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UK households saw a boost to their living standards at the end of 2024, according to official figures which follow upgrades this week to expectations for the years ahead.
At one factory in East Germany, they're pumping out a car part every second, cutting and pressing millions of pieces destined for the country's mega motor industry.
The chairman of P&O Ferries' parent company DP World has told Sky News he went ahead with a £1bn investment in the UK despite feeling "discredited" by criticism from a cabinet minister.
Sir Keir Starmer has unveiled what he says is a major transport boost to stop the North being "held to ransom" by a Victorian-era system.
Attempts by Boohoo Group, the online fashion retailer, to change its London-listed holding company's name to Debenhams were on a knife-edge on Thursday evening after the retail billionaire Mike Ashley moved to block the proposal.
Nigel Farage has blamed a "woke virus" in big companies for his two-year debanking battle with NatWest.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered her spring statement this week.
The amount of sewage being dumped into English rivers remains "disgraceful", despite improved monitoring, supposed investment by water companies and threats of penalties from government, the latest data reveals.
Sky, the owner of Sky News, has announced 2,000 jobs at its customer service centres are at risk.
Payday banking outages will happen again but are unlikely to occur tomorrow, according to a banking technology expert.

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