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Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch speaking at TheCityUK international conference

Business Secretary Badenoch says her job involves ‘the killing of bad ideas’

National Gallery

Royal Mint coin celebrates 200 years of the National Gallery

A Mecca Bingo hall

Mecca Bingo owner shakes off post-Covid slump as players spend more

A house-shaped money box

One in 10 people has less than £25 left each month after bills, survey finds

BP

BP’s new boss trims leadership team amid shake-up

A Dunelm store

Sales rise at Dunelm but spending ‘remains under pressure’

An easyJet plane

EasyJet cuts winter losses by more than £50 million

A Deliveroo rider

Deliveroo sees weaker UK trading as consumer spending remains ‘uncertain’

Shakira

Concord agrees £1.1bn deal to buy music rights fund Hipgnosis

Keir Starmer

Starmer to set out plans for ‘historic’ £1.8bn investment in Britain’s ports

Oliver Dowden

UK must bolster economic defences, Deputy PM to warn

Feet in flip flops on a beach

Analysis finds ‘surprising’ destinations are cheapest for a summer break

Offshore wind projects

Labour urged to support oil and gas sector to enable green transition

A doctor with a stethoscope

GPs in England launch dispute over new contract with threat of industrial action

Chatham House 2024 Global Trade Conference

Badenoch to warn business chiefs Labour would impose ‘stifling’ conditions

Royal Mail vans

Royal Mail owner rejects bid approach from Czech billionaire