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Tesco pledges to remove all peat from bedding plants by 2023

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Average UK house price ‘surged by £33,000 over past year’

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UK economy sees stronger rebound in fourth quarter, but household savings drop

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Watchdog sets out £71m plan to help British Steel pension savers

Coronavirus – Wed Aug 4, 2021

Energy price cap rises due, but what other costs are set to go up?

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12 ways to make your money stretch further as living costs surge

Liz Truss

Truss and Lavrov in India in sign of global political impact of Ukraine war

A gas ring

Customers urged to check meters before 54% jump in energy prices

The new £50 banknote

Six months left to spend paper £20 and £50 Bank of England banknotes

London Stock Exchange

London markets rise over Russian plans ‘to scale back military activity’

Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak

‘No easy answers’ to cost-of-living crisis, admits Johnson

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P&O Ferries refuses plea from Grant Shapps to reverse decision to sack workers

Peter Hebblethwaite

P&O boss accused of ‘corporate terrorism’ during Holyrood appearance

Uber Eats

Uber Eats to offer deliveries from 120 BP forecourts

McDonald's new Crispy McFillet

McDonald’s trials new Crispy McFillet with ‘hint of truffle’ in UK

LV= offices

Insurer LV= reveals £33m failed deal costs while boss handed £511,000 bonus

AG Barr chief executive Roger White with bottles of Irn-Bru

Cocktails help AG Barr sales fizz despite growing cost pressures

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Consumer credit borrowing grows at fastest annual pace in two years