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Interest rates

Bank of England expected to hike interest rates to new 13-year high

A man using a laptop

Majority who started side ventures during pandemic ‘still keeping them up’

Grant Shapps

Agency workers could fill in for striking staff under potential legal changes

A piggy bank being smashed

One in 20 employees ‘could not cover bills for a week if they lost their income’

Empty Tube train

Working from home did little to alleviate regional disparities, report finds

London Stock

Hot US inflation heightens FTSE’s woes amid global sell-off

Consumer Prices

US inflation hit a new 40-year high last month of 8.6%

A Tesco store in Lockerbie, Scotland, as the supermarket giant prepares to update investors (Andrew Milligan/PA)

Tesco to reveal latest customer spending amid inflation pressure

Russia's central bank

Russia’s central bank cuts interest rates to pre-war level

Petrol pumps

Drivers told to avoid short car journeys as petrol reaches 183p per litre

A home thermostat

‘More than half of households have cut energy use due to soaring costs’

Rishi Sunak

‘Not true’ that Chancellor wasted £11bn in debt interest, says Treasury minister

Technology stock

Competition regulator to investigate Apple and Google mobile ecosystem dominance

Firmus Energy increases prices

One in eight private renters could miss out on Government’s energy bill support

Tube strike

More workers to vote on strikes in growing rail disputes

Workers in City of London

UK banks could fail safely as they leave ‘too big to fail’ era behind – report

Petrol pumps

Average price of petrol reaches 183p per litre

Commuters in London

MindGym sees revenue soar amid increased staff wellbeing demands