Foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt will will today seek to reassure Japanese carmaker Toyota that the government is focused on avoiding a no-deal exit from the European Union and ensuring tariff-tree trade between Britain and the EU.

Hunt will meet Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Toyota representatives during a visit to Japan that his office said would give him chance to explain the latest Brexit developments.

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The digital revolution is  failing to improve economic performance around the world,  according to new data from the Conference Board, the US-based business research organisation.

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Thames Water has told investors they will be able to demand their money back if a future Labour government re-nationalises the utility, it said in stock market documents.