
Fastest rent rise in five years adds to concerns over UK cost of living crisis
Private rents in the UK are rising at the fastest rate in five years, ratcheting up the cost of living burden on millions of households.
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Private rents in the UK are rising at the fastest rate in five years, ratcheting up the cost of living burden on millions of households.

Amazon will continue to accept Visa credit cards after striking an international agreement with the payments group.

NatWest Group is facing a £2m-plus compensation claim after a London tribunal ruled it had discriminated against an employee and unfairly dismissed her two days after…

Visas offering foreign investors fast-track residency in the UK are expected to be scrapped by the government, amid pressure over UK links to Russia.

Millions of people missed important post over Christmas due to pandemic-related Royal Mail delays, Citizens Advice has said.

Britain’s tech sector continues to break records as new government data shows more than 1,800 cyber security firms generated a total of £10.1bn in revenue in…

Google has announced that it will stop advertisers tracking users across apps on Android smartphones, following in the footsteps of Apple and causing a significant blow…

The former leader of the Liberal Democrats Nick Clegg has been promoted to top policy executive at Facebook parent company Meta - making him one of…

House prices rose by 10.8 per cent last year, with the price of the average house up by £27,000 to £275,000, according to official figures.

Former Post Office workers who were among those wrongfully convicted for theft, fraud and false accounting have called for the company’s former management to go to…

The UK startup Britishvolt has gained new investment worth £40m from Glencore in the latest stage in its ambitious plan to build one of the UK’s…

The impact of the first year of Brexit on Ireland has been revealed after official data showed cross-border trade between Ireland and Northern Ireland jumped by…

A promotion by the fast-fashion retailer Boohoo that used “sexually suggestive” images of a model in an oversized T-shirt and thong-style bikini bottoms has been banned…

Lego is launching a £100m competition to find solutions that will make a positive impact on the lives of children in response to what the toymaker…

Antony Isaacs, the former MD of HSBC Global Banking and Markets, and leading investment bank Canaccord, joins the Alitam Group to drive forward its transformative multi-billion-pound…