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Meta headquarters

Meta fined for second time by watchdog for enforcement order breaches

A closed branch of Upper Crust

Upper Crust owner SSP’s January trade hit by Omicron spread

A construction worker

Construction sector grows for 12 consecutive months

Night Tube strike

London Underground workers back strike action in row over jobs and pay

Commuters at Waterloo station, London

Grant Shapps promises train passengers ‘big improvements’ in timetables

Cars at the Vauxhall plant in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire

Demand for new cars remains below pre-pandemic levels

Chancellor Rishi Sunak speaking at a press conference in Downing Street, London.

Sunak attributes soaring energy prices to China and ‘colder than usual winter’

Retail sales drop in December

‘Slow start’ to 2022 for shops as footfall improves slightly

Amazon stock

Amazon raises price of Prime membership despite soaring profits

Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak

Johnson defends energy cost relief package after Sunak warns of more rises ahead

Meta-Results

Facebook owner suffers 26% plunge in share price

Ofgem announcement

Households will have to adjust to higher energy prices, warns Chancellor

Coronavirus – Mon Jan 4, 2021

London stocks tumble after Bank of England confirms interest rate hike

Carillion offices

Official Receiver files legal claim against KPMG over Carillion role

Ofgem announcement

Cost of living crisis heightened as energy costs and inflation soar

Gas burner

Scottish Government urged to bring energy proposals to Holyrood next week

Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting

Shell boss opposes windfall tax as profits soar 14-fold

Tesco store

Union hails ‘huge win’ in ‘firing and rehiring’ fight with Tesco