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British consumer confidence has plunged to its lowest level since records began nearly 50 years ago, a survey has suggested, adding to fears that...

Royal Mail has said it will need to rise prices and cut costs in the face of soaring inflation. The company warned that it...

Britain’s biggest dairy producer has admitted the price of milk will continue to increase due to sky high energy costs that have already risen...

There is no getting away from the shock of the headline figure here. The consumer price index is the main measure we use to...

Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has written to the leading petrol retailers “to remind them of their responsibilities” to pass on tax cuts to motorists....

Real wages have dropped by 1.2% as regular pay growth fails to keep up with soaring inflation, according to the latest official figures. The...

The £4.25bn takeover of Chelsea Football Club has been thrown into fresh doubt amid a renewed impasse between owner Roman Abramovich and Whitehall over...

The energy price cap, the mechanism that determines gas and electricity bills for 22 million households, could soon be reviewed every three months under...

Oil giant Saudi Aramco has revealed its profits skyrocketed by more than 80% in the first three months of the year, with prices buoyed...

The Premier League is considering a formal ban on debt-fuelled club takeovers as part of a far-reaching  overhaul of its ownership rules. Sky News...

What is Elon Musk up to? Not for the first time that’s the question on the minds of Twitter executives, global investors and many...

Billionaire Elon Musk has said his Twitter deal is “temporarily on hold” over the company’s spam and fake user accounts. Mr Musk, who last...

It’s been a long time since I returned to Wigan. Situated equidistant between Liverpool and Manchester, the old mining town has stood proudly on...

Boris Johnson has ordered ministers to come up with plans to cut more than 90,000 civil service jobs in order to free up billions...

Be in no doubt, today’s GDP figures are bad news indeed. Bad news as they show the economy is shrinking sooner than expected, down...

The UK economy contracted by 0.1% in March, as surging inflation took a toll on demand to offset the boost that had been expected...

Chelsea FC is close to unveiling a £20m-a-year sponsorship deal with a fast-growing cryptocurrency group – despite a temporary ban on the club striking...

The world’s largest car-maker has warned that its operating earnings could fall by a fifth this year due to “unprecedented increases in materials and...

Billionaire Elon Musk, who is set to buy Twitter, has said he would reverse the platform’s “foolish” ban on former US president Donald Trump...