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A train

Railway cleaners to go on strike amid growing industrial unrest

Sainsbury’s

Sainsbury’s agrees £500m sale and leaseback deal for 18 stores

JD Sports posts profits decline and cautions over inflation and stock issues

JD Sports sees profits plunge and cautions over inflation and supply chain woes

Cloud services

Cloud services competition probe to be launched by Ofcom

Coronavirus – Fri Dec 11, 2020

Bank of England set for bumper interest rate hike

Transport for London commissioner Andy Byford

Transport for London commissioner Andy Byford ‘set to announce his resignation’

A woman gambling online

Fears for increase in harmful gambling among women as cost of living bites

The letter said cutting preventable illness caused by junk food would be crucial in tackling the NHS backlog

70 health organisations urge Government not to abandon anti-obesity measures

An electric car being charged

Chancellor urged to cut VAT on public charging of electric cars

Kwasi Kwarteng

Chancellor targets part-time workers in ‘win-win’ welfare shake-up

1921 Records launch

HMV launches record label as it ‘harks back to its roots’

Ivory trade ban

‘Hundreds’ of ivory items remain on sale in UK despite near total ban – charity

Cabinet Meeting

Tories have not had a clear run at government over last decade, says Truss ally

Empty platforms at King’s Cross railway station in London

Truss urges striking rail workers to ‘get back to work’

A fracking test site in Sussex

Truss defends possible Tory manifesto breach over fracking ban

A BT Openreach fibre modem

BT and Openreach workers to stage fresh strikes in pay dispute

Simon Clarke

Chancellor ‘had the right’ to sack top civil servant, says ex-Treasury minister

A circuit board

Businesses welcome ‘short-term fix’ as Government slashes energy bills in half