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UK retail sales growth cooled last month as concerns over inflation and looming tax increases in Rachel Reeves’s autumn budget weighed on British consumers.In a snapshot…

Water bills for millions of households in England are to increase by even more than expected after the competition regulator gave the green light for five…

Rachel Reeves’s difficult second budget on 26 November risks landing as badly as last year’s winter fuel cut, unless she can tell a compelling story about…

Authorities say they are using heavy equipment to look for the 49 people who remain missing.Published On 4 Oct 20254 Oct 2025Click here to share on…

The likelihood that one of Saturn’s moons may harbour life has risen, experts say, after finding an array of carbon-based substances being spewed out of Enceladus.The…

Retailers have told the government that tax rises could further fuel inflation as the pace of shop price rises stepped up in September with increases on…

Unassuming wooden crates filled with brake pads and metal springs are piled high in the loading bay of the Broadbent factory close to Huddersfield city centre.…

Inflation rose slightly in August as companies continued to push the cost of tariffs on to consumers.The newest update to the consumer price index (CPI), which…

Britain’s long-term borrowing costs have hit their highest level in 27 years, intensifying the pressure on the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, before the autumn budget.The yield, or…

Britain’s tax debate has changed. Previously the argument was whether there would be rises in an autumn budget. Now the only question is which levies the…