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A billboard for state investment fund 1 Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) at the fund’s flagship Tun Razak Exchange development in Kuala Lumpur

Malaysian 1MDB wealth fund and former unit file lawsuits to recover £16.3bn

Hotel Chocolat shop

Easter gift-giving surge boosts Hotel Chocolat in face of Covid closures

Provident Financial building

Provident Financial quits doorstep lending after 141 years

Pallbearers carry a coffin

Spike in deaths gives Dignity the best first quarter since 2018

A Great Western Railway train

Third day of rail disruption due to train cracks

Rows of houses

House prices increased by 8.2% annually in April, says Halifax

Liz Truss

Labour accuses minister of ‘catastrophic blunder’ over freeports

A protester waves a GMB flag

Centrica expects to save £100m from restructuring

A customer outside a branch of Greggs

Greggs eyes return to pre-pandemic profits

Royal Mail drone

Royal Mail tests drone deliveries to Isles of Scilly

Coronavirus scam

Coronavirus-related cyber crime contributes to 15-fold surge in scam takedowns

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Pension savers should increase contributions when children leave home, says IFS

Retailers have cut emissions in half, according to new data

Retailers slash carbon emissions in half to beat sustainability targets

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US fast-food giant Wendy’s to return to UK after 20-year hiatus

School children

Nearly two in five parents ‘spending more on children’s education this year’

A coronavirus test and passport

Travel firms hail ‘best day’ of holiday sales in months as green list announced

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Top European holiday destinations should be added to green list – travel bosses

Passengers arrive at an airport

Travel industry urges expansion of green list destinations