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Pastry probe enters next stage as firms give no assurances to watchdog

Nadine Dorries

Nadine Dorries calls on tech firms to boost diversity and opportunity

WH Smith figures

WH Smith sales to hit top of targets after travel recovery

Whitbread chain Premier Inn

Whitbread costs to rise by up to £30m as it hikes pay to attract workers

Money

Around 850,000 households missing out on vital Pension Credit support

Co-operative Bank Stock

People back green investment despite soaring bills, Co-op Bank finds

A wine bottle and a glass of wine

Alcohol labelling failing consumers, say campaigners

Rooftops of houses

Equity release ‘finances £1 in every £90 spent by retired people within the UK’

Models of elderly people on a pile of coins and banknotes

Fifth of this year’s retirees ‘relying on state pension as main income source’

BT logo

BT workers to vote on strikes in dispute over pay

Retail footfall in Scotland

Retail experts urge action by ministers over ‘meagre’ sales increases

Trains parked at a depot

Thousands more rail staff to be balloted over strike action

Meta joins Stop Scams UK

Tribunal backs competition watchdog over Facebook’s Giphy takeover

City of London skyline

FTSE continues week-long malaise, but falls ease

Hillary Clinton giving a speech

Hillary Clinton calls on investors to measure impact of funding diverse talent

New iPhone

Major League Soccer to be exclusively streamed on Apple TV in 10-year deal

Notes and coins

Young adults more likely to have less than £1,000 of emergency savings – survey

Tube strike

War of words between unions and the Government ahead of rail strikes