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Boohoo slides to almost £91m loss as cost pressures weigh on shoppers

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Jobless rate rises again unexpectedly as economic uncertainty takes its toll

Rupert Stadler

Former Audi boss Stadler admits charges over diesel emissions scandal

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Cigarette maker Imperial Brands sees profits rise as US market share increases

Fuel pumps

Petrol below 145p per litre for first time since November 2021

Shoppers walk past a Vodafone shop in Oxford Street, London

Vodafone cutting 11,000 jobs as boss says group ‘must change’

Food prices remain at "shockingly high levels"

UK's most expensive food items revealed as prices of key staples double - including at Tesco, Asda and Lidl

Gambling figures

Financially desperate Britons increasingly turning to gambling ‘quick fix’

Food prices

Some meat, yoghurt and vegetables double the price of a year ago – Which?

Wind farm

‘Polite queuing’ will not decarbonise energy grid, says Ofgem boss

A tax return

One in five taxpayers will be paying higher rate of income tax by 2027, says IFS

Farmland

British farmers to be given greater protections in future trade deals

Interest rates

Bank of England economist Pill admits poor wording over living standards comment

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Do not use sweeteners for weight control, World Health Organisation says

CONSUMER Xbox One

EU approves £55bn tie-up between Microsoft and Activision Blizzard

Hawkeswood Metal

Directors jailed and firms fined after five workers killed by wall collapse

Spring weather April 19th 2023

FTSE starts week in the green amid rising commodity prices

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Ofcom launches investigation into Royal Mail after it missed delivery targets