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London Stock Exchange

FTSE finishes higher again during calm start to week’s trading

Fuel pumps

Fuel firms accused of ‘rocket and feather pricing’ as petrol hits new high

Doctors have suffered a real-terms pay cut of 30% since 2008, the BMA said

Medics in pay restoration vow after ‘30% real-terms pay cut since 2008’

Croydon tramlink

More rail strikes due this week amid pay, jobs and conditions dispute

Retail figures

‘Significant risks’ to UK food standards ahead after Brexit and Covid – report

Man walking past KPMG building

UK at ‘significant risk’ of heading into recession, report warns

Vladimir Putin

Russia ‘defaults on debt’ for first time since 1998

Payment cards

‘Personal loan and credit card rates on the rise’

A girl washing her hands

PZ Cussons on course for sales lift despite ‘challenging’ trading

Aerial view of the London skyline

Wise boss under investigation by City watchdog after tax breach

Big Issue skills gap initiative

Big Issue plans to tackle skills gap

A Hobbycraft store

Arts and crafts retailer Hobbycraft to open new stores and create jobs

Buildings near water

City of London urged to reconsider plans to demolish historic Barbican buildings

Robert Downey Jr wearing Kirk & Kirk glasses (Kirk & Kirk/PA)

UK spectacles designer eyes nationwide launch of pop-up shops

A picket line outside Edinburgh’s Waverley Station (Jane Barlow/PA)

Government ‘misleading’ over role in rail strikes, legal advice suggests

Job centre

Benefit claimants to be made to work longer hours to avoid job centre visits

A pair of wedding rings

Wedding guests ‘thinking creatively’ about ways to save on costs

Kwasi Kwarteng

Kwarteng to shoot down prospect of electronic strike ballots