Business news live: Tesla shares sink after Musk warning, Starmer to sign £6bn deal

The FTSE 100 closed at 9,061 points yesterday, continuing a fabulous run in 2025.

Today it looks set to continue that path to begin with, given some positive noises out of a few businesses in this morning’s earnings call and news of a new trade deal which should bring billions of investment into the country.

We’ll touch on those businesses individually in a moment but Vodafone and BT are two in the spotlight – plus we’ll delve into the noise from the other side of the Atlantic last night after Tesla and Alphabet earnings.

Good morning and welcome to The Independent’s live business news coverage. Today we’ve got trade deal news for both the UK and the EU on the horizon, a look at earnings for the likes of Tesla and Alphabet, jobs vacancy data for the UK and plenty more.