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Britain’s payments watchdog is expected to be abolished as part of a purge of regulators being thrashed out in Whitehall. Sky News has learnt...

Heist highlights concerns over crypto industry security Anyone who owns crypto may well be feeling a little nauseous after the biggest ever theft of...

Parents who are entitled to hours of free childcare should not have to pay mandatory extra charges to secure their nursery place, the government...

Shops were given a surprisingly big boost in January as official figures showed retail sales rose by 1.7%. Only a 0.3% rise had been...

Nigel Farage has given up sole control of Reform UK, with the party’s members now being “handed over ownership” following a vote last year,...

What happens when you put a boyhood fan in charge of their club? They discover it’s not so simple to run after all. And...

Hundreds more high street jobs will be lost this week after Quiz Clothing, the troubled fashion retailer, called in administrators. Sky News understands that...

Inflation has risen a surprising amount – to the highest in nearly a year – official figures show. This means prices are rising even...

It’s was crunch time for the UK’s biggest water provider Thames Water as its fate was announced on Tuesday morning. Thames Water finances hung...

Plans for a new electric arc furnace in Port Talbot have been approved by the local planning authority. Tata Steel’s application was given the...

Thames Water, which was due to run out of money, has been given a lifeline after a £3bn loan was approved by the High...

Wages have risen while unemployment unexpectedly saw no change, official figures show. Average weekly earnings rose 6% in the three months to December, data...

The business secretary will this week hold a fresh round of talks with British Steel’s Chinese owner amid protracted talks about a state bailout...

Donald Trump is demanding that European allies spend more on defence, and the prime minister is nodding along. At a summit in Paris, Sir...

The UK competition regulator has warned Topp Tiles’ purchase of 30 rival shops could make prices more expensive and services worse. On Monday the...

The private equity backer of Motor Fuel Group (MFG), one of Britain’s biggest petrol forecourt empires, is exploring the sale of a stake in...

Crisis-hit Thames Water has launched a bid to charge its customers more over the next five years than the industry regulator will allow, arguing...

Regulators have proposed sweeping changes for the baby formula industry, saying high prices and branding are leading to “poor outcomes” for parents. The Competition...

Deep under the Bank of England, in a network of vaults into which cameras are rarely admitted, sits the world’s second biggest known trove...