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ONS confirms 0.6% GDP growth in first quarter, with services, production and construction sectors expandingBusiness live – latest updatesUK households suffered a drop in disposable incomes in the firs...
Thirteen countries with a free trade agreement with Brussels have their quota reduced by just one-thirdBusiness live – latest updatesThe EU has halved the amount of duty-free steel it will accept from...
Acquisition by Axel Springer ends three years of uncertainty over ownership of 171-year-old titlesBusiness live – latest updatesThe European media group Axel Springer has completed its £575m takeover...
Reform UK leader’s Direct Bullion payment is double his fee from 2025UK politics live – latest updatesNigel Farage received £270,000 from a gold marketer for which he is a brand ambassador, his single...
CMA says developers should be able to steer users away from app stores for payments to increase competitionBusiness live – latest updatesThe UK’s competition watchdog is challenging Apple and Google’s...
London to Manchester among routes affected after cows blocked west coast mainline for more than three hoursBusiness live – latest updatesA herd of cows has disrupted travel for thousands of train pass...
Billionaires’ wealth grew by 25% on average in the year ended in April, research from Swiss bank UBS findsBusiness live – latest updatesThe number of billionaires in the world has jumped by 13% to a r...
Drop to 10% for pubs and eateries would be in line with most of Europe, but critics say it favours multinationalsBusiness live – latest updatesNearly a quarter of hospitality businesses are losing mon...
Lisa Nandy to ask regulators to assess mega-merger involving Channel 5, CNN and TNT Sports on grounds of media plurality and competitionThe UK culture secretary, Lisa Nandy, intends to ask Britain’s m...
Supermarket has lifted sales with Aldi price match, and has benefited from hot weather and World Cup matchesBusiness live – latest updatesGrocery inflation in the UK has not been as bad as feared so f...
Hospitality trade bodies’ data published as celebrity chefs and restaurateurs launch campaign for VAT cutNearly a quarter of UK pubs, bars and restaurants are losing money, according to new survey dat...
Energy system operator says sum needed to deliver clean power targets while meeting rising demand is up by 50%The cost of rewiring Great Britain’s electricity networks through the 2030s is now 50% hig...
The car lease company won’t rescind my contract because it says the vehicle is driveable. The only problem is, it won’t even chargeMy brand new Peugeot EV stopped working within a fortnight of deliver...
Estimated 5.3m households on standard tariffs without smart meters risk being overcharged for some of June usageMillions of Britons could pay higher energy bills than they need to if they do not submi...
British bike maker says cycling market is recovering from sales slump and investments will add new expertiseThe French sports gear retailer Decathlon and a Chinese investment group that was an early b...
In the second of a series on nationalisation, we look at the lessons from Clement Attlee’s administrationWill Andy Burnham ‘go big’ in expanding the role of the state?A prime minister with ambitious p...
City regulator will require booming industry to prove its resilience to risk from October next yearCrypto firms operating in the UK will be forced to prove they can weather market shocks and hold capi...
Thinktank finds 43% of the public would support a move by Labour to raise taxes on adult gaming centresAll-night slot machine shops and casinos could face a £460m tax rise if Andy Burnham acts on his...
Plans include greater regional power, public ownership of utilities and the end of trickle-down economicsBurnham sets out vision to transform Britain and fix ‘broken’ systemAndy Burnham’s speech at th...
Makerfield MP and hopeful prime minister says he will ‘bring about biggest rebalancing of power the country has ever seen’Andy Burnham vows to set up No 10 North as ‘nerve centre of rewired Britain’As...