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Houses in Westminster and Pimlico in London

Flats taking nearly three weeks longer to sell than houses typically – Zoopla

Popeyes sandwich

US chicken chain Popeyes to launch first UK restaurants

Shadow chancellor Anneliese Dodds

Covid loan repayments could squeeze investment, Labour’s Dodds warns

View of cruise ship from Southampton shore

Thousands book staycation cruises around UK coast this summer

Coronavirus

FTSE moves higher despite drag from airline stocks amid travel caution

A car drives past the Ikea store in Plaisir, west of Paris

Ikea France going on trial over illegal spying claims

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

CMA opens path to approving Viagogo’s £3.2bn StubHub takeover

Shadow chancellor Anneliese Dodds

Labour calls for ‘level playing field’ between online and high street retailers

Estate agents' signs

Nearly half of renters may not have contents cover in place – survey

Grenade salted caramel

Cadbury owner Mondelez buys Solihull protein bar maker Grenade

People looking in an estate agent's window. First-time buyers face needing to find nearly £12,000 more for a deposit than they would have done a year or so ago, Halifax said (Tim Ireland/PA)

First-time buyers ‘need average deposit of nearly £59,000’

A Deliveroo rider

Deliveroo aims for £8.8bn listing

A B&Q store

DIY boom sees profits at B&Q owner soar more than 600%

A Tube train carriage

TfL agrees short-term extension of bailout

Lockdown restrictions

They ‘saved business’ – a year on from the Government’s company loans

Hacker

Action Fraud: Email and social media hacking reports top 15,000 in last year

The City of London

London sees ‘biggest change in living memory’ in 12 months since Covid hit

London’s streets standing deserted

Empty London streets defining image of Covid hit to economy, says ex-Bank deputy