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Welfare changes under debate include ending key disability benefit for under-25s

Exclusive: Plan under discussion involves intensive package of support to help young people into employment Ministers are working up sweeping plans for welfare changes including scrapping a key disability benefit for under-25s and replacing it with a...

The Celebrity Traitors – live

TV’s best entertainment show is back – with an unbelievably star-stuffed lineup. But who will be the faithful and who will head straight for the tower?Before the show begins, it’s probably worth running through this year’s contestants, along with brief descriptions...

Labour figures uneasy about Healey’s ‘underpowered’ approach to budget

Chancellor faces challenge of volatile global headwinds and soaring energy costs at home as some insiders worry lack of clarity could trigger fresh market shockSenior Labour figures are privately voicing unease about John Healey’s approach to his crucial first budget...

US borrowing costs hit 24-year high as global bond sell-off intensifies

Fears that US deficit is unsustainable also drive UK 30-year gilt yields briefly above 6% for first time since 1998Business live – latest updatesThe global bond sell-off intensified on Thursday, driving 10-year US government borrowing costs to their highest level in...