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Interest rates rise to 4% as Bank of England prepares for 'shallow' recession
Monetary Policy Committee says inflation may have peaked in the UK → Read More
Cancelling HS2 to Euston would be 'height of folly', rail group says amid fears for Birmingham-Manchester leg
'If you’re flying into Heathrow, you don’t want to go to Southend' → Read More
Interest rates up to 3% as Bank of England bids to tackle cost of living crisis and warns of long recession
Rise from 2.25% to 3% had been widely expected and is biggest since 1980s → Read More
Jeremy Hunt emergency statement: Live updates and reaction
New Chancellor set to bring forward measures from Medium-Term Fiscal Plan → Read More
Mini Budget live: Updates and reaction as Kwasi Kwarteng cuts income taxes and stamp duty in bid to boost economic growth
'Fiscal event' follows announcement of scheme to help businesses with soaring energy costs → Read More
Bank of England raises interest rates to 2.25%
Monetary Policy Committee moves to tackle inflation → Read More
Businesses welcome 'lifeline' energy price support
Chancellor 'must take steps to address the cost of doing business' → Read More
Government will freeze energy prices for business from October 1 as Kwasi Kwarteng moves to 'stop businesses collapsing'
PM Liz Truss says shops and pubs will get extra support → Read More
Energy crisis: Government says it will announce details of business support scheme next week
Emergency 'fiscal event' set to be held within days → Read More
Kwasi Kwarteng named Chancellor by new Prime Minister Liz Truss as Jacob Rees-Mogg becomes Business Secretary
New Prime Minister Liz Truss has named Kwasi Kwarteng as Chancellor of the Exchequer and Jacob Rees-Mogg as Business Secretary. Mr Kwarteng succeeds Nadhim Zahawi in the Treasury. And he has called bank bosses into the Treasury on Wednesday as he starts his economic planning. The move tonight came as Ms Truss began announcing her Cabinet, overlooking some Rishi Sunak supporters and promoting… → Read More
Bank of England lifts interest rates to 1.75%
Poll earlier had revealed almost two thirds of the public worried by rising rates → Read More
BBC Midlands moving to new Birmingham hub in Digbeth
Broadcaster ,moving from Mailbox to former Typhoo Factory site → Read More
Logistics giant XPO partners Tour de France Femmes
XPO selected by the Tour as official transport partner for 2022 women’s competition → Read More
Telecoms specialist Mobius Networks sold to Wireless Logic by NVM Private Equity
Exiting investor 'delighted with outstanding progress Mobius has made' → Read More
Derby H&M store to double in size
Latest move at flagship centre will see arrival of H&M Home brand → Read More
Maven invests in security software firm Zinc
Zinc Digital Business Solutions aims to grow its global incident and threat intelligence platform → Read More
Boris Johnson finally quitting as Conservative leader
New Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi among those telling PM his position was untenable → Read More
Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid quit Cabinet
Prime Minister Boris Johnson rocked by resignations just minutes after Chris Pincher apology → Read More
Manchester Legal Awards: Family lawyer who campaigned for no-fault divorce wins lifetime honour
Other winners include Brabners, Eversheds Sutherland and DWF → Read More
Architecture showcase to help raise the bar for developments in Liverpool city region
Festival starts today and aims to drive change and promote success → Read More