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An AO World delivery van

AO World ‘cautiously optimistic’ as cost-cutting boosts profits

People walking in London

Robert Walters warns over profits as global jobs market slows

The Bentley factory in Crewe

Luxury car maker Bentley hits record sales

Teachers rally with bright colours as they strike over pay

Primary schools shut as teachers strike in pay dispute

Unison members hold up signage on the picket line

Health Secretary ‘considering backdating next year’s NHS pay offer’

Christmas shoppers

Christmas boosts sales but masks nervous festive season for consumers

Claire Perry O'Neill

Former Tory energy minister quits party and praises Labour competence

Steve Easterbrook

Ex-McDonald’s chief charged with misleading investors after sacking over romance

Energy costs

Energy bill support for businesses extended with much less generous promise

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has set out the support that businesses can get after April (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

What extra support on energy bills are businesses and charities getting?

Unite

Health and social care workers join strike action for better pay

Teachers strike

Teacher strikes to go ahead after last-minute talks fail to secure new deal

Industrial strike

More strikes expected despite crisis talks between unions and ministers

City traders remained optimistic on Monday (Adam Davy/PA)

FTSE 100 closes at four-year high as investors buoyed by China reopening

A person hacking a phone with a computer

Judges throw out spyware maker’s bid to derail legal case filed by WhatsApp

Bank of England

Bank chief economist: Inflation could be more persistent even if gas prices fall

Industrial strike

‘Constructive’ meeting between RMT, train operators and Government

Industrial strike

Strikes set to go ahead after ‘insulting’ talks with Health Secretary