Sterling went on a roller-coaster yesterday falling back sharply as high hopes for a Brexit deal were dashed, while US and European shares surged following the US Senate weekend vote to approve president Donald Trump’s tax-cutting bill.

Philip O’Connor looks at a city’s attempts to take drug users off its streets through a ‘fixing room’ with hygienic facilities, meals, beds and treatment programmes

The Government should stick to a €500m adjustment in October’s budget, Investec chief economist Philip O’Sullivan has said.