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A Primark store

Primark to open four new stores and create 850 jobs

Smart Meter Energy Usage

Ofgem proposes reforms to protect customers and strengthen energy suppliers

Trust leaders have pledged to do all they can to minimise disruption for patients on days when nurses are on strike (Peter Byrne/PA)

Trust leaders aim to do all they can to ease disruption amid nurses’ strike

Cost of living crisis

England’s most deprived areas see biggest cut-backs as living costs soar

Twitter closes offices

Musk ‘amnesty’ on banned Twitter accounts will ‘open the gates of hell’

Teachers Pay

School staff buying food for pupils – Unison

Rail strikes

Fresh strike by train drivers to cause more travel disruption

A Trussell Trust food bank

Rare banknotes going under the hammer to help raise money for food banks

Energy costs

SSE to sell 25% stake in transmission network arm for £1.5bn

Nurses strikes

Nurses to strike next month over pay after talks offer is rejected

Car production

Increase in car production as industry returns to growth

A Nando's restaurant

Nando’s cuts losses but recovery slowed by inflation and supply chain pressure

Rail Strikes

How is each train operator affected by the latest rail strikes?

Someone using a laptop

Identity fraud attempts expected to peak during Christmas shopping season

Letting and estate agents' signs

Demand ‘shifting to rental homes as would-be buyers wait for more certainty’

Christmas shoppers in Bristol

Nearly half of people ‘concerned about how their family will afford Christmas’

Royal Mail strike

Thousands of teachers, lecturers and Royal Mail workers on strike

A Tesco egg box

Waitrose to invest £2.6m in egg suppliers as more customers face purchase limits