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Portrait of the week

Portrait of the week: Around 60 killed as US embassy opens in Jerusalem

19 May 2018

9:00 AM

19 May 2018

9:00 AM

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Wages rose quicker than inflation in the first quarter of 2018, at an annual rate of 2.9 per cent, against 2.7 per cent rate for inflation. Unemployment fell to 1.42 million — at 4.2 per cent the lowest level since 1975. BT said it would cut 13,000 jobs over three years, about 12 per cent of its workforce, to save £1.5

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