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Underpayment of state pensioners

State pension underpayments are ‘shameful shambles’ – spending watchdog

Liz Truss

Liz Truss: China’s economic coercion of Australia a wake-up call to other states

A view of Oxford

Most and least affordable places in Britain for first-time home buyers revealed

A gas ring

More than three in five over-65s worried about heating their home, says Age UK

A BT home hub

BT customers face 9% price hike as cost-of-living squeeze continues

Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng

Government rejects £1.2bn Aquind cross-Channel energy cable project

Cauliflowers being harvested

Christmas cauliflowers delayed by poor growing conditions are finally harvested

Looking across to the Square Mile financial district in London

FTSE drops amid energy pressure despite Wall Street lift

Wind turbines

Wind farms take £160m off electricity bills as gas prices soar

A woman using a mobile phone

High street banks ‘losing vice-like grip on UK’s current accounts’

Jacob Rees-Mogg, Leader of the House of Commons

Government ‘has not forgotten’ about support for CO2 producers

The Roundhouse pub

Return of office workers a ‘boost’ for hospitality, says City Pub boss

A handheld smart meter in a London home (Yui Mok/PA)

Energy bills could increase again in October after predicted 50% jump in April

A man in the vegetables section of a supermarket

‘Cost of living rising for two-thirds of UK adults’

A woman using a laptop on a dining room table set up as a remote office (Joe Giddens/PA)

Small businesses look set to persist with homeworking, research finds

Jeremy Corbyn visits Scunthorpe steelworks

Labour: PM more interested in saving his job than those in UK steel sector

Wickes store

Wickes’ says ‘Do It For Me’ business hit by December Covid surge

Around 400 jobs are set to be axed across fast fashion chain Primark's UK stores as the group looks to overhaul its retail management team (Yui Mok/PA)

Primark set to axe around 400 jobs in UK store management overhaul