The chancellor will release £39bn for affordable housing, saying the money is “the biggest boost to social and affordable housing in a generation.”

US investors swoop in £6bn tech takeover CITY AM says the frenzy of UK tech takeovers showed no signs of slowing down…

LA protests: Governor set to sue Trump The FT reports on the LA protesters as California Governor Gavin Newsom says he will…

The Financial Times say Reform UK chair Zia Yusuf has resigned from Nigel Farage’s populist party after criticising comments by one of its MPs about burkas, saying that he no longer believes the role is a “good use of my time”. 

The FT leads with the news the US investor has backed out of rescuing Thames Water over fears of political meddling.