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Bulb Energy sold

Energy companies bring bid for High Court challenge over Bulb sale

Rows of houses

Average of £14,100 being shaved off price tag to achieve home sale, study shows

Jeremy Hunt

Tax hikes or spending squeeze needed to end public sector pay disputes – IFS

Members of the National Education Union taking part in a march from Portland Place to Westminster

Teachers to stage fresh strikes in dispute over pay

Women now make up 40% of board roles across the FTSE 350

UK’s biggest listed companies hit gender balance target three years early

Grant Shapps

UK and US pledge greater energy independence

Brexit

European stocks jump higher as investors upbeat over post-Brexit deal

A woman warming herself with an electric fire

Scottish Energy Secretary urges UK Government to keep price guarantee

Pound jumps following post-Brexit deal

Pound enjoys ‘small relief rally’ after post-Brexit deadlock broken

Pounds

Pound surges higher after UK and EU agree Northern Ireland deal

Britishvolt ‘gigaplant’ planned in Northumberland

Failed Britishvolt project bought by Australian start-up

Empty fruit and vegetable shelves at an Asda in east London

Supermarket bosses meeting food minister over fruit and veg shortage

Man in supermarket

British households buying less food or skipping meals as cost pressures bite

Keir Starmer

Starmer: Migration is not the answer to all our problems

A phone showing an energy bill

Ofgem lowers energy price cap but bills still expected to rise for households

A general view of a wireless room thermostat in a home in London

What does Ofgem’s price cap mean for me and my energy bill?

Paperchase shop

Paperchase collapse and raft of company insolvencies boost Begbies Traynor

Primark store

Primark owner hikes full-year outlook amid resilient consumer spending