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Cost of everyday household goods is surging, website finds

UK borrowing

Government borrowing drops by half, but remains close to all-time highs

Passengers at Heathrow Airport, west London

Travellers urged to use £85m of unspent vouchers

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Food prices rise at fastest rate for 11 years

Heathrow

Heathrow ‘will not make a profit in 2022’ as Covid losses exceed £4bn

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HSBC profits plunge on Ukraine war and inflation worries

A passenger checks into their flight in the departures area in Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport in west London

Passenger numbers at UK airports last year were 78% below pre-Covid levels

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TUC calls for boycott of P&O Ferries

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It is now or never to halt the cash crisis, says Which?

Fuel prices

Britons face extra £10 billion in annual petrol and diesel costs – Labour

Boris Johnson

PM to urge Cabinet to find ‘innovative’ solutions to cost-of-living crisis

A Ukrainian serviceman walks amid the rubble of a building heavily damaged by multiple Russian bombardments near a frontline in Kharkiv, Ukraine

Further trade sanctions on Russia and tariffs removed on imports from Ukraine

Elon Musk

Elon Musk reaches agreement to acquire Twitter for about 44 billion dollars

House of Zana faces legal action from Zara

Small fashion firm to face high-street giant Zara over ‘identical brand’ claims

London Skyline

A sea of red in Europe as FTSE dragged lower by miners

Eggs

Free-range eggs can return to UK shelves from May 2

Meta Store

Facebook parent firm Meta to open first physical retail store

Disabled parking space

Pay gap grew last year for workers with disabilities