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Confidence plunges in blow to Burnham: Households most gloomy since 2023 amid fears for jobs

Yesterday

Workers are growing anxious about job security, the findings from S&P Global's UK consumer sentiment index suggested.

Rayner's flawed housing plot: Market slump means builders are unlikely to rush to help Whitehall, says ALEX BRUMMER

Yesterday

It was a decade ago, over lunch with then Conservative Housing Secretary Sajid Javid that I first heard of a scheme to build new homes in places most needed.

Debt-laden grocer Morrisons takes axe to 5,000 jobs as it struggles to shore up its finances

Yesterday

The Bradford-based retailer's average monthly workforce fell from 101,144 people to 96,232 for the year to October 2025, according to accounts.

Heatwaves threaten to push up the cost of food in pubs and restaurants over the rest of the year

Yesterday

Extreme weather is causing uncertainty over the future availability and cost of vegetables such as broccoli, carrots and potatoes.

Monzo chairman Gary Hoffman to step down after seven years at the digital bank

Yesterday

Hoffman, pictured, best known for being put in charge of Northern Rock after its government rescue during the financial crisis, will quit in early September.

Boardroom feud at The Works as activist accuses chairman of working from home in New Zealand

Yesterday

Investment firm Kelso called for 'clarity' over Steve Bellamy's working practices amid a row over its wish to appoint a new company director to the board.

Boatmaker that built Mike Lynch's doomed superyacht put up for sale by owner

Yesterday

The Italian Sea Group is considering selling the Tuscan shipmaker Perini Navi, which made the Bayesian superyacht, along with other parts of its business.

AstraZeneca hit by lung cancer drug setback: Pharma giant halts trials of experimental Volrustomig treatment

Yesterday

Astra said its Volrustomig treatment, when combined with chemotherapy, was unlikely to help lung cancer patients live longer than rival offerings.

How to make sure you get care-home funding and never have to sell your house: Maria won £510,000 to look after her mum. Here are the exact steps she took

Yesterday

When Maria Esposito placed her mother in a care home, she knew she would need help covering fees of thousands of pounds every month. She feared she would have to sell the family home.

JP Morgan boss warns Chancellor against higher taxes for banks ahead of Budget

Yesterday

The boss of the America's largest bank has warned the Chancellor John Healey against a tax raid on the financial sector ahead of his first Budget.

Moneysupermarket launches business bank account bundling tools to help with Making Tax Digital

Yesterday

The comparison website has launched a business bank account following the introduction of saving and investing services earlier this year. What are the fees like?

Richard Branson to take on Eurostar with 20 Virgin trains a day through Channel Tunnel

Yesterday

Regulators have granted the billionaire's company approval to run services between St Pancras International in London and the tunnel entrance in Folkestone in Kent..

Record rents for London offices as supply is squeezed

Yesterday

Office rents in London hot spots look set to hit record highs as companies faced with the capital's supply squeeze compete for space.

Ferrari Luce sells for $40m: 'Chassis 0' is the first of the controversial electric supercars produced

Yesterday

This figure is more than 35 times the list price of the divisive EV and is the most anyone has ever paid for a brand new car at auction.

Turning pubs into homes or offices is now harder under Rayner's new rules

Yesterday

Housing developers will need to provide evidence that there is no reasonable prospect of keeping a pub business running.

Buy-to-let investors use faltering property market to haggle £50,000 discounts off homes

Yesterday

Buy-to-let investors are capitalising on the faltering property market to drive a hard bargain and snap up deals, estate agent Hamptons has revealed.

Gordon Murray S1 is a 21st century nod to the iconic McLaren F1 nineties supercar - and it's going to be pricey

Yesterday

Legendary car designer Gordon Murray has revealed his latest supercar, and it will bring back the spirit of the iconic McLaren F1 he famously penned some 35 years ago.

How to downsize without regret: From picking the right property to location, here's what you MUST do

Yesterday

Karen Dempsey, 64, has always put family first. So when her daughter Jane, now 38, couldn't afford to buy a home for her growing family eight years ago, Karen knew what she would have to do.

Property asking prices in Britain's richest borough drop by nearly £100,000... in a month

Yesterday

Rightmove said the current average new asking price of a home in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea was £1,552,970 in August, about £95,000 less than in July.

How to get an amazing 7% on your cash savings and earn more than £550 from high street banks

Yesterday

The rates I'm getting even beat the average growth of the UK stock market - except unlike with investing, there is no danger that I will lose any of my money.

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