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London Stock Exchange

FTSE 100 slips lower as European financial markets cool

A piggy bank being smashed

Record number of people take out debt relief orders in April

Asda

Asda sales increase as supermarket targets Aldi and Lidl shoppers

An online energy bill

Average household energy bill set to fall by 7% in July, say experts

Glass of water

Severn Trent outlines cash plan to reduce sewage spills as CEO defends £3.2m pay

Bank of England

Bank of England expanding ‘northern hub’ in Leeds

Kitchen

Company failures soar by nearly a fifth amid construction and hospitality woes

A Newcastle United fan wearing a Toon Army shirt

Sports Direct loses Court of Appeal bid over Newcastle United kit deal

Comic Relief 2015

Influencers charged over promoting financial investments to followers

Oil rigs in Cromarty Firth

Chevron to sell North Sea oil interests after 55 years

Models of homes on coins

Major lenders cut mortgage rates in ‘welcome boost’ for market

Rishi Sunak and his wife

Wealth of Rishi Sunak and wife Akshata Murty leaps to £651m – Rich List

Haleon sign

GSK nets £1.2bn after selling final stake in Sensodyne maker Haleon

Visitors to Greenwich Park, London look out towards Canary Wharf

Land Securities sees end in sight for property slump as losses nearly halve

Scottish money

Fashion tycoon named richest person in Scotland for third year running

The entrance to Rochdale railway station

New train services between London and Greater Manchester planned