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Almost £14bn business rates relief welcomed as online sales tax scrapped

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WhatsApp users can now search for and message businesses directly

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‘Sigh of relief’ for pensioners as triple lock is confirmed for next April

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All NI households to receive £200 payment to help with energy costs – Chancellor

Energy Costs

Wind and solar farms to pay nearly half of windfall profits to Treasury

Autumn statement 2022

Economy set to shrink by 2% as Government debt to soar £400bn higher – OBR

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Cost of Bulb bailout rises to £6.5bn

Schools in England will get an extra £3.6 billion over the next two years, the Chancellor has announced (Ben Birchall/PA)

Hunt pledges £4.6bn more for schools, saying good education is ‘moral mission’

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Extra £6 billion funding for insulating draughty homes ‘too little, too late’

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Bank surcharge slashed but ‘so-called cut’ means 1% tax rise for sector

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House prices expected to fall by 9% over next two years, says OBR

Autumn statement 2022

Hunt pledges to make UK ‘the world’s next Silicon Valley’

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Electric vehicles to lose VED exemption

FTX

New CEO of FTX condemns ‘complete failure’ of corporate control

Pound

Pound tumbles amid market fears for UK economy and impact of austerity budget

Autumn statement 2022

Business rates package welcomed by industry but ‘urgent reform’ still needed

Autumn statement 2022

Reeves: Chancellor picked the pockets of entire country with autumn statement

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Chancellor accused of pushing more people into poverty