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Pressure is building on the prime minister to radically redraw restrictions on foreign travel next week, in time for the final weeks of the summer holidays.
Bitcoin has broken through the $40,000 level again as the world’s largest cryptocurrency rebounds from the sell-off it suffered in recent months.
The government is considering Canary Wharf as a location for an £800 million scientific research agency in a boost to the east London financial district’s ambition…
Businesses are stepping up recruitment plans and increasing wages as the recovery gathers strength but optimism in the private sector has peaked.
Booster jabs are to be offered to 32 million people as early as next month to protect the most vulnerable before winter, it was reported last…
Hundreds of thousands of viable jobs will be put at risk when the furlough scheme ends as workers in industries where voluntary restrictions persist lose the…
Nearly half of Britons are reducing social contact in a sign that the “pingdemic” is having a significant effect on behaviour.
Nine out of ten antisemitic posts on Facebook and Twitter stay online despite being reported, a large-scale study has found.
More than 5 million people had a parcel lost or stolen last year, according to Citizens Advice, which has called on the government to start fining…
The number of people on furlough fell below two million towards the end of June as the economic recovery gathered pace, official figures show.
Amazon signalled last night that its breakneck growth will slow over the coming months as people emerge from pandemic restrictions.
Speculation that the chancellor will delay his budget until next year is mounting after he instructed the spending watchdog to publish new forecasts without announcing an…
A further 30 black students starting at Cambridge University will have their tuition and living costs covered thanks to a scholarship scheme started by the rapper…
Employees at Google have been told that the company will delay their return to the office and will require them to be vaccinated as coronavirus infection…
Facebook has reported a surge in revenue having benefited from a rise in digital advertising as people spend more time and money online during the pandemic.