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UK pub chains warn of price rises due to increase in food and fuel costs
Two of Britain’s largest pub groups have warned that punters may have to pay more for a meal and see fewer discounts on the menu as…
Sunday 25 October 2026
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Two of Britain’s largest pub groups have warned that punters may have to pay more for a meal and see fewer discounts on the menu as…
The chairman of Marks & Spencer has backed government plans to override parts of the Northern Ireland protocol, saying that some food exported south of the…
The business department’s handling of Covid support schemes left an “open goal” to fraudsters and embezzlers that has added “billions to taxpayer woes”, parliament’s spending watchdog…
Fuel giants will be told to pass on tax cuts in full to motorists as diesel prices once again hit new highs.
Rishi Sunak is drawing up plans to increase the warm home discount by hundreds of pounds before cutting taxes to help with the cost-of-living crisis.
Inflation hit a 40-year high last month, driven by the jump in electricity and gas prices as the higher energy price cap came into effect.
The UK’s unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest in nearly fifty years but workers are still suffering sharp falls in real income as wage growth…
The average price of a litre of diesel has hit a high of just over £1.80 a litre – and could rise even further if the…
Tesco is to hand pig farmers £6.6m in additional support, taking the total to £10m, after warnings that a slew of producers could go out of…
Elon Musk has suggested that he could seek to pay a lower price for Twitter, as the social media company’s would-be owner expressed further concerns about…
Tens of thousands of apprenticeships could be created and hundreds of millions of pounds saved if the flawed apprenticeships levy were reformed, according to a survey…
Workers should “think and reflect” on whether to ask for pay rises because they risk fuelling inflation, the governor of the Bank of England has said.
Ofgem has come under fire for extending rules that will effectively prevent energy suppliers from offering deals that are significantly cheaper than the price cap if…
Working from home is more popular in Britain than in continental Europe and North America, with commuting journeys down by more than a fifth since pandemic…
Home improvement business Screwfix is to create 800 retail jobs by January as part of plans to open 80 new shops across the UK and Ireland.