Except on rare occasions – last year’s post-Liz Truss mini-budget episode being one of them – the bond market rarely garners as much...
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Only one region in England, Wales and Northern Ireland had unaffordable rent, according to official figures. On average, Londoners paid 35% of their household...
Plans to close rail ticket offices will go “too far, too fast”, MPs have warned. The Rail Delivery Group announced over the summer that almost all...
A government pledge to ban no-fault evictions could face long delays after Michael Gove told his backbenchers he would not enact the policy until courts have...
UK housebuilder Vistry is to cut 200 jobs and make £40m less profit than previously thought after a slump in demand. High interest rates and cost of living...
Kemi Badenoch, the business secretary, has turned down an invitation to address the CBI’s annual conference, dealing a blow to the business lobbying...
A fast-growing British semiconductor manufacturer is lining up a £200m funding injection from blue-chip backers including the asset management giant M&G...
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has warned of a crackdown on “public sector waste” and focus on tackling debt after official figures showed weaker than...
The cost of UK state borrowing is close to a 15-year high – levels seen only twice since the global financial crash. The amount the UK government has to...
Nokia has revealed plans to shed up to 14,000 jobs following a slump in sales. The Finland-based telecoms technology firm, which has 86,000 staff worldwide...
High levels of national debt will hurt the UK’s ability to fund public services and respond to economic crises, a think tank has said. Not in the last...
The rate of inflation failed to nudge downwards as expected last month, remaining at an annual rate of 6.7% according to official figures. The headline...
Nitrous Oxide will be illegal from next month as part of a government crackdown on anti-social behaviour, it has been announced. The substance, also known as...
The UK has more than its fair share of looming infrastructure priorities. There’s a neglected water network that leaks sewage into rivers and clean water...
Cost of living: Record one million emergency food bank parcels expected to be handed out this winter
More than one million emergency parcels are expected to be distributed by food banks this winter due to an “unprecedented need” for help, a charity...
The upmarket shoe retailer Kurt Geiger is being groomed for a £400m sale by its private equity backers. Sky News has learned that Cinven is working with...
