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Inflation has risen to its highest level in nearly three decades because of a spike in the cost of a range of goods and services, from food and energy to furniture and clothes.

Moving to a four-day week with no loss of pay may sound like a dream but for a small group of workers it’s about to become reality.

Lloyd’s of London could leave its iconic City of London headquarters after four decades in one of the most consequential signs yet of how companies are reassessing their need for office space.

Further cuts to train timetables have been made in response to Covid-related staff shortages.

The Scottish government is in line for a windfall of almost £700m after the largest ever auction of the country’s seabed plots attracted bids from big oil and renewable energy companies hoping to build next generation windfarms.

Amazon has reversed a decision to ban its customers from using UK-issued Visa credit cards as the two companies continue to try to resolve a dispute over payment fees.

A middle-aged sales assistant has won an age and sex harassment case after her male boss made loud comments about her going through the menopause in front of customers.

Tens of thousands of middle-income families face being investigated by the taxman after the government changed the law to go after people who had “unwittingly” overclaimed child benefit.

The UK’s deep regional divides are widening despite the government’s promises to level up the country, a think tank for the north of England has warned.

Britons are consuming too much alcohol at home due to sessions lasting longer than pub visits, an expert has said

The average house price has jumped by £852 in a month as estate agents experience their busiest start to a year yet, according to Rightmove.

The Treasury expects to recover only £1 of every £4 stolen from the public purse by fraudsters during the pandemic, it has admitted for the first time.

Millions of families in England will be dragged into fuel poverty overnight when energy bills soar this April, research has found.

An estimated 3 per cent of the workforce was signed off in late December and a fifth of businesses reported increased cancellations amid the surge in the Omicron coronavirus variant.