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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has proposed that a Labour government would stop companies from paying dividends until all staff received the living wage.

Mark Carney is to launch a bank start-up unit in an attempt to boost competition in the financial services sector

Consumer spending will help fuel UK economic growth in 2016, according to new forecasts, painting a more positive picture amid global market turmoil which has wiped trillions from global equities this year.

Claims that the creation of Britain’s largest mobile phone, broadband, fixed-line and telecoms infrastructure company would hurt consumers by restricting competition were rejected by the competition watchdog yesterday.

Prospect of the Islamic Republic pumping an additional 500,000 barrels a day sends stock markets in Dubai and Saudi Arabia into tailspin

Goods offered to online UK shoppers at VAT-free prices thought to have cost public purse tens of millions over Christmas

BT’s share price climbs as it names the date for EE deal completion after CMA gives £12.5bn deal green light

Goldman Sachs has reached a $5.1 billion settlement with President Obama’s financial fraud task force to resolve an investigation into its creation and sale of shoddy and risky residential mortgage-backed securities in the run-up to the financial crisis.

RBC Capital Markets said the changes in Russia could pave the way for an implicit accord with Opec but huge hurdles remain

Conservative minister Chris Grayling says the European Union is disastrous for the United Kingdom

The owner of Argos and Homebase is on the verge of selling its DIY chain to an Australian rival for £340 million.

Global warming heads top economists’ concerns for first time but large-scale forced migration seen as most likely risk to materialise

Stock markets in Europe suffered sharp falls this morning as oil price volatility continued to weigh on investors

Sports Direct buys Iconix and Dick’s stakes