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Exclusive: Plans to offset increase in minimum ‘fair pay’ set by Living Wage Foundation will affect 5,400 employeesBP is ditching paid rest breaks and most bank holiday bonuses for 5,400 workers in its petrol forecourts as it attempts to offset a plann…
Halifax says average price of house was a record £299,892 in November but that affordability is at its strongest since 2015Business live – latest updatesBuyers attempting to get on to the property ladder in the UK have received a lift, after figures fr…
Access to nature and essential services, and friendliness of the people led ‘gateway to the Dales’ to top Rightmove indexIt is nicknamed “the gateway to the Dales”, is home to one of England’s best-preserved medieval castles and, for trivia fans, was t…
Plan to improve gas networks and rewire electricity systems across Great Britain likely to add £30 to average annual billEnergy companies have been given the green light to spend £28bn on Great Britain’s gas and electricity grids, raising fears of high…
Bitcoin, the biggest cryptocurrency by market value, rose to $91,878.30 on Wednesday
Ministers accept watchdog’s recommendations on how to help people avoid spending more on formula than neededThe government has agreed to implement a plan intended to reduce the cost of buying baby formula, Keir Starmer has said.The announcement comes a…
‘Mansion tax’ announced by Rachel Reeves will have limited impact on property market, building society saysBusiness live – latest updatesUK house prices rose last month despite uncertainty before the budget, according to Nationwide, which predicted tha…
Company failed to protect thousands of people switching from analogue to digital landline, Ofcom rulesBusiness live –latest updatesVirgin Media has been fined £23.8m for putting thousands of vulnerable people “at risk of harm” when switching them from …
French government-owned company to receive funding for Hinkley Point C and Sizewell C Business live – latest updatesUK energy bill payers will hand over £2bn a year in subsidies to EDF, the French company building two nuclear power stations, according …
Graduates in relatively low-paid jobs earning close to minimum wage will have to repay ‘more, much sooner’ The National Union of Students (NUS) has warned that a new three-year freeze on the salary threshold for loan repayments could leave new graduate…