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Rail passengers in England and Wales have been hit by above inflation fare rises despite the collapse in demand (Ben Birchall/PA)

Rail fares increased across Britain despite low demand for travel

A wallet with money

Households’ consumer credit borrowing shrinks at fastest rate on record

Brexit

UK factory output slows in February amid Brexit and Covid supply chain woes

A Wagamama restaurant sign

Wagamama owner burning through £5.5m each month of Covid closures

Jan du Plessis

BT chairman Jan du Plessis quits prestigious £700,000-a-year job

Daily Mirror

Profits tumble at newspaper publisher Reach as print hit by Covid-19

A Bank of Ireland branch

Bank of Ireland to close 103 branches

Horse racing

Ladbrokes owner throws another £80m at bid for Swedish online gambler

A Bunzl van

Bunzl profits from switch to pandemic-related products

Coronavirus vaccination centre

Budget: £1.65bn boost to help get every adult vaccinated for Covid this summer

A Halfords store sign

Profit set to double as bike sales lift Halfords

Rail fare rises are always a controversial issue (Ben Birchall/PA)

Key questions answered on rail fares rise

A solar panel

Insurance and pension giant Aviva targets net-zero emissions by 2040

Notonthehighstreet

Notonthehighstreet boss warns online sales tax would be a mistake

Coronavirus – Thu Jan 28, 2021

Almost 12,000 licensed premises closed for good since start of 2020

Insolvency figures

Insolvency Service payouts hit 10-year high of £453m in 2020

An electric car charging point

Call to make financial incentives available to drivers buying used electric cars

Former prime minister Gordon Brown

Government betraying a generation of unemployed, warns Gordon Brown