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Commuters

UK jobless rate rises further as recession looms

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Unemployment rate rises as jobs market shows signs of weakening

Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union stand on the picket line outside Victoria station in central London

Month of rail chaos begins with first 48-hour strike, as nursing walkout looms

Rail Strikes

Number of working days lost to strikes reaches highest for more than a decade

Edinburgh Waverley station

ScotRail warns of disruption ahead of latest rail strikes

HMS Diamond

Capita sheds debt and sees revenues grow on new contract wins

A person in a wheelchair at an airport

Regulator finds disabled passengers missed flights due to Heathrow’s failings

The Twitter splash page is seen on a digital device on April 25, 2022

Elon Musk’s Twitter dissolves Trust and Safety Council

Electric car charging

Drop in demand for electric cars as cost of living crisis bites

An aeroplane

Six in 10 adults ‘already planning trips abroad in 2023’

Kwais Kwarteng

Treasury officials say they warned Kwasi Kwarteng about mini-budget

A Southeastern train makes its way through Ashford in Kent as rail services remain disrupted in the icy weather

Rail strikes to continue over Christmas after pay offer is rejected

Unison 24 hour strikes in Belfast

Health workers defiant on picket lines during 24 hour strike in Northern Ireland

Oliver Dowden

Ministers ‘straining every sinew’ to limit strike disruption after Cobra meeting

Unison 24 hour strikes in Belfast

Industrial action expected across the UK: strike dates from now until February

Jenny Gilruth

Scotland’s transport minister calls on UK Government to end rail dispute

Winter weather Dec 12th 2022

London markets close in red as cold weather stokes gas prices

Ambulances lined up in car park

Ambulance strike called off as union members accept pay deal