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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...

The number of first-time buyers rose by almost a fifth last year, according to data from Halifax. The bank said 2024 saw 341,068 people...

The world’s biggest theme park operator has begun exploring a sale of some of its aquarium assets as it seeks to prioritise investment in...

Yes there are all sorts of provisos. The UK economy is still flatlining. A 0.1% expansion is about as close as you can get...

The government is continuing to put Post Office victims through “hell” in their fight for redress, Sir Alan Bates has told Sky News. More...

The UK economy grew fractionally during the final three months of 2024, according to early official figures, which ease the immediate risk of a...

The boss of Abercrombie & Fitch (A&F) has said she is “appalled and disgusted” by the sex trafficking claims against her predecessor Mike Jeffries....

Heathrow is set to announce a multibillion-pound expansion plan to create extra capacity at the airport – as it prepares its proposal for a...