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Most company directors expect remote working to continue, report suggests

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Squeezed household budgets ‘could put upward pressure on mortgage arrears’

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Redrow and MJ Gleeson put up house prices to return bumper profits

Prudential

Prudential boss to retire with replacement to be based in Asia

A jar of Marmite and other Unilever products

Unilever rules out big acquisitions after failed £50bn GSK consumer bid

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Low-paid ‘falling behind on bills and skipping meals’ amid rising cost of living

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UK’s first 100mph battery-diesel hybrid train enters passenger service

Margate in Kent

Locations with highest and lowest house price growth over past decade revealed

Openreach

Openreach to create thousands of jobs and apprenticeships this year

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Surge in learner drivers caught without insurance linked to pandemic

Coronavirus – Fri Jan 21, 2022

Tax changes raised £250m, but heaped cost on employers, review finds

Angus Robertson

Angus Robertson describes Brexit as ‘ongoing calamity’ following EU exit report

Nicola Sturgeon

Sturgeon ‘not ideologically opposed’ to oil and gas windfall tax

The FTSE 100 closed up on Wednesday (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

Travel stocks help FTSE to two-year high

Prime Minister’s Questions

Starmer accuses PM and Chancellor of ‘big scam’ over cost of living help

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Buy now, pay later will appear on credit files from summer, says TransUnion

Coins and banknotes

Four-year wait to have some financial complaints dealt with by ombudsman

Interest rates

Interest rate rises should be ‘steady handed’, says Bank’s top economist