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Boots

Ambani’s Reliance and Apollo make joint £5bn bid for Boots

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Strike by Financial Conduct Authority staff

Petrol pumps

Government under pressure to cut fuel duty again as tank of petrol reaches £100

Models of houses on top of coins and banknotes

Plans to turn ‘benefits into bricks’ need careful consideration, say experts

A driver fills up with petrol

Cost of a full tank of petrol hits £100

People looking in an estate agent's window

What age do first-time buyers typically get on the property ladder?

Pack of cigarettes

Legal age for smoking should rise and ‘polluter tax’ must be considered – report

A Fuller's pub sign

Pub group Fuller’s cheers weddings and tourism recovery

An electric car being charged

Per mile cost of EVs ‘80% below petrol and diesel cars’ as fuel prices surge

Storm Arwen damage

Electricity firms must ‘up their game’ following Storm Arwen, says Ofgem

Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks teams working to reconnect homes after Storm Arwen

Communities worst affected by Storm Arwen to receive £3.5m in redress payments

A Morrisons supermarket

Morrisons to complete £7bn takeover after CMA approves petrol stations sale

Lidl 'Good to Give' labels

Lidl’s ‘Good to Give’ label helps shoppers choose right products for food banks

An AO World delivery van

AO World shutting German business to focus on UK market

Poundland store

UK shoppers face worse cost-of-living hit than Europeans, says Poundland owner

A DFS store

DFS shares plunge on profits warning

An Avanti West Coast train

FirstGroup rebuffs £1.2bn takeover approach

The cigarette maker said it had invested £1 billion in its new categories unit, which includes vaping and heated tobacco, in recent months

No update on Russia exit as BAT warns of tobacco hit from Ukraine war