers: disobey orders or commit war crimes Waitrose under pressure to reinstate worker sacked after stopping shoplifter Can’t face another mouthful of chicken? You’re probably coming down with the ick Trump uses Neville Chamberlain jibe to mock Starmer over stance on Iran Is a new weight-loss drug making people fall out of love? The Drama: sex, secrets and that gobsmacking twist – discuss with spoilers He spent years investigating Opus Dei, a Catholic group accused of a vast conspiracy of abuse. Then Pope Leo asked to meet
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- ![JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/1a70747c9e279ba001bce788d5b56493f55cb2ee/61_0_5171_4137/master/5171.jpg?width=465&dpr=1&s=none&crop=5%3A4) ### EconomicsJamie Dimon says US should strengthen allies economically, in veiled criticism of Trump JP Morgan boss warns of risks of higher inflation and interest rates due to Iran war in annual letter to shareholders - ![Detail view of B Corp logo ](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/88d8c0092cbb8ac22d7b5506aa921ecdcb11d809/828_0_4326_3463/master/4326.jpg?width=120&dpr=1&s=none&crop=5%3A4) ### Ethical businessDozens of firms risk losing B Corp status after standards overhaul - ![A tanker truck making a delivery of heating oil ](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/1b3e7fc2e8894cf9321853dd49256ec858edc747/302_0_4264_3413/master/4264.jpg?width=120&dpr=1&s=none&crop=5%3A4) ### Small businessThousands of small UK firms’ energy bills set to more than double due to Iran war - ![A farming field near the village of Radlett, Hertfordshire](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/a37c998b9c86b2d263fff09682eef7f2c9ed187b/50_0_4078_3263/master/4078.jpg?width=465&dpr=1&s=none&crop=5%3A4) ### FarmingNew UK farm inheritance tax rule will cause ‘significant challenges’, say accountants Levy on inherited farms and family businesses worth £2.5m or more comes into force 6 April - ![Keir Starmer during a visit to Newton Leys Pavilion, in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, on Wednesday](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/5356758dc2c6bddf3e7a6a9fd380b17547da4743/726_338_3586_2869/master/3586.jpg?width=120&dpr=1&s=none&crop=5%3A4) ### PoliticsStarmer attacks Greens, saying vote for Labour rivals puts new workers’ rights at risk - ![An unwell woman drinks a hot beverage with her legs up and medicine and scrunched-up hankies or tissues near her feet](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/f8d112e2ae633e90c42f6a303d8cb608e72d7e68/588_0_4263_3412/master/4263.jpg?width=120&dpr=1&s=none&crop=5%3A4) ### EmploymentSick pay rule changes to benefit up to 9.6m UK workers, TUC says - ![Kanye West at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/f94a522540a864865f864238c1790c6f39b9d852/43_0_1746_1397/master/1746.jpg?width=465&dpr=1&s=none&crop=5%3A4) ### MusicWireless festival promoter stands by decision to have Kanye West perform Performer is being extended ‘forgiveness’ over antisemitic remarks, says Melvin Benn, despite calls for ban - ![a digital advertisement for kalshi in city](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/fa7da2f50ee9320dcb83fc45a9aacc2dda76742d/0_0_3334_2667/master/3334.jpg?width=120&dpr=1&s=none&crop=5%3A4) ### GamblingNew Jersey cannot regulate Kalshi’s prediction market, federal appeals court rules - ![Walker Smith was a shop assistant at a branch of Waitrose in Clapham Junction, south London.](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/565f4e80292548c20dd7e2406f8c3696f7b1ce3b/0_2601_8736_6989/master/8736.jpg?width=120&dpr=1&s=none&crop=5%3A4) ### SupermarketsWaitrose under pressure to reinstate worker sacked after stopping shoplifter - [All stories](https://www.theguardian.com/business/all) - [Get the Business Today email](https://www.theguardian.com/info/2017/may/16/guardian-business-today-sign-up-financial-news-email) Opinion & analysis - ![The chancellor, Rachel Reeves, flags help for working people as she addresses Labour supporters in Swindon before the upcoming local elections, 31 March 2026.](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/b39997b4757888f4edcff5cc965070fe47a5dfe9/61_0_5945_4756/master/5945.jpg?width=120&dpr=1&s=none&crop=5%3A4) ### Workers, pensioners and children: all better off. Ignore the critics – we really are standing up for working people Keir Starmer - ![An artificial intelligence robot controlling a futuristic data screen](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/365a51e9206cd0b02a8120f88bfcab7f66784f6a/284_244_4352_3484/master/4352.jpg?width=120&dpr=1&s=none&crop=5%3A4) ### Higher energy costs from Iran war could threaten fragile economics of AI boom Heather Stewart - ![A shopper walks down a supermarket aisle carrying a basket with fruit and veg either side of