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Labour and material shortages to slow building volumes for Persimmon

Labour and material shortages to drag down building volumes for Persimmon

Boris Johnson tries glass-blowing

Companies could get more energy bill help from ministers

GSK shuts down 'meritless claims' around cancer-risk of heartburn drug Zantac

GSK attacks ‘meritless claims’ over heartburn drug Zantac

City of London scenes

GDP falls 0.1% as Covid-19 vaccination programmes wind up

Horse Racing – Nottingham Racecourse

Flutter sees shares soar despite swinging to a loss

Gas ring

Price cap predictions hiked again in fresh £5,300 warning on bills

BT workers dispute

Campaign group to stage nationwide rallies over cost-of-living crisis

Governor of the Bank of England, Andrew Bailey

Andrew Bailey: Regulatory independence vital to UK’s competitiveness

Co-op cash pledges

Co-op pledges to save communities from becoming ‘cash deserts’

Soft drinks

Councils call for clarity around spending of funds from soft drinks sugar levy

A strike outside the National Museum of Scotland

Almost 10,000 civil servants to vote on strike action amid pay dispute

Old Bailey stock

Strike vote by courts staff

Nicola Sturgeon visit to GlaxoSmithKline

FTSE 100 dragged down by sinking pharma shares, while US markets make gains

Boris Johnson

Johnson urges power companies to act ‘in the national interest’

The Groucho Club

Soho’s The Groucho Club sold to Artfarm hospitality business

Queues at Heathrow airport

Heathrow says airport travel chaos is easing

Nadhim Zahawi visit to Belfast

Ministers to hold crunch talks with energy bosses over winter price hikes

A payslip

Nearly a quarter of bigger businesses increased staff wages in June – survey