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Bank of England

Benefits of ‘digital pound’ unclear but Government should keep exploring – MPs

MSG Sphere

Gove to review Khan’s decision to reject permission for Las Vegas-style venue

Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) report

FTSE 100 starts December with a mining-fuelled spring in its step

UKFast

Tech entrepreneur Lawrence Jones jailed for 15 years for three sex attacks

A view of a closed Sports Direct shop

Eyes on ‘elevation strategy’ progress as Frasers reveals latest trading

Care home patient with nurse

Most care workers cannot afford to take time off sick, survey shows

Members of the Aslef union on a picket line

Train drivers vote to continue taking strike action for next six months

New Wilko shop Exeter

Wilko returns to high street months after chain’s dramatic collapse

Sir James Dyson libel case

Sir James Dyson loses libel claim against Mirror publisher at High Court

Car production line

UK factory slump eases but ‘little festive cheer’ for under-pressure firms

Steel crisis

Decarbonising industry can’t wait for ‘technologies of tomorrow’, says Tory MP

Credit cards

More households turning to debt to pay for essentials, survey shows

Neil Gray

Voice of business at heart of Government, insists minister

Members of the Aslef union on a picket line

Fresh disruption for rail travellers as train drivers strike again

VNEB redevelopment

Abu Dhabi firm buys Nine Elms developer London Square for £230m

House prices rise in November

UK house prices inch higher but ‘rapid rebound’ in property market unlikely

A Royal Mail Christmas postbox on Oxford Street

Singing postboxes to bring festive cheer in run-up to Christmas

closed bank

A Labour government would consider new powers to prevent ‘banking deserts’