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Sainsbury’s store

Chicken kiev renamed kyiv by Sainsbury’s after Russia’s attack on Ukraine

Russia Ukraine War

Ukraine escalation causes FTSE’s worst day for a week

Stock prices fall

Shares drop as burning Ukrainian nuclear plant spooks traders across Europe

A woman counting coins

86% of people do not want retirement savings funding Russia, say campaigners

London Mayor Sadiq Khan

Tube strike union letting Government ‘off the hook’, claims Sadiq Khan

A house being built

Investors look towards margins as housebuilder Berkeley set to update market

First and second class stamps

First class stamps to increase by 10p to 95p from April

RMT posters and flag

Rail conductors’ strike to disrupt train services on Sunday

Fuel prices

Petrol and stamp price increases add further pressure to household budgets

Thousands of new cars lined-up at a compound near Sheerness in Kent

New car sales down by a quarter on pre-pandemic levels

Brent Cross shopping centre in London

Retail property firm Hammerson narrows losses amid disposals

Fuel pumps

Rishi Sunak urged to cut VAT on fuel as drivers are hit by record prices

Housing development

Construction sector continues growth as price increases ease

London Stock Exchange sign

London Stock Exchange suspends trading in eight more Russian firms

Electric car charging spot

Honda and Sony join forces for new electric vehicle

Mitie van

Competition watchdog probes Mitie over immigration centre contracts

People using ATMs

Half of people ‘still using less cash than they were before pandemic’

A view of houses

Homebuyers ‘have wider choice of properties coming on the market’