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Struggling NatWest borrowers have been given an extra six months to pay back unsecured loans and overdrafts.

Around 100,000 civil servants will strike on 1 February in a worsening dispute over pay, jobs and conditions, the Public and Commercial Services union has announced.

Royal Mail has said it is facing severe disruption to its international export services after a “cyber incident”.

A group of former workers at Twitter’s UK operation have accused the company of subjecting them to “unlawful, unfair and completely unacceptable” treatment during a “sham” redundancy process.

The cost of living crisis is the biggest risk facing the global economy this year, the World Economic Forum has warned ahead of its annual meeting in Davos.

Thousands of Microsoft employees across the United States will be given unlimited days off in an overhaul of its holiday policy.

People will be allowed to keep claiming sickness benefits after returning to work and will be offered tax breaks for getting jobs, under plans to boost employment.

British and European manufacturers are slowing down production of electric vehicles because they are too expensive for the vast majority of motorists, an industry body has said.

Up to 3,200 jobs are to go at Goldman Sachs as part of the biggest restructuring efforts at the company since the global financial crash.

The battery startup Britishvolt is in talks with an Indonesia-linked oil and gas investor for a £160m rescue deal that would almost wipe out the value of existing shareholders’ stakes.

The average UK price for a litre of petrol has fallen below 150p for the first time since the outbreak of war in Ukraine.

Amazon has said it plans to shut three UK warehouses in a move which will impact 1,200 jobs.

Britain’s two great luxury car brands have reported record sales as the world’s superwealthy keep on spending.

MPs on the Treasury committee have written to the head of HM Revenue and Customs to ask if its working from home policy has caused a decline in its customer service helpline.

Police are to be given more powers to combat new tactics taken by protesters that are designed to cause maximum disruption.