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Fuel prices

Rising fuel costs will impact food bills, distributors say

Whiskey the dog in a field

Dog turning on kitchen tap among more unusual canine-related insurance claims

A central heating thermostat

42% of families with children ‘may take on extra debt due to energy costs surge’

Rishi Sunak speech

Chancellor faces choice between borrowing or huge hit to households, say experts

Shipbuilding

£4bn shipbuilding pot ‘will deliver 150 new vessels in 30 years’

Heineken cardboard beer grips

Heineken and Imperial Brands latest to halt Russian operations

Russian invasion of Ukraine

PM ‘looking at all options’ on fracking amid mooted return over Russian oil ban

City of London and Canary Wharf

FTSE leaps as global markets rebound amid slide in oil prices

Lord Agnew resignation

‘Happy days if you were a crook’ at start of Covid loan scheme: Lord Agnew

Oil rigs – Cromarty Firth

After Russia ban oil prices push up costs for already squeezed households

A view of homes

Cost of a mortgage ‘potentially £800 per year more expensive than in October’

Stagecoach new livery

Stagecoach agrees rival £595m takeover in blow to National Express merger plans

Disposable barbecues

Aldi stops sales of disposable barbecues

Petrol pumps

Diesel prices notch up biggest daily increase

Tremor at fracking site

Anger over mooted fracking rethink amid phase out of Russian oil

Jack Monroe giving evidence to the Work and Pensions Committee

Cost of living crisis will be ‘fatal’ for some children in poverty – Jack Monroe

International Summit on Remote Gambling

Sky Vegas fined almost £1.2m after sending recovering addicts ‘free spins’

Extinction Rebellion protesters

Extinction Rebellion plans to block oil refineries next month