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BT Group’s headquarters

BT to shed up to 55,000 jobs amid shift to AI and automation

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murty

Japanese businesses set to invest £18bn in UK, says Rishi Sunak

An easyJet plane

EasyJet cuts losses as consumers are ‘safeguarding their holidays’

Knightsbridge Stock

Burberry sales jump after boost from China relaxing pandemic restrictions

A person laying loft insulation

Energy saving schemes falling short, councils warn

British Chambers of Commerce conference

Starmer sees Brexit deal as ‘starting point’ with ‘gaps to fill’, McMahon says

Energy bills

Ovo and Good Energy to pay £4m compensation for overcharging customers

BT Group’s headquarters

BT Group to cut up to 55,000 jobs by end of decade

Vaping stock

Number of children trying vaping rises 50% in a year

Cakes and biscuits

Concerns over ultra-processed foods on healthy eating app

A broadband router

One million cut broadband access amid cost-of-living crisis – survey

Kwais Kwarteng

Kwasi Kwarteng again refuses to apologise over economic turmoil

British Chambers of Commerce conference

Starmer promises planning reform and ‘a new business model’ for UK

London Hammond Inquiry report

SP Hinduja, patriarch of one of Britain’s richest families, dies aged 87

People at Greenwich Park, London, look out towards Canary Wharf

London markets finish in red after downbeat trading updates

Jeremy Hunt speaking during the British Chambers Commerce Annual Global conference

Hunt suggests businesses abandoning working from home as it stifles creativity

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak holds a huddle with political journalists on board a government plane as he heads to Japan to attend the G7 summit in Hiroshima

Sunak insists he will bring down taxes when inflation cools

Members of the train drivers’ union Aslef on a picket line

Train drivers’ union to recommend pay offers to members in Wales and Scotland