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It was once the staple of any family utility room, ready to be deployed on a Sunday evening before the weekly return to school or the…
Rishi Sunak will be forced by the House of Lords to abandon plans for a bonfire of European Union laws by the end of the year.
A generation of passengers will be put off travelling by train for good because of industrial action, ministers fear, as Britain enters the worst week of…
While most households spent the holidays feasting and visiting relatives and friends, others apparently decided Christmas was the season to catch up on admin, with 22,000…
Households are facing a “groundhog year” in 2023, as soaring gas bills and planned tax rises squeeze disposable incomes and send living standards tumbling for the…
House prices recorded their "worst run" since 2008 following a fourth consecutive monthly decline in December, according to a closely-watched measure.
Tesla stocks have slid to their lowest value in more than two years as the electric car maker plans to reduce its production cycle and investors…
Restrictions on travellers from China are likely to be pointless, Britain’s vaccine chief has said as Spain became the latest country to impose Covid tests on…
The first coins bearing the official effigy of the King have appeared in circulation in post offices around the UK.
The rail strikes have had a worse impact on the UK’s hospitality industry than expected – costing bars, pubs, restaurants and hotels £1.5bn in December alone…
Two thirds of small firms plan to make some form of investment in their business by 2024, but under half feel they are fully aware of…
The next Budget, setting out the government's tax and spending plans, will be held on 15 March 2023, the Treasury has announced.
Eggs laid by hens kept indoors for months straight due to bird flu could be sold as free-range under a potential relaxing of rules.
America’s biggest energy producer is suing the European Union in an attempt to force the scrapping of the bloc’s new windfall tax on oil groups, arguing…
Millions of people have abandoned saving into pensions in the past year to bag an extra £550 or more in annual take-home pay to meet rising…