Retail sources rebuff government proposal as ‘unjustified’ and likely to push costs up across boardUK supermarkets have been asked by the government to consider putting a price freeze on some essential foodstuffs to...
Read MoreTransport secretary says first official estimate in 2026 prices shows cost turbocharged by inflationBusiness live – latest updatesThe HS2 high-speed railway will now cost up to £102.7bn and trains will not start...
Read MorePay growth eases to 3.4% as businesses face pressure from soaring energy costsUnemployment in the UK has unexpectedly risen to 5% while wage growth has slowed, according to official figures, in the first snapshot of how...
Read MoreTrain operator says passenger demand will still be met as it trims summer timetable at government’s behestAvanti West Coast is to cut about one in seven trains on its busiest intercity routes this summer to reduce...
Read MoreTransport secretary to give budget details of troubled high-speed line, which backers hope will stay well below £100bnThe latest estimate of the cost of HS2 and a timetable to complete construction of the high-speed...
Read MoreChancellor has been under pressure to extend 5p temporary cut at an estimated cost to government of £2.4bn a yearUK politics live – latest updatesRachel Reeves is planning to cancel a rise in fuel duty this week when...
Read MoreTwo campaign groups claim that change to how NHS treatments are approved amounts to ‘unlawful power grab’Campaigners against the UK’s controversial drug pricing deal with Donald Trump are threatening the...
Read MoreComments come after Andy Burnham says he would renationalise water and other businesses as PMInvestors in Thames Water have told the Labour government that a temporary nationalisation of the embattled company would slow its...
Read MoreMay, Johnson, Truss, Sunak, and now perhaps Starmer: each one was brought low for a reason. But what if the deeper problem is the office itself?They were times in which prime ministers seemed to be on their way out as soon as...
Read MoreA foreign face is often thought to add prestige to a product or business – what’s behind this unregulated economy?Piers had been in China for all of two days in 2009 when he was used as a “white monkey”...
Read MoreUK government borrowing costs jump amid political uncertainty and oil price rise that fuelled inflation worriesBusiness live – latest updatesThe pound was heading for its worst week in 18 months on Friday as City traders...
Read MoreClimate and transport organisations warn ministers not to ‘sleepwalk into crisis’ amid Iran war oil and gas shortagesPrivate jets should be banned and the speed limit on UK motorways reduced to 60mph as part of a...
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Outcome of contest for seat just outside Wigan could
As campaigners take to the streets for what could
Defence secretary say party has turned in on itself
PM’s chief secretary Darren Jones defends decision and says
Retail sources rebuff government proposal as ‘unjustified’ and likely
Darren Jones says there are good reasons not to
Transport secretary says first official estimate in 2026 prices
Darren Jones says release will be ‘one of the
Government announces a near tenfold increase but forces fear
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