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Nearly 90 percent of economists believe that this year inflation in Poland will fall below 10 percent. - results from the summary of the survey conducted by "Obserwator Finansowy" published on Monday.more

Restrictions should be put on bottled water advertising and a 10p tax should be added to shrink-wrapped packs to curb the UK’s 10m bottle-a-day habit, according to campaigners hoping to tackle the plastic pollution crisis.more

Waitrose has cut the price of bread, beef mince, chicken and other kitchen staples as the supermarket battles to recover from an IT meltdown that caused widespread empty shelves. The grocer is slashing the cost of hundreds of items for the second time this year, after pledging to spend £100m on making its prices more affordable.more

Rising interest rates are putting pressure on landlords, pushing some to consider selling up, surveyors say. In turn, that could further squeeze the availability of rental properties and raise costs for tenants, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).more

The mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, who has been criticised for the large number of rats in the capital, will set up a working group on 'living together' with these rodents, reports the daily 'Le Figaro'.more

Parts of London are set for bus “chaos” later this month when the capital is hit by a fresh wave of strikes by drivers locked in an ongoing dispute over pay.more

After a weak April, May has heated up the Polish labour market. The number of offers online and in offices increased, reports today's 'Rzeczpospolita'.more

Retail sector data points to reduction in discretionary purchases as consumers pay more for staples.more

There has been a "massive shift" in the way we do our grocery shopping since the pandemic, analyst firm Kantar has told the BBC. Among the changes, shoppers now visit the supermarket less often, spend more on own-label goods and are turning to loyalty schemes to get discounts. more

The latest update from the Paris-based body sees risks ahead from energy prices, which could leap substantially again ahead of the coming winter, and rising interest rates.more

Nearly every weekend in the summer until the end of August - for a total of 31 days - security screening staff at London Heathrow Airport will go on strike, the trade union representing them, Unite, announced today.more

England is trialling a universal basic income for the first time, with 30 participants about to be paid a monthly lump sum every month for the next two years.more

Hard-pressed consumers feel they are becoming the victims of food industry “shrinkflation” amid signs the UK’s persistent cost of living crisis is making households more alert to the need to get value for money.more

A special cell operating in the customs and tax administration (Fiod) has recovered more than €5 billion in owed taxes over 20 years on income that Dutch residents have hidden outside the country, reports the daily newspaper De Volkskrant.more

House prices have fallen at the sharpest pace since the financial crisis as rising mortgage rates deter buyers, Nationwide data showed. Prices fell by 3.4pc in the year to May, according to the building society, the biggest annual drop since 2009. In May alone, house prices slumped 0.1pc month-on-month, after rising 0.4pc in April. It has taken the average house price to £260,736, Nationwide said.more

A6p-per-mile road tax on electric cars should be introduced to avoid a “massive black hole” in tax revenues, ministers have been urged. The Resolution Foundation has warned the Treasury it will face a £10bn shortfall by the early 2030s unless it introduces new taxes on electric vehicles.more

The UK rail strikes, which have dragged on for almost a year, are costing the economy more than £5.5 billion, estimates the London-based think tank Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR). Another protest, the third this week, took place yesterday.more

The rising cost of living is causing Britons to read more and more books, forgoing more expensive leisure activities, report 'The Times' and 'The Guardian'. This has resulted in, among other things, the highest number of independent bookshops in 10 years.more

Lloyds has announced the closure of 53 more branches in the latest blow to the high street. It takes the number of branches that have been shut or earmarked for closure so far this year across the industry to more than 500.more

More than 20,000 rail workers in England have begun a 24-hour strike that will cancel half of the services on affected lines as part of a long-running dispute with train operators over jobs, pay and conditions.more

Canary Wharf’s credit rating has been downgraded as London companies struggle to draw white collar workers back to the office full-time. Moody’s warned that the office district faced a “difficult operating and funding environment” as it cut its outlook for Canary Wharf Group.more

Households with prepayment meters are being urged to make sure they have cashed in all their energy vouchers before the end of June. The government says that while more than four in five vouchers have been used, £130m is still available.more

Parents on universal credit will be able claim hundreds of pounds more to cover childcare costs from the end of June, the government has announced. The government will allow parents on the benefit to claim back £951 for childcare costs for one and £1,630 for two or more children - a 47% increase.more

The Bank of England will not get inflation back under control until the end of 2025 because of soaring food prices and a "concerning" rise in wages, according to Goldman Sachs. more

Mortgage costs are rising after higher than expected inflation figures this week raised forecasts of how much UK interest rates will go up. A range of lenders have increased the cost of new deals, with Nationwide the most significant with increases of up to 0.45 percentage points on Friday.more