Ryanair and easyJet have cancelled hundreds of flights as a French air traffic controllers strike looms.

Ryanair is increasing its underseat bag allowance by 20% after the EU set out proposed new laws for more free baggage.

The chancellor has said she was having a "tough day" yesterday in her first public comments since appearing tearful at Prime Minister's Questions - but insisted she is "totally" up for the job.

The CBI has begun a search for a successor to Rupert Soames, its chairman, as it continues its recovery from the crisis which brought it to the brink of collapse in 2023.

The pound fell and state borrowing costs rose during a period of uncertainty over the chancellor's future on Wednesday.

Jack Lew is as decorated as they come when it comes to US economic leaders from the Democratic side of the aisle having served as President Obama's treasury secretary, and before that as his director of the office for management of the budget (OMB), a role he also held in the Clinton White House, when he was instrumental in the administration balancing the budget in the late 1990s - the last time that has happened.

Conservative peer Baroness Karren Brady has told Sky News she feels "nothing but sympathy" for the chancellor, after Rachel Reeves was seen crying in the House of Commons during Prime Minister’s Questions.

One of Britain's biggest online travel agents (OTAs) is exploring a stock market listing - a move which could deliver a welcome boost to London's fragile pipeline for initial public offerings (IPOs).

Tesla's woes have deepened as latest production and deliveries figures showed a greater fall than expected.

It's a threat that will send a shiver down the spine of Downing Street and shake the City of London to its core.