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Foreign Secretary Liz Truss (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

UK considering trade pact with US, Mexico and Canada

Energy prices

Ministers agree to cover plant costs to keep CO2 production going – reports

Boris Johnson visit to US

Boris Johnson arrives at White House for talks with Joe Biden

Prime Minister Boris Johnson meets with Amazon executive chairman, Jeff Bezos (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

Jeff Bezos tells Boris Johnson that governments must decide taxation frameworks

Boris Johnson visit to US

Johnson declines to commit to getting US trade deal before next election

Housing Stock

Pay up or have licences ripped up, Ofgem warns five suppliers

Keir Starmer visit to Scotland

Investors queue up for green Government gilts as demand hits £100bn

Winter weather Dec 7th 2020

Government should loosen gas rules amid price spike, North Sea firm says

An easyJet plane takes off

EasyJet claims UK has ‘missed the boat’ on relaxation of travel rules

Stock prices rise

London markets recover as takeover talk boosts trading

A Ladbrokes store

Shares in Ladbrokes owner soar following multibillion-dollar takeover approach

Someone using a bank card

Average credit card purchase APR hits new high

Eurofighter Typhoon

Meggitt investors approve £6.3bn US takeover

A gas ring

Around 15m households face £178 energy bill hike as price cap rise predicted

Boris Johnson visit to US

Johnson defends looming Universal Credit cut as energy bills rise

British Airways planes at Heathrow Airport

Surge in demand for US trips after White House announces end to travel ban

A Stagecoach bus

Stagecoach and National Express in merger talks

Kwasi Kwarteng

Kwarteng acknowledges risk of ‘difficult winter’ with bills rising and UC cut