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Government unveils 'once-in-a-generation' renting shake-up - including ban on 'no-fault' evictions

Government unveils ‘once-in-a-generation’ renting shake-up – including ban on ‘no-fault’ evictions

Plans to scrap “no-fault” evictions will be unveiled by the government today. The Renters’ (Reform) Bill will be published later – three-and-a-half years after the government...

Vauxhall owner Stellantis sees Brexit threat to UK factories

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Vauxhall owner Stellantis sees Brexit threat to UK factories

Vauxhall’s parent company has called for the government to renegotiate its Brexit deal with the EU to correct elements that place the future of UK plants...

Sir Jim Ratcliffe warns of North Sea energy 'death' due to UK windfall tax

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Sir Jim Ratcliffe warns of North Sea energy ‘death’ due to UK windfall tax

The owner of the largest pipeline system in the North Sea has warned the future of domestic production is in doubt due to the severity of...

Vodafone plans 11,000 job cuts as new boss rues performance

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Vodafone plans 11,000 job cuts as new boss rues performance

Vodafone has announced a massive programme of job losses, that will impact its UK operations, in a bid to recover its financial performance. The company’s new...

Revealed: Which food items have almost doubled in price compared with a year ago

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Revealed: Which food items have almost doubled in price compared with a year ago

Meat, yoghurt and vegetables are among the items that have almost doubled in price compared with a year ago. The new figures come as Downing Street...

'A seismic shift': One in five taxpayers face 40% rate by 2027 - with these professions hard hit

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‘A seismic shift’: One in five taxpayers face 40% rate by 2027 – with these professions hard hit

One in five taxpayers will be paying higher-rate income tax by 2027, in what the Institute for Fiscal Studies describes as a “seismic shift” since the...

Retailers partly to blame for higher fuel costs, watchdog says

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Retailers partly to blame for higher fuel costs, watchdog says

Supermarket fuel prices were roughly 5p more expensive per litre in 2022 than pre-pandemic levels, an investigation by the competition watchdog has found. The Competition and...

UK at risk of forgetting 'how to do things for ourselves', home secretary to say as she calls for net migration cut

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UK at risk of forgetting ‘how to do things for ourselves’, home secretary to say as she calls for net migration cut

Britain is at risk of forgetting “how to do things for ourselves”, the home secretary will warn, as she increases pressure on Rishi Sunak to cut...

Pension savings platform Smart secures £75m funding injection

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Pension savings platform Smart secures £75m funding injection

A retirement savings platform which previously secured backing from Legal & General will this week unveil a $95m (£76m) fundraising led by a New York-based private...

Tory peer Lord Tyrie in contention to put spark back into Ofgem

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Tory peer Lord Tyrie in contention to put spark back into Ofgem

Lord Tyrie, the former chair of the competition watchdog and architect of many of Britain’s post-financial crisis banking reforms, is among the candidates vying to head...

Train strike action 'solid' and will continue until government 'unblocks' pay dispute, says RMT union boss Mick Lynch

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Train strike action ‘solid’ and will continue until government ‘unblocks’ pay dispute, says RMT union boss Mick Lynch

Striking rail workers have vowed to continue walking out until the government “unblocks” their pay dispute on the second day in a row of cancellations. There...

Statutory sick pay: Campaigners call for reforms to prevent workers from being pushed into poverty

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Statutory sick pay: Campaigners call for reforms to prevent workers from being pushed into poverty

For all its seaside delights, Margate in Kent is one of the most deprived parts of the UK. Amid the cost of living crisis, many families...

Sir James Dyson claims Rishi Sunak's science superpower pledge is hot air

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Sir James Dyson claims Rishi Sunak’s science superpower pledge is hot air

Billionaire businessman Sir James Dyson has issued fresh criticism of the prime minister, claiming his pledge to turn the UK into a science and technology superpower...

Virgin Orbit delays bid deadline in scramble to find rescuer

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Virgin Orbit delays bid deadline in scramble to find rescuer

Virgin Orbit has pushed back the deadline for rescue bids as the commercial satellite venture founded by Sir Richard Branson scrambles to avert bankruptcy. Sky News...

British businessman Lynch extradited to US weeks after losing appeal

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British businessman Lynch extradited to US weeks after losing appeal

Mike Lynch, the British software tycoon, has been extradited to the US weeks after losing a long-running legal battle against the move. Sky News understands that...

UK economy shrank 0.3% in March, ONS figures show

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UK economy shrank 0.3% in March, ONS figures show

The UK economy grew slightly in the first three months of the year, according to official figures – but contracted in March. Growth of 0.1% was...

Inflation to fall 'rapidly' - but worse interest rate pain yet to come, BoE governor warns

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Inflation to fall ‘rapidly’ – but worse interest rate pain yet to come, BoE governor warns

The governor of the Bank of England has told Sky News he expects inflation to fall “rapidly” in just weeks – but warned two thirds of...

Bank of England interest rate increased 0.25 percentage points to 4.5%

Business2 years ago

Bank of England interest rate increased 0.25 percentage points to 4.5%

The Bank of England has raised interest rates for a record-breaking 12th successive meeting, lifting the cost of borrowing to 4.5% and warning that inflation would...

TransPennine Express to be brought under government control due to 'continuous cancellations'

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TransPennine Express to be brought under government control due to ‘continuous cancellations’

TransPennine Express will not have its contract renewed or extended, the government has announced, after “months of… continuous cancellations”. Transport Secretary Mark Harper has said that...

Bank of England to impose another interest rate hike as UK inflation proves stubborn

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Bank of England to impose another interest rate hike as UK inflation proves stubborn

The Bank of England is set to impose another interest rate hike on the UK economy today, the 12th consecutive increase in its battle to curb...

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Government unveils ‘once-in-a-generation’ renting shake-up – including ban on ‘no-fault’ evictions

Vauxhall owner Stellantis sees Brexit threat to UK factories

Sir Jim Ratcliffe warns of North Sea energy ‘death’ due to UK windfall tax

Vodafone plans 11,000 job cuts as new boss rues performance

Revealed: Which food items have almost doubled in price compared with a year ago

‘A seismic shift’: One in five taxpayers face 40% rate by 2027 – with these professions hard hit

Retailers partly to blame for higher fuel costs, watchdog says

UK at risk of forgetting ‘how to do things for ourselves’, home secretary to say as she calls for net migration cut

Pension savings platform Smart secures £75m funding injection

Tory peer Lord Tyrie in contention to put spark back into Ofgem

Train strike action ‘solid’ and will continue until government ‘unblocks’ pay dispute, says RMT union boss Mick Lynch

Statutory sick pay: Campaigners call for reforms to prevent workers from being pushed into poverty

Sir James Dyson claims Rishi Sunak’s science superpower pledge is hot air

Virgin Orbit delays bid deadline in scramble to find rescuer

British businessman Lynch extradited to US weeks after losing appeal

UK economy shrank 0.3% in March, ONS figures show

Inflation to fall ‘rapidly’ – but worse interest rate pain yet to come, BoE governor warns

Bank of England interest rate increased 0.25 percentage points to 4.5%

TransPennine Express to be brought under government control due to ‘continuous cancellations’

Bank of England to impose another interest rate hike as UK inflation proves stubborn

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