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The chief executive of Thames Water has refused to rule out bill increases of up to 40% for customers as the troubled company tries...

The former UKIP leader Nigel Farage is demanding that a major City law firm discloses information that it holds about him, accusing it of...

Millions of people are being urged to send meter readings to their energy supplier this weekend to ensure they don’t overpay. The regulator’s price...

A “modest” increase in statutory sick pay (SSP) is overdue, according to a committee of MPs who say it must strike a balance between...

The board of Thames Water was locked in crunch talks on Wednesday as shareholders prepare to dilute a pledge to inject funds into the...

The competition regulator has urged UK fashion businesses to give accurate information about how environmentally friendly their clothes are after three fast-fashion firms signed...

The first City trader to be jailed for rigging Libor interest rates has lost his appeal against his 2015 conviction. Tom Hayes, 44, a...

The competition regulator has urged UK fashion businesses to give accurate information about how environmentally friendly their clothes are after three fast-fashion firms signed...

Insurance companies have been told they must offer full value to settle claims relating to written-off and stolen cars after further “shortcomings” were found...

Spills of raw sewage into England’s rivers and seas reached their worst on record last year. Discharges of untreated sewage by water companies doubled...

Barclays has apologised after customers experienced difficulties with payments into and out of accounts, as well as with its app, telephone and online banking...

Up to eight million UK jobs are at risk from the rise of artificial intelligence (AI), according to a report warning that the low-skilled...

First-time buyers are being offered the chance to pay a modest £5,000 deposit and potentially borrow up to 99% of a property’s value. The...

Some “fashionable” toilet roll brands claiming to be made from sustainable bamboo actually contain very little and are instead using virgin wood, a new...

The collapse of the Baltimore bridge has trade implications, with the cost of rebuilding estimated to surpass $600m (£474.12m), experts have told Sky News....

Children under 14 will be barred from joining social media in Florida from next year. Signed into law by governor Ron DeSantis, the legislation...

Chocolate is among the products placing upwards pressure on grocery inflation in the run-up to Easter, according to closely-watched supermarket data. Kantar Worldpanel, which...

Ofgem has launched a discussion on the energy price cap, floating options such as a cap based on vulnerability and when energy is used....

Future offshore wind projects could be at risk because of a rise in demand for steel, according to analysis by consultancy group Newton. The...