her](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/7f5db40518afbdc3f375784429e9ff9ebd519f30/242_0_2516_2014/master/2516.jpg?width=120&dpr=1&s=none&crop=5%3A4) ### Struggling families like mine don’t talk about the cost of living any more – now it’s the cost of survival Ella Michalski - ![U.S. President Trump in PennsylvaniaU.S. President Donald Trump points his finger as he arrives to deliver remarks on the U.S. economy and affordability at the Mount Airy Casino Resort in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania, U.S. December 9, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/e1142854bd829b6dbd45ed4c157280d5b653d930/817_0_4597_3679/master/4597.jpg?width=120&dpr=1&s=none&crop=5%3A4) ### Don’t believe Trump’s claims about making life more affordable Steven Greenhouse - ![The EU flag flies outside the UK Parliament in London, Britain, 18 March 2026. ](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/fa4dea6ad0a9e303d08729a8c38ddd875c7e66e0/0_211_3544_2836/master/3544.jpg?width=120&dpr=1&s=none&crop=5%3A4) ### LettersLabour should hold a referendum on whether Britain should rejoin the EU - ![Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/c1710d039dc75fb12ad7375d4e2bd9d8030eaa13/0_0_3750_3000/master/3750.jpg?width=120&dpr=1&s=none&crop=5%3A4) ### EditorialThe Guardian view on Japan’s hidden century: cheap money, global risk - ![Liz Truss speaking on stage ](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/b24fba661576c38637e82b4e5b757027bec5847f/494_0_6827_5464/master/6827.jpg?width=120&dpr=1&s=none&crop=5%3A4) ### Trussonomics still haunts parties’ economic promises in run-up to UK local elections Phillip Inman - ![a man opens a sack of coal on a pile of sacks of coal](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/ea969e36fc856b714ce84540aaac3614e227dc75/519_291_3140_2512/master/3140.jpg?width=120&dpr=1&s=none&crop=5%3A4) ### EnergyHow Trump’s Iran war could make the world more reliant on coal More news - ![Curragh coalmine near Blackwater, Queensland. ](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/a74babc49ca797736c600001769156cfa2351829/282_0_4559_3648/master/4559.jpg?width=120&dpr=1&s=none&crop=5%3A4) ### EnvironmentUsing AI to speed up Australia’s environmental approvals risks ‘robodebt-style’ failures, scientists say - ![Shirine Khoury-Haq speaks at the welcoming ceremony and test event for Co-op Live in Manchester in 2024](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/d21f04315cd26ce4a7c74d15be25645f04ea2db7/4812_1055_2564_2052/master/2564.jpg?width=120&dpr=1&s=none&crop=5%3A4) ### Executive payFormer Co-op boss was paid almost £2m before leaving after group’s difficult year - ![Jars of foie gras](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/70e660fd41167b951c370313da615a9538afcd67/0_14_5258_4206/master/5258.jpg?width=120&dpr=1&s=none&crop=5%3A4) ### Animal welfareLabour to back down on foie gras and fur bans to ease EU trade deal - ![women, parents and young children, many dressed in Halloween attire take part in a âMarch of the Mummiesâ protest in Whitehall, London, Britain, on October 29, 2022, demanding rights for working mothers, reforms on childcare, parental leave and flexible working. ](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/a2a887da6ec021e7bf2452dd19debc27687466e9/396_0_3333_2667/master/3333.jpg?width=120&dpr=1&s=none&crop=5%3A4) ### Employment rightsFair Work Agency’s priorities criticised days before its launch - ![Álex Jiménez of Bournemouth battles for possession with Brentford's Kevin Schade.](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/0533870cba842b39e311ae541639ed4ab8c78bd9/321_0_4289_3431/master/4289.jpg?width=120&dpr=1&s=none&crop=5%3A4) ### FootballPremier League clubs facing £80m shirt sponsor void amid gambling ban - ![A white cross in a graveyard showing the letters RIP](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/e3fbb6a10d4cac619a7d5f4c1e34b10437c9a51b/503_0_4651_3720/master/4651.jpg?width=120&dpr=1&s=none&crop=5%3A4) ### ReportIran war driving up funeral costs in the UK - ![LEAD \_Tayo Adebisi\_011225006TilzProsp Intandem](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/9229d7e7d83d7e846fce9cfa1e014d3593f35f79/208_0_3483_2786/master/3483.jpg?width=465&dpr=1&s=none&crop=4%3A5) ‘I think you have something amazing’: how UK Export Finance helped a Black-owned startup go global - ![Sanjay and Shashi Aggarwal](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/8f0059fe44b46441d5f3c615ed1a08db8c351441/432_0_1349_1080/master/1349.jpg?width=465&dpr=1&s=none&crop=4%3A5) ‘Always scary, always exciting’: how Spice Kitchen turned a hobby into a thriving export business Paid for by This content was paid for by UK Export Finance and produced by the Guardian Labs team. [![UK Export Finance](https://static.theguardian.com/commercial/sponsor/10/Feb/2026/85284fd5-e566-4e3a-860e-2504e4fdd92b-UKEF_pos_280.png)](https://www.ukexportfinance.gov.uk/from-local-to-global/) Spotlight - ![Gas prices