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FTSE closes below 7,000 for first time in six months after late drop

Sir Keir Starmer

Starmer promises to restore ‘sense of collective hope’ after Tory turmoil

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Lending giants hiking mortgage rates and withdrawing products

Sir Keir Starmer

Sir Keir Starmer pledges publicly-owned energy company

Cost of Living

Hydrogen will not have major role in heating homes, review of studies finds

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Cost-of-living crisis could reverse over-50s ‘great resignation’, survey shows

Rishi Sunak

Sunak supporters express alarm at tax-cutting plan amid market turmoil

Port of Felixstowe strike

Workers begin second eight-day strike at Port of Felixstowe

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Eurostar boss says Brexit border checks add 15 seconds per passenger

John Swinney

Scotland’s Deputy First Minister says he will not replicate ‘reckless’ tax cuts

Mini-budget

Kwarteng is ‘confident’ growth plan will work despite market turmoil

Sir Charlie Bean

Bank ‘should hold emergency meeting’ amid the threat of a further pound plunge

Labour Party Conference 2022

Starmer promises publicly owned energy firm as he attacks Truss’s government

Just Eat

Just Eat shares soar as firm ups earnings forecast

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JD Sports, Rangers and Elite Sports fined £2m over football kit price fixing

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AG Barr boss hails ‘momentum’ as drinks firm faces continued inflation

Energy suppliers

Most energy suppliers must improve help for struggling customers, warns Ofgem

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Odds of winning Premium Bonds prizes improve