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Every Thursday, our Money blog team interviews chefs from around the UK, hearing about their cheap food hacks and more. This week, we chat to Richard Johns, chef-owner of The Plough in Wombleton, North Yorkshire.

Online shopping and budget supermarkets mean traditional brands face more competition than ever for their products.

When Graham Hornigold first heard from his mum, he was delighted, full of “excitement and anticipation”. He had gone more than 40 years without seeing her, having been in foster care from the age of two and then living with his father and stepmother.

Best phones under Rs 60,000 (June 2025): OnePlus 13s, Realme GT 7 Pro to Apple iPhone 15Our list of smartphones under Rs 60,000 this month is ‘Elite’

The UK economy shrank more than expected in April as the worst of President Trump’s tariffs hit.

Google offers ‘voluntary exit’ scheme for US-based employees amid mega AI pushThe “voluntary exit” has been offered to employees from the search organisation and core engineering teams, among othersA Google logo is seen at a company research facility in Mountain View, California, U.S. Reuters

The government has told MPs it will not back down from its controversial reforms to disability benefits, which are set to be introduced to parliament later this month.

Pod Point’s three-and-a-half year journey as a public company will near an ignominious end on Thursday when it recommends a cut-price takeover by EDF, the French state-backed utility.

Major movie studios join fight against AI as Disney, Universal sue image-generator MidjourneyThe lawsuit, filed in federal district court in Los Angeles, alleges that Midjourney pirated the libraries of the two Hollywood studios to generate and distribute “endless unauthorised copies” of their iconic charactersDisney and Universal have launched the first copyright lawsuit by major studios against artificial intelligence. Reuters

It was billed as a massive moment in British economic policymaking – a juncture where the Labour government would turn its economic philosophy into a fiscal reality, running its finger down every line of public spending and overhauling the machinery of government for years to come.