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Asda said it had “taken on board” comments by food poverty campaigner Jack Monroe as it announced it would stock low-price ranges in all...

Plans for a crackdown on “cowboy” parking firms will cap many fines at £50 and introduce a new code of conduct to better protect...

The business secretary has again ruled out the prospect of the government cutting VAT on energy bills to provide further support as the cost...

Downing Street is in talks with Macquarie Group, the Australian lender, to secure a headline-grabbing £10bn investment in British infrastructure that would represent one...

The power industry is concerned some companies could be making massive profits on the occasional days when renewable electricity generation slumps. Generators which step...

The boss of British Gas owner Centrica has warned that household bills could see a further increase in the autumn on top of the...

Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey has suggested that workers should not ask for big pay rises as it battles surging inflation. The Bank...

Households will be left in “deep peril” and older people will be “badly shaken” by the rise in energy bills, charities have warned. On...

It is hard to think of another day – certainly one outside a recession – when so much bad economic news came in one...

The Bank of England has raised interest rates, slashed its growth forecast and warned that families are about to suffer the biggest fall in...

Millions of households will discover on Thursday how much their energy bills will rise this spring after the regulator brought forward its announcement of...

Emergency traffic measures to control congestion at the Port of Dover have already been used as many times this year as in the first...

More than one in five people are cutting back on their use of gas and electricity as household budgets are squeezed by inflation, figures...

A retail lobby group has warned it will be “impossible” for the sector to shield shoppers from rising costs in the months ahead as...

The academic bookseller Blackwell’s has put itself up for sale for the first time in its 143-year history after scrapping plans to hand ownership...

Wearing face masks on flights will be one of the last COVID measures to be dropped globally and could be enforced for years, experts...

Labour is calling on Rishi Sunak to allow the National Crime Agency (NCA) to investigate fraud associated with the government’s COVID support schemes. In...

Royal Mail has added special barcodes to stamps, making it possible for people to watch videos, read messages and view other information from senders....

PlayStation maker Sony has announced a $3.6bn deal to buy Bungie, the games developer behind titles such as Destiny. It comes two weeks after...