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Pallbearers carrying a coffin at a funeral

Funeral and crematorium directors ordered to make prices clear for customers

Fuel pumps

Inflation soars past Bank of England target to 2.1% in May

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Treasury ‘set to extend ban on commercial evictions’

A man withdrawing money from an ATM (Aaron Chown/PA)

More than a quarter of payments in 2020 were contactless as cash use plunged

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ScS hikes outlook for this year and next as orders surge

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Made.com sitting pretty with £775m price tag in London IPO

The City of London

Investment bounced back after Covid freeze, figures show

First-time buyers are around half as likely to have had opportunities to save more money for a deposit during lockdown as home movers generally, according to Santander

Income cuts and unaffordable homes dashing first-time buyers’ dreams – report

A broadband router and cable

Too few consumers and businesses aware of gigabit benefits – report

An image illustrating the gender pay gap

Less than half of firms outside FTSE 350 have met target for women on boards

A woman wearing a mask walks past an advert outside Curry’s PC World

Another part of the UK faces restriction easing delays as hospital numbers climb

Coronavirus – Mon Jun 14, 2021

Something ‘unprecedented’ would need to happen to delay July 19 reopening – Gove

Coronavirus

FTSE hits highest level since before Covid crash

Alcohol Drinking – Stock

Hospitality and pub leaders demand support following delay to reopening

Boris Johnson meets Scott Morrison

NFU raises animal welfare concerns over UK-Australia trade deal

A production line at the Vauxhall factory in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire

Car makers demand smooth trade links ‘closer to home’ after Australia agreement

Ikea France was ordered to pay one million euros in fines and about 100,000 euros in damages (Remy de la Mauviniere/file/AP)

Ikea fined over spying campaign in France

Person eating a pizza

Papa John’s fined for sending customers ‘unlawful’ nuisance marketing messages