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New laws are needed to hold social media companies to account if they fail to protect young users, according to a report by MPs.
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New laws are needed to hold social media companies to account if they fail to protect young users, according to a report by MPs.

UK house prices grew at the slowest annual rate for nearly six years in January, according to the Nationwide.

Asda has lost the first of three stages of its appeal against a ruling that store and warehouse staff deserve an equal hourly pay rate.

New research looking at the monetary spending on single-use plastic products, has found that Brits’ takeaway habits costs the UK population £65 billion a year.

Plans for mandatory five-year electrical safety checks in privately rented homes in England have been confirmed by the government.

The boss of one of the UK's largest business lobby groups has left abruptly just two months before the UK is due to leave the European…

Barclays is preparing to pull the trigger on no-deal Brexit plans to shift assets worth £166bn (€190bn) to its Irish division as it "cannot wait any…

How a woman chooses to dress can still have a knock-on effect on her career, with those who wear 'sexy' skirts and plunging neck lines more…

Budget airline Wizz Air has revealed quarterly profits crashed nearly 90%, but confirmed its UK arm has been granted a route licence to..

London Stock Exchange Group (LSE) is to buy a 4.92% stake in settlement house Euroclear for 278.5 million euros (£241.9 million), as th..

High street banking giant Santander has posted a double-digit drop in UK profits on higher regulatory costs. The Spanish-owned lender p..

Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank owner CYBG has seen an investor backlash over bonuses for top bosses.

The number of current account customers ditching their old bank and switching to a new one jumped towards the end of last year, figures..

An estimated 10,000 applications to create garden annexes are being made to councils per year, according to calculations from a home in..

Shop prices in January were slightly up on a year ago – despite heavy post-Christmas discounting – to mark the fourth consecutive month..