displayed at a Chevron station in Atlanta](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/91b9bf7f52671d7181d607183a4ef16b7aa61aac/318_0_3183_2547/master/3183.jpg?width=465&dpr=1&s=none&crop=4%3A5) ### US-Israel war on IranWar in Iran is boosting profits for oil and defense companies as US gas prices soar As Americans struggle with rising prices, Lockheed Martin, Shell and other companies are experiencing gains In focus - ![A man follows the stock market at the Dubai Financial Market in Dubai](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/bc8df30b7bf86876f38069370ee4cd2f880fc5e0/318_0_3275_2620/master/3275.jpg?width=120&dpr=1&s=none&crop=5%3A4) ### Commodities‘It’s all fear and headlines’: energy traders race to keep pace with volatile oil markets - ![Ray Blanchette sits on red banquette in a restaurant in Leeds](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/b04e5167e3692f8ca9cc3c2f3c1133c544d6d8e7/985_307_5239_4193/master/5239.jpg?width=120&dpr=1&s=none&crop=5%3A4) ### Restaurants‘Over the top and fun:’ TGI Fridays boss insists time is right for a UK revival - ![a man looking left ](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/d8cfa6157556efb50498631a804138f433f155df/8_0_2500_2000/master/2500.jpg?width=120&dpr=1&s=none&crop=5%3A4) ### ‘A surrender to special interests’Alarm as Utah shields fossil-fuel companies - ![A blurred picture of a cyclist speeding past the Champs-Élysées in Paris](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/77e512c0c8c08500b87c0b8a533d3f6a46fc95fd/0_0_7129_5706/master/7129.jpg?width=120&dpr=1&s=none&crop=5%3A4) ### FranceHow Paris swapped cars for bikes – and transformed its streets - ![An image of a young girl is held up as Mark Zuckerberg walks past](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/2148c9a203939e2843ffeb03397ee7f60d853f40/1141_0_4002_3203/master/4002.jpg?width=120&dpr=1&s=none&crop=5%3A4) ### ‘It started with a tip-off’How a Guardian investigation exposed child sex trafficking on Facebook and Instagram - ![A man in a white shirt holds his hand to his chin](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/8f3927382e985d1c4c26754b4a1e3a9256d85033/180_0_1640_1312/master/1640.jpg?width=120&dpr=1&s=none&crop=5%3A4) ### ‘I always considered social media evil’Big tobacco whistleblower on tech’s addictive products - ![Some kind of small robot device on a table, with men sitting at tables with beers in the background](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/cf0b90a5568b03652899847dfa23c8b14ee987ca/651_0_7200_5760/master/7200.jpg?width=120&dpr=1&s=none&crop=5%3A4) ### TechnologyAn AI bot invited me to its party in Manchester. It was a pretty good night - ![For feature about Britains imprisoned in Dubai. Wolfgang Douglas, 39, and Albert Douglas, 63, photographed in London, 4th March 2026. Photo by Greg Funnell for the Guardian.](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/5a567048e364487fdb7de5fbf38f7c1fb578c94c/970_0_6637_5310/master/6637.jpg?width=120&dpr=1&s=none&crop=5%3A4) ### UAE‘I was beaten and tortured’: how a British father and son made a fortune in Dubai then became wanted men - ![Euro Car Parks sign in a car park, in Manchester.](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/26d13834d5f28e043af955cbc956b9535fbf741e/561_0_5600_4480/master/5600.jpg?width=465&dpr=1&s=none&crop=5%3A4) Valid Euro Car Parks ticket holders chased by debt collectors - ![A parking sign.](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/294720650ca64336fcfc08ecb43ee9ade2f64d8a/737_230_3719_2976/master/3719.jpg?width=465&dpr=1&s=none&crop=5%3A4) Blue badge permits now held by 1 in 15 adults in England - ![Rare and collectable Dinky toy cars for sale at a vintage toy fair](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/d21a6fe16a8c7db88173a8c6ea5e16bd1012247d/0_169_4177_3342/master/4177.jpg?width=465&dpr=1&s=none&crop=5%3A4) Buying a collectible? Beware fakers out to persuade you it’s the real deal - ![A petrol station in Belfast. ](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/a0a72f8d5701d3d906031c310d0f5786d21f0b26/280_0_2917_2333/master/2917.jpg?width=465&dpr=1&s=none&crop=5%3A4) Northern Ireland leads surge in fuel prices since start of Iran war Most viewed - [Most viewed in business](https://www.theguardian.com/uk/tabs-popular-0) - [Most viewed Across the guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/uk/tabs-popular-1) ### Most viewed in business 1. [Waitrose under pressure to reinstate worker sacked after stopping shoplifter](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/06/waitrose-employee-sacked-stopping-shoplifter-walker-smith-easter-egg) 2. [Waitrose employee sacked after stopping shoplifter from taking Easter eggs](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/05/waitrose-employee-sacked-after-stopping-shoplifter-from-taking-easter-eggs) 3. 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