Sunday 18 October 2026
Our live blog from the emergency budget detailing key points and reactions as they happened.
The CMA has proposed Microsoft strategic market status, which could lead to curbs on its software bundling, with a final decision due in February.
Nvidia chief Jensen Huang told a London event that UK firms and government should use open AI models for mission-critical tasks rather than opaque ones.
Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey says businesses are cutting costs and taking a hit to margins rather than passing rising energy costs to customers.
