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Boris Johnson visit to Teesside

Sunak told plans to address battered public finances do not look deliverable

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Car industry downgrades outlook after worst February in six decades

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House purchase lending jumped to 13-year high in final quarter of 2020

Notes and coins

Lenders stop £1.6bn in bounce back loan fraud

Revolution bar

‘Light at the end of the tunnel’ for Revolution as it details reopening of bars

Rishi Sunak

Budget tax hikes leave Chancellor looking like ‘Scrooge Sunak’, says think tank

The app store on an Apple iPhone 6s

Apple’s App Store under investigation by UK competition watchdog

An elderly woman holding coins

Women who were ‘short-changed’ on state pension to receive payments

Coins and notes

ONS identifies error in retail price index figures

Elderly man with a walking stick

Government yet to devise social care plan, Chancellor suggests

Construction workers

Construction sector returns to growth as vaccine optimism grows

Housebuilding work

Vistry set to more than double profits this year but reveals cladding bill

B&M store

B&M lifts earning forecasts after ‘strong’ lockdown sales continue

A Rentokil worker deep cleans a changing room at Saracens Rugby Club

Deep cleaning gives boost to Rentokil as profits fall

Chancellor Rishi Sunak

Chancellor insists freezing income tax thresholds is ‘progressive’

William Hill betting shop

William Hill profits plummet as rival Entain given boost by US venture

A KPMG office sign

KPMG sells restructuring arm to avoid conflicts of interest

Aviva CEO Amanda Blanc

Aviva exits Italy as profit remains stable despite Covid-19