Natural gas prices have soared again this week as the Middle East conflict disrupts supplies - and British households are set to be particularly badly affected.

President Masoud Pezeshkian says Iran won't attack first - but Qatar defence ministry says it has intercepted a missile.

Part of the reason central banks were able to hike rates so aggressively in 2022 was that governments stepped in with vast fiscal stimulus. The US was still riding the tailwind of Covid-era cash ...