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Unite lead national officer Onay Kasab

Trade union brands talks with Health Secretary an ‘insult’ amid pay dispute

The front of a Rolls-Royce car

Rolls-Royce heralds ‘momentous year’ as car sales exceed 6,000 for first time

Britishvolt gigaplant

Northumberland battery firm Britishvolt in talks over majority sale

Models of homes on coins

1.4m households could face rate rises when renewing fixed mortgages in 2023

Workers feel that £49,300 would be a comfortable salary to live on typically, according to a survey

Workers typically feel they need a £49,300 salary to live comfortably – survey

Rishi Sunak

Sunak says ministers ‘happy to talk about pay’ in crisis talks with union chiefs

Vodafone to sell Hungarian arm

Vodafone secures £1.5bn sale of Hungarian arm

A Tortilla restaurant sign

Tortilla posts 20% rise in sales despite December pressure from strikes

Goldman Sachs logo

Goldman Sachs prepares to axe 3,200 jobs amid cost-cutting – reports

RCN members on the picket line

Trade unions meet Government ministers for talks on pay

Chickens

Poultry feed deal referred for in-depth inquiry by competition watchdog

Forgemasters works in Sheffield

Reduced energy support scheme for businesses to be unveiled

A Lidl sign

Lidl hails bumper Christmas as ‘shoppers switch from traditional supermarkets’

Members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) on the picket line outside Leeds General Infirmary, West Yorkshire

Ministers hold series of talks with union bosses in bid to avert strikes

A hand on a laptop keyboard

Men more likely to have had identity stolen than women, survey suggests

A closed sign in a shop during England’s third national lockdown

Firms miss out on £300m of pandemic business rates relief

Cost of living crisis

Worst yet to come for families struggling with cost of living, think tank warns

Hobbycraft sales

Handmade Christmas presents and decorations boost Hobbycraft sales