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Commuters on London Bridge

Unemployment falls below pre-pandemic levels but pay growth hit by inflation

Virgin Atlantic chief executive Shai Weiss

Virgin Atlantic reports strong bookings despite cost-of-living pressures

H&M signage

H&M sales accelerate as pandemic rebound continues

A selection of credit cards

Interest-free periods on credit cards are getting longer, analysis finds

A petrol pump

Average cost of filling family petrol car exceeds £90

Russian Standard vodka

Luxury exports to Russia banned as tariffs hiked on imports including vodka

National Lottery stock

Allwyn pledges ‘fresh life’ for Lottery as preferred applicant to take over

Someone filling in a self-assessment form

Self-assessment taxpayers warned to watch out for bogus refunds and cash demands

A branch of Wilko

Wilko apologises after telling staff they could attend work with Covid

Close up detail of a gas boiler

Poll shows worries about energy – and support for green measures to cut imports

A DFS sign

DFS sees profits knocked after £21m supply chain hit

An Ocado van

Ocado signs deal in Poland as High Court patents hearing begins

A National Lottery kiosk

Camelot set to lose National Lottery licence after 30 years

A crane moves building materials into the circular reinforced concrete and steel home of a reactor

Johnson: Ukraine crisis means ‘big new bets’ on nuclear power needed

Cigarettes

Tobacco giant and car dealership chain become latest UK firms to quit Russia

Commuters crossing the Golden Jubilee Bridge in London

One in three workers get ‘less than a week’s notice of their shifts’

Little Cheyne Court wind farm in Kent

Government urged to support households and cut fossil fuel use as bills soar

Insulation being installed

‘Insulation installed in homes in past decade saving £1.2bn on bills’