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    • Tuesday, 31 January, 2023
      UK economic growth
      IMF forecasts UK recession despite other leading economies growing

      Britain likely to be exception to brightening global picture, fund predicts

    • Monday, 30 January, 2023
      UK companies
      UK company profit warnings up 50% last year

      Combination of rising costs and falling consumer confidence hit British business

    • Thursday, 26 January, 2023
      Foxtons Group PLC
      Foxtons warns of tough start to 2023 as economic conditions tighten

      Estate agent says it will report better than expected profits for last year

    • Tuesday, 24 January, 2023
      UK public finances
      UK public sector borrowing more than doubles in December

      Energy support schemes drive up figures as ONS report shows highest borrowing since monthly records began in 1993

    • Tuesday, 24 January, 2023
      News in-depth
      FTSE 100 companies’ staff suffer real-terms pay cuts

      BT, Vodafone and Kingfisher among the few that offered increases above inflation, according to FT analysis

    • Monday, 23 January, 2023
      UK energy
      Ofgem warns energy suppliers to help struggling customers or face penalties

      UK regulator to investigate companies forcibly switching households on to prepayment meters

    • Monday, 23 January, 2023
      UK labour disputes
      Ambulance workers in England and Wales to go on strike again

      Health secretary Steve Barclay says NHS will suffer inevitable disruption from walkout

    • Sunday, 15 January, 2023
      UK labour disputes
      Health unions in England warn of more strikes unless pay offer improves

      Threat comes ahead of another week of industrial action by nurses, ambulance drivers and rail workers

    • Friday, 13 January, 2023
      Property sector
      UK mortgage costs rise to highest proportion of income since financial crisis

      Payments for first-time buyers rise to 39% of take-home pay

    • Wednesday, 11 January, 2023
      UK universities
      Warning of hardship for English students over size of rise in financial support

      Russell Group of universities hits out at government’s below-inflation increase in maintenance loans

    • Wednesday, 11 January, 2023
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      Also in this edition: UK strikes escalate, Goldman’s job and spending cuts, Brazil on alert for more protests

    • Wednesday, 11 January, 2023
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      Sharing economic pain is about equality not envy

      Resentment over falling living standards is rising. But not for the reasons some think

    • Wednesday, 11 January, 2023
      More than 750,000 UK households at risk of mortgage default, says regulator

      Financial Conduct Authority warns on mounting danger of ‘payment shortfall’

    • Sunday, 8 January, 2023
      UK business & economy
      ‘Mortgage lottery’ to test finances of UK’s middle earners 

      Financial resilience of younger property owners hit by rising cost of borrowing

    • Friday, 6 January, 2023
      UK labour disputes
      Rishi Sunak proposes talks with UK union leaders in effort to halt strikes

      Ministers explore concession over train drivers to try to end protracted industrial action on railways

    • Friday, 6 January, 2023
      Brompton Bicycle
      Brompton’s profits plunge as inflation and supply chain pressures take toll

      UK’s largest bicycle maker suffers reversal in fortunes after cashing in on pandemic boom

    • Friday, 6 January, 2023
      UK house prices
      UK house prices fall for fourth consecutive month

      Decline of 1.5% comes as rising interest rates and cost of living crisis hit household finances

    • Wednesday, 4 January, 2023
      UK business & economy
      UK mortgage approvals fall to lowest level since June 2020

      Bank of England data underscore turmoil in housing market following the mini-Budget

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      Sainsbury’s raises hourly pay to £11

      Move will cost retailer £185mn over course of a financial year

    • Wednesday, 4 January, 2023
      UK inflation
      UK food inflation hits 13.3%, retail sector data find

      BRC records show difficult 2023 in prospect for consumers even as wider prices ease

    • Tuesday, 3 January, 2023
      Cash boost to low-income UK households to stretch at least 12 months

      First instalment of payments totalling up to £1,350 will arrive in spring, say ministers

    • Sunday, 1 January, 2023
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      Brewers braced for tough 2023 as drinkers limit budgets

      Consumers are buying fewer beers or choosing less expensive brands amid cost-of-living pressures

    • Thursday, 29 December, 2022
      UK retail industry
      UK shoppers rush to buy energy-efficient appliances to keep bills down

      Consumers switch to air fryers and heat pump tumble dryers in response to cost of living crisis

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      UK politics & policy
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