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House rooftops

Home buyer inquiries, sales and prices fell back in June, say surveyors

Household bills

1.3 million households missed a bill payment in a single month, Which? warns

Models of people on coins

Lump-sum cost-of-living payments not targeted at those in greatest need – IFS

Industrial strike

Fresh strike by junior doctors set to be the ‘longest in NHS history’

Alister Jack

Scottish Secretary to chair defence firms roundtable

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt

Hunt stresses need for ‘responsible’ approach to public sector pay

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak

Ministers stress need for discipline over public sector pay rises

Canary Wharf skyline

Buoyant bank shares support strong trading session for London markets

Strike action

Rail revenue protection staff vote to strike amid bullying claims

Loungers bar

Loungers eyes 34 new sites as expansion drives record sales

Workers on the production line at a Nissan factory in the UK

Adopt ‘modern industrial strategy’ to secure car sector, Labour tells Government

Prime Minister’s Questions

SNP’s Mhairi Black urges Government to take mortgage crisis ‘seriously’

HS2 Ltd chief executive Mark Thurston

HS2 boss quits as project moves to ‘defining period’ after major delays

New houses under construction

Government fails to spend £2bn meant to tackle housing crisis

A beach in New Zealand

Holiday spending by bank’s customers jumped by 40% annually this spring

Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey

Nearly 1m households face £500 monthly mortgage cost hike by end of 2026 – Bank

Vilnius Nato summit

Sunak and Hunt yet to make final decisions on public sector pay awards

Thames Water workers

Thames Water customers ‘will not pay higher bills’ to cover debt issues