The UK’s biggest water company has been fined £18.2m for “unjustified” dividends which the regulator said broke shareholder payment rules. Thames Water has been hit with...
Average water bills in England and Wales will increase by 36% over the next five years, the water regulator Ofwat has said. The rise is equivalent...
The US central bank has announced an interest rate cut, just hours before the Bank of England is tipped to refrain from following suit. The Federal...
English rent prices have reached another record high, growing by close to 10% in the past year, official figures show. The typical private rental price in...
Inflation has risen for the second month in a row to 2.6% in November. Today’s percentage is above the Bank of England’s 2% target and marks...
Inflation has risen for the second month in a row, according to official figures. The overall rate of price rises – as measured by the consumer...
Sir Keir Starmer has defended a decision not to compensate women affected by changes to their retirement age – saying doing so would “burden” the taxpayer....
The government will offer compensation to Post Office Capture victims – while refusing to rule out blanket exoneration for those convicted. In an exclusive interview with...
Wages are rising far faster than expected after a year of slowing, official figures show. Average pay rose sharply, by 5.2%, in the three months to...
Daniel Kretinsky is becoming the new man in charge of the Royal Mail. The takeover of Royal Mail by his EP Group has been approved. The...
This is a crucial week for the water industry. Regulator Ofwat will on Thursday give its “final determination” on how much bills will rise over the...
The sale of Royal Mail to Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky has been approved. Mr Kretinsky‘s company EP Group will buy the postal service’s parent company International...
UK-based partners at Grant Thornton, the accountancy firm, have voted to back the sale of a majority stake to Cinven, the private equity firm. Sky News...
NatWest Group is to hand its chief executive a potential multimillion pound pay boost as it returns to full private ownership after nearly 17 years in...
The economy remained in reverse gear during October, according to official figures covering the month ahead of the government’s first budget. The Office for National Statistics...
Royal Mail has been fined £10.5m for missing postal delivery targets. Regulator Ofcom said 74.7% of first class mail and 92.7% of second class was delivered...
The Daily Telegraph’s publisher is to hand hundreds of staff a £500 bonus this month as uncertainty over its ownership looks set to stretch into a...