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All-inclusive rents are rising up the list of priorities among people searching for somewhere to live, according to property portal Rightmove. The phrase "bills included" is second on the list of search terms, having been fourth a year earlier, reflecting the pressure of surging prices.more

Inflation will begin to fall to more manageable levels by the end of this year, the Bank of England has predicted. In a report published on Thursday, the Bank of England (BoE) said it expects inflation to fall from 10.1% in January to around 4% by the end of this year.more

Inflation in the Netherlands is on the rise again after months of declines. According to the European harmonized index of consumer prices (HICP), it stood at 8.9 percent in February this year. - the Netherlands Bureau of Statistics (CBS) reported today.more

European tables now depend on supplies from Spain and Morocco, and there the onslaught of winter has brought disaster to the crops; hence the empty shelves and horrendous vegetable prices, with high energy prices doing their part, "Rzeczpospolita" reports today.more

Britain's energy secretary Grant Shapps wants the country's three remaining coal-fired power plants, whose closures were postponed because of the war in Ukraine, to remain operational for one more year, The Times reported.more

UK house prices fell by 1.1% in the year to February, as higher mortgage rates and living costs made homes less affordable. more

The number of people sleeping rough in England rose by more than a quarter last year, official statistics suggest. On a single night in autumn, 3,069 people slept outside, 26% more than in 2021, says the Department of Levelling Up, Communities and Housing. more

The British opposition leader's warning that we will soon be poorer than Poland is disrespectful to this country, to say the least; Keir Starmer should rather look into the reasons for Poland's success, writes his columnist Matthew Lynn on the website of 'The Spectator'.more

Lidl is the latest supermarket to introduce limits on sales of certain fruit and vegetables due to shortages of fresh produce. The company is putting limits of three per customer on sales of peppers, tomatoes and cucumbers, due to "a recent increase in demand".more

On Friday, March 3, the twelfth edition of the largest conference about Poland organized abroad, the LSE SU Polish Economic Forum, will begin in London. The event will be attended by over 700 Polish students from around the world and leading figures of politics, business, economy and science.more

Sir Keir Starmer has set out his plans for the economy, warning that without new policies the UK risks falling behind eastern European nations.more

Get ready for tomato-less pasta sauce and white pizza. Italian restaurants across Britain are having to ration tomatoes, increase prices and in some cases remove the pomodoro from their menus entirely as costs soar.more

Energy bills will rise by an average of £500 a year despite an expected reduction in Ofgem’s price cap, analysts expect. The energy regulator is expected to announce on Monday that it will drop its cap on the amount energy suppliers are able to charge by around £1,000 to £3,295, effective from April 1, according to the latest forecast from energy consultancy Cornwall Insight.more

The richest one percent have earned nearly two-thirds of the wealth created since 2020, or nearly twice as much money as the rest of the world's population, according to a new report by the British organization Oxfam. In addition, each billionaire in the world emits a million times more carbon dioxide than the average person.more

The recent incident involving a Russian spy ship in Belgian waters in the North Sea is just the "tip of the iceberg", Belgian experts quoted by the daily De Tijd said yesterday. They point out that every month there are several reports of suspicious objects and strange containers at windmills.more

The price of pasta has nearly doubled in two years, new research for the BBC suggests. A standard 500g bag of pasta was 50p two years ago - now it's 95p. We've been tracking the cost of a small basket of 15 everyday essentials. The total has gone up by £5.34 - from £15.79 in 2021 to £21.13 in 2023.more

British opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer today outlined "five missions for a better Britain," the priorities of his future government, which, with Labour's steady poll lead, is an increasingly realistic prospect.more

New state pension rates are set to come into force on April 6, 2023. The new state pension was first announced in April 2016, with transitional agreements in place that are set to end on April 5, 2023.more

The Chesterford Group's CEO says many prices are stabilising but there are additional costs still feeding through that are yet to be felt by customers seeking out the nation's favourite takeaway dish.more

The UK government saw a surprise surplus in its finances in January despite "substantial spending" to help with energy bills and EU payments. more

Members of the RMT union working for Network Rail and 14 train operators are staging more walk-outs and overtime bans in the current round of strikes. Since June 2022, national rail strikes in a tangle of disputes about pay, job security and working arrangements have caused problems for tens of millions of train passengers.more

Energy provider Pinergy has become the first energy supplier here to reduce its prices since elevated wholesale costs began to fall on international markets. more

Almost two in three Britons believe Brexit has damaged the UK economy, a new poll for The Independent has found. Some 61 per cent of voters say quitting the EU has made Britain’s economy worse, according to the Savanta survey – with only 13 per cent saying it has improved the economic situation.more

Nearly 15,000 British retail jobs have already been cut since January in a “brutal start to the year” for the high street. A total of 14,874 retail job losses have been announced by companies so far, according to analysis from the Centre for Retail Research (CRR).more

London's mayor Sadiq Khan has announced he is launching a £130m scheme to give every primary school pupil free school meals for the next academic year. The mayor's office said it is estimated the one-off funding could help more than 270,000 children in the capital during the 2023-24 academic year.more