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The government has opted not to intervene in proposals to close and redevelop part of Chatham Docks in Kent, a scheme which one of...

More than 1,000 Ford employees will go on strike on Wednesday, the Unite union has said. Administrative workers in Dunton, Stratford, Dagenham, Daventry and...

Lowri Williams is struggling to cover her basic expenses. Earning a low income with very little support, she says she feels like she’s “living...

Rent has remained unaffordable in England, having been so since records began, the latest official figures show. The typical private sector renter, on a...

Former chancellor Jeremy Hunt has accused the independent fiscal watchdog of lacking “political impartiality” ahead of its review that could be critical of the...

Hospitality industry bosses are urging trade unions to abandon a wave of London Underground strikes, warning they will put jobs at risk and businesses...

Money blog reader Jane T asks: “I want to put my house on the market. One of the previous owners was stabbed to death...

The Labour government’s first budget will embrace the “harsh light of fiscal reality” but “better days are ahead”, Sir Keir Starmer will say in...

Many airlines urge customers to pay for specific seats in advance or run the risk of being split up – but is this really...

A former chair of one of Britain’s biggest auditors is to step down as chairman of Interpath, the independent advisory firm, because of a...

Britain’s biggest energy retailers have told ministers that they will provide more than £500m of extra help for households as the government tries to...

The Premier League is drawing up plans to present its clubs with fresh proposals for a financial settlement with the English Football League (EFL)...

The amount employers pay in national insurance is set to rise in next week’s budget to raise money for public services, Sky News understands....

Mitie Group, the London-listed outsourcer, has kicked off a search for a successor to Derek Mapp, its long-serving chairman. Sky News has learnt that...

The chancellor will need to spend an extra £20bn by the end of the parliament to maintain public investment at its present levels. Rachel...

Thames Water has secured a £3bn injection to avoid running out of cash. There were fears the UK’s biggest water supplier, which serves 16...

Rachel Reeves will rewrite the government’s fiscal rules in next week’s budget to allow her to increase borrowing for public investment by around £50bn....

Frasers Group, the owner of Sports Direct, House of Fraser and Flannels, has written to Boohoo ordering it to sack its chief executive and...

Folkestone has been drawing in crowds in recent years with regeneration and private developments transforming parts of this port town on the Kent coast....