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London Underground staff will go on strike for four consecutive days later this month as their long running dispute over pay shows no sign of ending. The Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) announced the walkouts last week as workers also fight for better pensions and conditions.more

The UK economy has barely grown since 2019 before the pandemic, with one economist describing it as "listless". It shrank by 0.1% in May, partly due to the extra bank holiday for the King's Coronation, which meant there was one fewer working day than normal. more

Patients can expect significant disruption as junior doctors in England begin their longest walkout yet over pay, NHS chiefs say. The five-day strike in England runs until 07:00 BST on Tuesday 18 July.more

People with bigger gardens should be forced to pay higher water bills, the boss of Thames Water has said. more

Global sovereign debt has risen to a record $92 trillion by 2022, according to the UN's "A World of Debt" report released yesterday.more

Waitrose has reported a rise in shoplifting in its stores across the UK, as an MP said organised gangs were "operating with impunity".more

Rishi Sunak says he is yet to make a "final decision" on whether to accept recommended pay rises for public sector workers. more

Nearly 35 percent of Poles surveyed in an IBRiS poll for Rzeczpospolita admitted that inflation and high prices are the most important topics of debate recently. In second place, respondents are concerned about the level of state security.more

There has been an "untold increase" in the number of high net worth Brits paying to become EU citizens post-Brexit, wealth experts have told 'The Telegraph'. more

Wages have increased at a record rate amid fears that inflation could remain stubbornly high and result in further interest rate rises by the Bank of England.more

Water companies are likely to seek higher bills from 2025 to cover the cost of improving services, the boss of regulator Ofwat has said. more

Aldi has yet again been named the cheapest supermarket in the UK, with an average household basket full of groceries and other essentials coming in at £75.25 on average in June.more

Nigel Farage has pushed back against reports his account at private bank Coutts was closed because he fell below the wealth level required to keep it.more

Businesses have lost an estimated one billion euros due to the ongoing unrest across France since last Tuesday, Medef, France's largest employers' organization, estimated on Monday.more

Energy suppliers have been warned they should retain profits rather than pay out returns to shareholders, to ensure firms can weather future price shocks. more

Inflation is falling in Italy, but in June an anomaly was recorded in the form of an "astronomical" increase in food prices, by up to 46 percent on an annual basis. This is reported by the daily Il Messaggero, based on data from the Istat Statistical Institute. As noted, this may be the result of speculation. According to the government, intervention is needed.more

Food prices are not rising as fast as they were, helping to boost the amount customers are buying, the boss of Sainsbury's has said.more

British Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt is concerned that banks are closing the accounts of customers whose views they disagree with and will call on them to respect freedom of speech, the Daily Telegraph reported yesterday.more

Employers should hire more ex-offenders to help fill Britain’s 1.1 million job vacancies, a new report argues. ReGenerate’s Good Jobs Project, set to launch on Monday, is lobbying to get those from marginalised groups, such as young people in or leaving care and the “invisibly disabled”, into work to address the “vacancy crisis” and help people.more

Airline passengers in the UK are being let down by toothless regulation, with no airline fined in the last 20 years for breaching obligations, the consumer group Which? has found.more

Energy bills are likely to stay high for the foreseeable future, according to the boss of the company that owns British Gas.more

Four out of five respondents plan a holiday trip, and among people resigning from holidays, the main reason is the lack of financial possibilities, according to a Deloitte study.more

The number of rough sleepers in London has risen by more than a fifth in the past year, the latest figures show.more

Sainsbury's has announced it has committed £15m to lowering the price of staple foods such as rice and pasta, as part of a move to pass lower wholesale costs on to shoppers. The decision comes as politicians have started talks with supermarkets about how they are helping customers in financial difficulties amid the crisis.more

With rising mortgage rates, UK banks and building societies will offer more flexibility to those who struggle to repay their loans, Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt announced yesterday after a meeting with the banking industry.more