Boots plans to close 300 stores

Boots stores closure: First of 300 shops begin to close - here's the full list

Boots has announced more store closures as the high-street giants grips with crisis

Boots stores closure: More branches of the 300 shops set to close announced - here's the full list

Pubs have struggled under the twin challenges of rising costs and the cost of living crisis eating into spending by customers

Record number of pubs forced to call last orders as 'perfect storm' caused by soaring costs and weak demand hits

Wet weather has meant the number of Brits shopping in July fell for the first time in 14 year.

UK high streets suffer worst July trading since 2009 due to heavy rainfall

'Colour me shocked!': James O'Brien on how 'remarkable' it is that Tories are encouraging more affordable food shops

'Colour me shocked!': James O'Brien on how 'remarkable' it is that Tories are encouraging more affordable food shops

Renting in London could cost an average of £2,700 a month

London rents 'could hit £2,700 a month' with costs 'spiralling' out of control

Gas storage tanks at National Grid's Grain LNG storage facility

How should the UK respond to Russia’s ‘weaponisation’ of energy this winter?

August strikes: Trains and doctors continue plans to walk out this month

August strike dates: Trains, junior doctors and airport walkouts scheduled for this month

40% of UK adults will be obese by 2035

40% of adults in UK to be obese by 2035, as MPs urge government to wage war on junk food

Let’s hope consumers can maintain their appetite to spend money and enjoy themselves, as the discouraging clouds of economic pressures in terms of the cost of living continue to envelope around our lives.

Cost of living crisis? - That's not reflected in retail and travel activity, writes David Buik

The Prime Minister has casted doubt on one of his net zero goals.

Rishi Sunak wants to avoid 'hassling' families with net zero goals as petrol and diesel car ban thrown in to doubt

RMT and Aslef have confirmed fresh travel disruption for July 2023

When are the train strikes in July? Full list of dates and services affected

London Underground sign alongside a picture of a running tube train in service

London Underground Tube strikes: July dates and which lines are affected

Both two and five-year fixed-rate deals have dropped

Hope for homeowners as average mortgage rates fall for first time in months

Lord Macpherson says there are still 'grounds for cautious optimism'.

'Grounds for cautious optimism': Surprise inflation fall is 'barely significant statistically', says ex-head of Treasury

Junior doctors are returning to the picket line today - as the government urges them to accept a six per cent pay offer

Back on the picket line: Junior doctors’ strike enters second day after union rejects 6% ‘final offer’

Doctors have been urged to accept the pay offer

Doctors urged to accept pay rise and end strikes, as union chief says more walkouts are very likely

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Rishi Sunak announced public sector pay rises on Thursday

'Complete fallacy' to say there is no money for higher pay rise, BMA chairman tells LBC, as he warns more strikes ahead