Rachel Reeves’s pledge of £22bn for carbon capture projects across the UK brings the promise of jobs and a revitalised economy (Today, with our £22bn pledge for carbon capture, Labour’s green revolution for Britain begins, 4 October). But there’s one critical question: who’s going to build it all? The UK construction sector is already facing…

Who or what is Keir Starmer frightened of? With July’s landslide victory under his belt, he doesn’t have to face the electorate for another five years. The rightwing media will attack him and Labour irrespective of what he says and does, but he can afford to ignore them. Meanwhile, surveys consistently show that a majority…

China has imposed tariffs on EU brandy imports in an escalating tit-for-tat trade row with Brussels over extra levies on Chinese-made electric vehicles. Beijing also said it was considering duties on imported petrol cars from Europe. China said importers of EU brandy would have to pay a levy of as much as 39% from Friday…

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Tuesday said it had issued a safety alert to airlines warning of the potential for limited or jammed rudder movement on certain Boeing 737 airplanes. Last week, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said more than 40 foreign operators of Boeing 737 airplanes may be using Max or 737…

The UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and the Kazakh mining company Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation have agreed a settlement to end one part of a years-long legal battle. The agency had been investigating ENRC for suspected bribery and fraud in Africa and Kazakhstan, which the mining company denied. But the SFO dropped its decade-long investigation…