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National Lottery

National Lottery firm notches up record first half despite falling shop sales

An elderly man

Pensioners start to receive up to £600 from Wednesday to help with energy bills

Jac the sniffer dog

How specially trained sniffer dog Jac will keep electricity flowing this winter

Rail Strikes

Railway workers to stage series of strikes in December and January

BP saw its share price jump by more than 6%

Surge in energy stocks helps push FTSE 100 to two-month high

Coins and notes

2023 will be a very difficult year, OBR member warns MPs

Models of houses on coins

Average five-year fixed mortgage rate less than 6% for first time in seven weeks

Drax power station

Drax boss denies company is Europe’s fourth largest carbon emitter

An AO World delivery van

AO World reveals widened losses amid cost crisis, but insists actions paying off

A G4S security guard

Fears of Christmas cash shortage as G4S staff vote for December strike

App store symbol

Competition regulator launches investigation into Apple and Google ‘duopoly’

Mathias Cormann

Global energy support not targeted enough, warns OECD

Estate agents' boards

House sales held steady last month but experts warn of ‘looming storm’

Severn Trent

Severn Trent ramps up support efforts in cost crunch

Dubai airport

Dubai airport sees passengers top pre-pandemic levels

Borrowing

Government borrowing grows to £13.5bn amid energy support scheme costs

OECD report

UK economy to suffer biggest hit from energy crisis among G7 nations – report

Huawei concerns

Ericsson pledges ‘multi-million pound’ UK investment for 6G research