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Customers who use pre-pay meters are being urged to cash in vouchers

Shapps ‘insistent’ energy support vouchers should reach households

A test of an aero engine run on hydrogen

EasyJet and Rolls-Royce conduct world-first hydrogen test

CS Venkatakrishnan

Barclays boss reveals cancer diagnosis but will continue to manage bank

Railway station

TSSA re-balloting rail workers over continuing industrial action

Traffic on the M5 motorway near Bridgend, Wales

Drivers with keyless vehicles ‘twice as likely to make a theft claim’

Superdry shop

Superdry confirms talks with hedge fund-backed lender to secure future

Cost-of-living crisis

Shapps launches £1 billion scheme to insulate middle-income homes

Soldiers on parade

Army would step in to help NHS during winter of strikes under contingency plans

A Big Issue vendor takes a contactless card payment

Free sim cards for Big Issue vendors

Amazon warehouse

Amazon to see £29m tax hike in business rates shake-up

A view of homes in Leverstock Green, Hemel Hempstead

Homes ‘selling for 3% below asking price on average’

Electric charging

Halfords boss warns move to tax electric motors could hold back switch from fuel

Rail workers on strike

Pay deals to match inflation are unaffordable, minister warns as strikes loom

Steve Barclay

Nurses tell Health Secretary it’s ‘pay negotiations or nothing’ to avert strikes

Wind

Climate tsar Sharma delivers blow to Sunak by joining onshore wind rebellion

Empty departures board at Euston station in London

Fresh strike by train drivers to cause more travel chaos

London skyline

FTSE nears 7,500, but fails to pass muster

Tesco Extra

Cost-of-living support should be ‘more targeted’ for vulnerable – Tesco chief