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Drax Power Station

Drax abandons plans to build new gas plant

British Gas

British Gas engineers to launch new strikes

The Vauxhall plant in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire

Announcement on future of Vauxhall’s Ellesmere Port plant expected

Co-operative Bank

Co-op Bank set to return to profit in ‘near future’ as losses narrow

A smartphone being used

Britons ‘could be owed £480m for being overcharged on smartphone purchases’

Former chancellor Philip Hammond has called on the Government to face up to the economic challenges facing the country at the Budget

Philip Hammond urges Boris Johnson to tell ‘difficult truths’ before Budget

High street shoppers

Our biggest financial regrets and best decisions revealed

Coronavirus testing

Serco reveals £400m boost from Covid contracts and restarts dividend

Customers outside a Primark store

Primark set for £1.1bn hit but expects big spending after lockdowns

A heating thermostat on a wall

44% of families with children ‘would fall into debt if their energy bills rose’

The Mary Anning coin collection

Fossil hunter Mary Anning celebrated in new Royal Mint coin collection

Gas hob

Charity warns 45% of disabled people have seen energy bills rise during pandemic

An Ikea store

Homeware demand buoys ‘resilient’ Ikea after stores closed in lockdown

An estate agent's window

First-time buyers ‘return to housing market after putting plans on hold in 2020’

A woman on a sofa with a shadow of a man clenching his fist

Services helping domestic and economic abuse survivors can apply for funding

Two closed down businesses in Islington, north London

Labour plans to give councils power to take over vacant shops

Model houses on piles of coins

Nearly 800,000 home-owners ‘vulnerable to repossession’

A plane over Isleworth

London markets make gains as travel and leisure firms rebound