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John Lewis store

John Lewis to give free meals to staff as it seeks 10,000 Christmas workers

Rachel Reeves

Labour ‘not at all confident’ of cost-of-living teamwork with new prime minister

Empty platforms at London King's Cross station

Rail union announces new strike date

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Price cap experts cut forecasts as wholesale costs fall, but warn worse to come

Scottish money

Scotland’s GDP fell by 0.8% in June, figures show

A Co-op worker

Co-op strikes £600m deal to sell petrol stations to Asda to help boost finances

A man working from home

Working from home could add £131 a month to energy bills

Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves a police vehicle after watching a drugs-related raid by Metropolitan Police officers

Johnson: UK has financial strength to get through cost-of-living crisis

A striking worker

Round-up of strikes and potential industrial action affecting the UK

Models of houses on piles of coins and banknotes

Older homeowners ‘could potentially unlock £129,000 on average by downsizing’

A Shoe Zone store

Back-to-school demand boosts Shoe Zone

Co-op store sign

Co-op offloads petrol forecourt business to Asda in £600m deal

Royal Mail vans parked at a depot

Royal Mail workers stage second strike in pay row

Sainsbury’s

Sainsbury’s to invest £65m into prices next month to offset inflation pressure

Postal strike signage

Postal workers strike for second day in fight for improved pay

A basket of groceries

Food prices rise at fastest rate since 2008, retail group figures show

A woman using a mobile phone

Insurance customers could make savings by haggling and switching, says Which?

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Persil advert banned over its ‘misleading’ environmental claims