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Properties to let signs

UK Government relinquishes top spot as biggest property tax collector

Steel mill

Ministers must develop UK steel targets for HS2 work, union says

A woman sits near a heater

Government recognises challenges of rising bills amid calls for intervention

Energy bills

Tory MPs urge Boris Johnson to scrap taxes on rapidly rising energy bills

A thank you NHS mural

PM tasks ministers with drafting ‘robust’ plans for workplace absences

Brexit

Ex-Brexit boss warns British businesses may ‘give up’ imports under new rules

New Year’s celebrations

Consumers urged not to abandon pubs over Dry January amid ‘chasm of debt’

Martin Lewis

Money Saving Expert Martin Lewis made a CBE for Covid finance advice

Germany European Central Bank

Europe marks 20th anniversary of euro currency

Shalini Khemka

Business mentor made CBE for supporting 23,000 entrepreneurs

Jan du Plessis

Former BT chairman Jan du Plessis knighted for services to telecoms

Steve Murrells

Supermarket bosses made CBEs for food supply chain efforts

KPMG sign

Deloitte and KPMG chairs honoured in New Year Honours list

Lorries arrive by ferry at the Port of Dover in Kent

Investment at Dover putting smaller ports at disadvantage – ferry firm

Cars on a motorway

‘Loyalty penalty’ paid by home and motor insurance customers comes to end

A ScotRail train at Edinburgh Waverley

Train timetables slashed due to pandemic staff shortages

A queue of lorries waiting to go through customs checks

New post-Brexit customs rules explained

City of London

FTSE 100 makes biggest annual gains in five years, but lags behind other markets