UK retail sales drop as consumers feel the pinch, and US dollar slides – business live

3.26am EDT03:26 Julia Kollewe Online electrical chain AO World has added to the gloom in the retail sector this morning, with an underwhelming set of results. AO World, which sells domestic appliances as well as computers, has warned the City that sales will slow...

Britain’s economic model is broken: this is our first post-crash election | Aditya Chakrabortty

Seen from a sofa, the world looks very different. And to listen to TV’s sofa pundits is to hear a very different election. They would have you believe that Labour and the Conservatives have rarely been further apart. That voters face “a clear choice”...