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Average cost of petrol up nearly 3p per litre in a week

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Credit card borrowing grows at fastest annual rate since 2005

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Unilever shares bounce as activist investor Nelson Peltz joins board

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Tax relief for oil and gas firms ‘could have insulated two million homes’

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GSK strikes deal to buy US vaccine firm Affinivax

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B&M hires new boss as discount retailer posts fall in sales

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Online fashion firm Missguided collapses into administration

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Cost-of-living crisis worrying children and teenagers, survey finds

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Ministers to rip up transparency rules for small firms to encourage job creation

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Attacks and abuse of shopworkers tripled during pandemic

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People ‘skipping meals and cooking less often to cope with surging living costs’

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EDF rules out delaying shutdown of Hinkley Point B nuclear power station

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Inclusive Capital eyes £1.5bn takeover move for housebuilder Countryside

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FTSE’s biggest players take wind out of index’s sails

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Platinum Jubilee generation ‘have seen huge changes over their lives’

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Prices for cheapest pasta soar 50% as inflation hits poorest households

Hinkley Point B power station in Somerset

Hinkley Point B nuclear power plant could get life extension, minister suggests

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Tank of diesel for typical family car reaches £100 for first time