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Wind power

Treasury set for smaller payday as Crown Estate profit drops by a fifth

London stock

MPs call for FCA to ‘change culture’ after London Capital & Finance collapse

Emma Walmsley

Pharma boss to slash dividend by 30% as she sets out plans for ‘New GSK’

Oil rigs

FTSE slips into red despite soaring oil firms after crude jumps further

Grant Shapps visits a HS2 site

Shapps launches construction of HS2 station

A branch of Lloyds Bank

Full list of branch closures announced by Lloyds

Passengers board an easyJet plane

Shapps hopes ‘world could open up’ as holidaymakers await travel lists update

Bank of England

Bank decision in sharp focus amid ‘beast of inflation’ warnings

A Lloyds Bank logo

44 Lloyds Bank and Halifax branches to close

EasyJet plane

EasyJet axes new Scottish flight routes after Manchester travel ban imposed

Coffin at a funeral

Dignity unveils turnaround plan as profits hit by falling death rate

Persimmon Homes site

Aviva and Persimmon agree to leasehold changes amid watchdog probe

Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng

HMRC will not aggressively pursue struggling firms over Covid debts – minister

Lex Greensill giving evidence to Treasury Committee

Greensill Government-backed loans ‘went to Gupta-linked companies’

Postmaster Ahmed Butt holding the new £50 banknote

Alan Turing £50 banknote arrives at Post Office near where codebreaker worked

Passengers board plane

Malta and Balearic Islands ‘could be added to green travel list’

The Apple App store app on an iPad

Apple launches defence of App Store amid competition concerns

City of London scenes

UK firms hit by record cost inflation as rapid growth cools slightly