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City stock

Miners lift UK’s FTSE 100 higher as inflation eases further

Banknotes and coins

Lack of transparency around insurance driving low trust levels, MPs hear

Credit cards

Balance transfer activity hits highest level in nearly 20 years – UK Finance

Industrial strike

Trade union law in breach of workers rights, Supreme Court rules

Duke of Sussex

Travel industry must do better for tourist destination communities – Harry

Winter weather Jan 10th 2024

Thames Water to borrow more to fund revised business plan, reports say

Worker illness

Interest rate cut hopes pushed back after slower-than-expected inflation fall

For sale and sold signs

House price falls slow as private rents hit new records, figures show

Just Eat delivery

Just Eat takeaway orders lift in UK while overseas demand wanes

Man smoking

Shopkeepers must be safeguarded to uphold smoking ban, retailers warn

A wallet containing bank cards and notes

What does the fall in inflation mean for UK households?

Cost of living crisis

UK inflation cools to 3.2% after further slowdown in food prices

Shopper in supermarket

How the rate of inflation has changed for everyday items

A piggy bank

More than 1,300 inflation-beating cash savings accounts available

Strawberries

Sunshine helps grow first commercial batch of strawberries to go on sale

Edinburgh Airport

France’s Vinci to snap up majority stake in Edinburgh Airport

Asos

Asos losses widen as sales fall amid revamp plan

Shoppers

Inflation expected to cool to two-and-a-half-year low