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In today’s newsletter: More than one-fifth of ‘austerity-generation’ British children live in poverty. Our social policy editor talks about the damage done and the way forwardThe austerity years cast...
Consumer spending on travel is down for the first time in five years while card spending edges up in MarchUK consumers have cut back on travel spending for the first time in five years, as they worry...
Incentives to absorb surplus wind and solar energy could help balance the grid and lower billsThe UK needs more North Sea gas, not greater reliance on US imports | Nils PratleyHouseholds will be calle...
Review of original train order is meant to prevent service problems north of Birmingham but it may do the oppositePlans to change the size of HS2 trains to maximise capacity are likely to inflate cost...
Responding to an article by Adrian Chiles, readers remember their own favourite discontinued productsHow lucky for Adrian Chiles that he didn’t live in the German Democratic Republic (Rose’s Lime Marm...
Resolution Foundation backs plan to offset rising costs from Iran war likely to leave households £480 poorerThe former Conservative chancellor Jeremy Hunt has proposed a “social tariff” to help Briton...
Engine-maker CEO hails ‘critical milestone’ for company in race to deliver SMR technology built at Wylfa plant on AngleseyRolls-Royce has secured up to £599m from Britain’s national wealth fund as it...
Swedish retailer continued to advertise partnership with Soly and failed to offer me any adviceI am one of many left thousands of pounds out of pocket after signing up for solar panels via Ikea’s webs...
Demand at online marketplaces could settle at a new, higher normal, with the crisis leaving consumers ‘scarred’Car buyers’ interest in electric cars has surged across Europe since the start of the war...
Mo-Rez reduced or eliminated tumours in over 60% of patients and is expected to be a blockbuster drugGSK has revealed positive results for a treatment for gynaecological cancers as its chief executive...
Last year’s drop may reflect rising unemployment and improved right to request flexible working, experts sayThe number of workers in Great Britain taking their bosses to employment tribunals over remo...
Estate agents say rising mortgage costs have created a mood of fear, with Canterbury among the cities being hitHave you lost a mortgage deal or seen your rate rise?On a warm, spring morning in Canterb...
Exclusive: US state is targeting corporate heavyweights in the UK with subsidies and incentives Y’all Street: Bullish Dallas aims to steal New York’s crownThe US state of Texas is putting UK businesse...
Iran war drives demand for solar panels, heat pumps and EVs, with energy bills expected to rise 18% from JulyBritish households are turning to green home energy upgrades in record numbers to try to ke...
A Guardian investigation reveals how the prediction market can shape news – and how it rules on ‘the truth’“Horekunden” was rapidly losing patience.His frustration was with the Institute for the Study...
Engineers link reduced lifespan of roads to shift to heavier cars, some bought to navigate damaged surfacesDrivers who choose SUVs are compounding the pothole problem, experts have warned, as research...
Ex-hedge fund manager ‘forced to accept’ newspaper likely to succeed in its public interest defence, say his lawyersCrispin Odey, the former hedge fund manager, has dropped his £79m libel claim agains...
Summer holidays could be hit unless oil flows through strait of Hormuz recommence within three weeksMiddle East crisis – live updatesAirports have said jet fuel could run short within three weeks in E...
Credit can be used to offset future bills as full-year losses at UK division widen to £41.3m and it adds 92 storesStarbucks’s UK retail arm received a £13.7m corporation tax credit last year, even as...
Campaigners say birds could die trying to access ancestral nests that were sealed during rail refurbishmentSome swifts returning to Britain to breed will be unable to access their ancestral nesting ho...