Amelia Jenne

Workers’ pay demands have been largely in response to cost of living pressures caused by soaring inflation.

The Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has warned that the UK economy faces a “tough road ahead” even though GDP figures released today showed a slight rebound in October.

In a cost of living crisis, the offer to buy now, pay later might seem increasingly attractive. And, online or in person, more and more shoppers are being offered the chance to pay in interest-free instalments by firms such as Klarna. 

The National Farmers Union has warned that the current shortage of eggs could represent the beginning of a bigger food supply crisis. It wants the government to take action to help farmers deal with the high costs of fuel, fertiliser and animal feed. The NFU said the UK could be “sleepwalking” into a crisis with…

Rail union leaders have announced more strikes over the Christmas period after rejecting revised pay offers in last-ditch talks. Two rounds of strikes were already scheduled, but now RMT boss Mick Lynch says workers will walk out on Christmas Eve.

Health officials are urgently investigating a rise in cases of Strep A infection – after the deaths of six children in England and Wales since September.

A plan to make big tech companies remove ‘legal, but harmful’ content has been scrapped from the Government’s Online Safety Bill – to the dismay of campaigners who’ve described it as a hugely backward step. 

The Home Secretary has been accused of being “out of her depth” on asylum policy – after she admitted that the Government had failed to control UK borders. 

It’s likely that the problems plaguing the British economy will stick around for the next couple of years, and therefore past the next general election. 

Rishi Sunak has firmly rejected the idea of any Swiss style deal on Brexit which would see the UK aligning with EU rules – insisting Brexit was “already delivering enormous benefits and opportunities”. Mr Sunak told the  country’s biggest business group, the CBI – that he wanted to tackle illegal immigration.

The cost of basic food items from eggs to milk and cheese is soaring and, on top of rapidly rising energy bills, it’s sent the UK’s annual inflation rate above 11%.

Taxes are going to go up – for  everyone, according to the Chancellor – who said details will be unveiled in Thursday’s autumn statement. 

A rescue ship carrying more than 200 migrants has been allowed to dock at the French port of Toulon – amid a tense diplomatic row with Italy over which country should let them land. 

Five years on from the fire in which 72 people died, phase two of the Grenfell Inquiry comes to a close this week. 

Latest figures from the Insolvency Service show that nearly 6,000 companies entered insolvency between July and the end of September this year.