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A petrol pump

Fuel prices hit new records ahead of spring statement

People in supermarket

Inflation surges to 6.2% as cost-of-living crisis escalates

Tesla car plugged in

Drivers must have ‘right to charge’ in switch to EVs, says car industry body

CITY Pendragon

Pendragon warns Ukraine conflict could further hit new car supply

A Saga vessel

Saga narrows losses as cruises resume

A funeral director

Dignity returns to profit as customers spend more on funerals

Rishi Sunak waves

Chancellor expected to announce fuel duty cut in spring statement

Fuel prices

Russia sanctions will cost the UK and poorest will be hit hardest, warn MPs

Petrol pumps

Four out of five motorists want cut duty or VAT cut on fuel – poll

Cost of living crisis

Fifth of older households ineligible for council tax rebate ‘living in poverty’

Rishi Sunak

Chancellor urged to go further as ‘unwelcome’ cost of living records are broken

Canary Wharf

Finance firms help FTSE climb despite higher borrowing

Energy bill rises

Energy firms ‘increasing direct debits disproportionately to price cap rise’

Electricity pylons

Chancellor must help businesses with rising energy bills, groups say

Former subpostmasters outside the Royal Courts of Justice after their court win (Yui Mok/PA)

Government to compensate subpostmasters who helped uncover Horizon IT scandal

Workers in a factory

Record number of British manufacturers raising prices, says CBI

Tesla cars

Tesla opens ‘Gigafactory’ near Berlin – its first in Europe

Rishi Sunak

Interest on Government debt hits February record ahead of spring statement