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Businesses, charities and other groups sign letter calling for levies to be paid by the governmentMore than 120 organisations including big businesses and charities have called for the removal of “hid...
From Shropshire to Hamburg, depleting reserves and spiralling costs are spawning a continent-wide energy crisisBridgnorth Aluminium has faced down Brexit, Covid and repeated energy shocks in recent ye...
Welcome boost for chancellor with unexpected rise put down to rapid growth of AI in services sector outweighing Iran war fallout The UK economy grew in July as the rapid expansion of AI appeared to ou...
No 10 says new fleet of trains built in Derby will support 6,000 jobs across UKA fleet of battery-powered trains is to be built to “bring faster, more reliable journeys to the north”, Downing Street h...
National Audit Office says failure to implement £70bn modernisation would also hold back economic growthThe ‘great grid upgrade’ is off track – ministers should spell out the risks for billsConsumers...
Many mayors welcome power to impose tourist tax but industry warns of ‘irreparable harm’ and job lossesMinisters are facing a backlash from the hospitality industry after they announced mayors in Engl...
Studies from hotspots across Europe that have introduced levies suggest they have no impact on visitor numbersIf you wandered down Las Ramblas or lazed on a beach in the Balearics this summer, you pro...
Gerald Holtham suggests that it time to cut the 3.75% that the Bank of England pays out on the lenders’ reservesThere are increasing calls for a windfall tax on banks (Taxing the banks: what Europe’s...
Chain has long avoided deliveries in Great Britain but says a shift now offers ‘opportunity for profitable growth’Business live – latest updatesPrimark will offer home delivery in Great Britain for th...
CEO Michael O’Leary tells reporters the businessman was sucked ‘towards’ but not out of the openingRyanair has said it will be “disputing” that any part of a passenger’s body was sucked outside when a...
Environment Agency says talks under way about increasing prices for industrial users to try to reduce poor water managementMinisters are exploring making water more expensive for some users, in the fa...
Retailer says first half was a tougher market than it expected, though Waitrose grew salesBusiness live – latest updatesLosses at the owner of John Lewis and Waitrose widened by more than 40% in the f...
Boss Richard Walker is ‘proud to be backing Britain’ with a store in the capital, StanleyBusiness live – latest updatesThe supermarket chain Iceland has said it will open a shop on the Falkland Island...
Jamie Dimon tells UK politicians before October budget that investment could be at risk, it is understoodJamie Dimon, chief executive of the largest US bank, JP Morgan, is understood to have warned An...
Paul Nowak says changes to immigration rules risk overstretching social care and fuelling far-right sentimentAndy Burnham must overhaul Shabana Mahmood’s migration reforms or risk overstretching socia...
Threshold pushes some to reduce hours or stop working to avoid losing entitlement, report warns John Healey has been urged to fix the £100,000 childcare “cliff edge”, that means some higher-paid emplo...
Brent crude up by more than 3% after latest fire between US and Iran in Gulf and Houthi attacks on Saudi citiesThe price of oil has risen above $100 a barrel for the first time since July as the escal...
From hours stuck on planes awaiting takeoff, to sleeping the night on the floor at Heathrow. Here are some travellers’ experiencesMore than 2,000 flights have been cancelled after an air traffic contr...
Government remains confident in under-pressure Martin Rolfe but transport secretary believes glitch was avoidableHow have you been affected by UK air traffic disruption?The head of the air traffic con...
The software failure that affected the air traffic control system on Tuesday has been resolved, but disruption continues into WednesdayNats boss summoned by UK transport secretary as flight chaos ente...