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Inflation increases to 3.1% after jump in petrol prices

Surging fuel prices helped drive UK inflation higher again last month, according to official figures....

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State pensioners set to breach tax threshold under ‘triple lock’ boost

People relying solely on the full new state pension are on course to breach the personal tax allowance for the first tim...

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Workers return to packed lunches to cope with rising cost of living

Office workers are increasingly returning to packed lunches as they seek to protect household budgets from the rising co...

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Hundreds of hospitality businesses call on Burnham to lower VAT

More than 800 hospitality businesses have written to the Prime Minister urging him to set out how he will introduce a lo...

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TUC leader calls for end to outsourcing ‘rip-off’

A senior union leader has called for an end to the “outsourcing rip-off” which he warned was treating hundreds of th...

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Amazon ‘on precipice’ of expanding drone deliveries after limited UK launch

Amazon is “on the precipice” of gaining approval to expand its drone delivery service to the whole of Darlington as ...

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AI spending splurge helps UK economy grow in July

The UK economy recorded surprise growth in July as the AI spending boom helped deliver a boost, despite emerging signs o...

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Ryanair boss refuses to apologise for ‘high-fare rapists’ comment

Ryanair chief Michael O’Leary has refused to apologise after he was accused of trivialising rape....

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Uber to cut 10% of global workforce in major overhaul

Uber has unveiled plans to cut its global workforce by about 10% as part of a major restructuring, which is set to resul...