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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

A canteen

Caterer Compass buoyed after sports crowds boost

A wallet with cash

The only way is up: How energy hikes and other costs could squeeze your wallet

Rishi Sunak

Government borrowing in August falls less than expected

UK’s manufacturing sector

Factories struggle to meet demand amid supply chain crisis – survey

The sign for the Treasury

Businesses give back more than £1bn claimed through furlough scheme

View of houses

Home sales jumped by 32% month-on-month in August