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  • Tuesday, 5 July, 2022
    Police forces urged by government to crack down on UK fuel protests

    PM expects officers to deploy new legal powers as fears grow that ‘gilets jaunes’-style movement will take root

  • Monday, 4 July, 2022
    UK labour disputes
    UK faces first national train drivers’ strike in 27 years

    Prospect of ‘massive’ travel disruption intensifies as more unions ballot members and fuel protests clog main roads

  • Sunday, 3 July, 2022
    Childcare
    Government to consult on cutting adult-child ratio in English nurseries

    Proposals to cut red tape do not address problems of underfunding, say sector leaders

  • Sunday, 3 July, 2022
    Low UK income growth leaves families ‘brutally exposed’ to surging inflation

    Resolution Foundation finds renters, single parents and those with young children to be most vulnerable

  • Thursday, 30 June, 2022
    Barclays hands UK staff £1,200 pay rise to ease cost of living crisis

    Bank offers increase to 35,000 branch and junior employees

  • Thursday, 30 June, 2022
    BT Group Plc
    BT staff vote to strike for first time in 35 years

    Telecoms group embroiled in dispute with union over flat-rate £1,500 pay rise

  • Wednesday, 29 June, 2022
    Serious MoneyClaer Barrett
    Fraud epidemic: antidote urgently required

    Record levels of online fraud in the UK show a vastly different approach is needed

  • Tuesday, 28 June, 2022
    UK energy
    Rishi Sunak cooling on windfall tax on UK electricity generators

    Government worried about ‘perverse consequences’ of applying policy including risk of losing investment

  • Saturday, 25 June, 2022
    Travel & leisure industry
    Travel chaos and cost of living leave Britons holidaying at home

    Domestic bookings have jumped since start of June as people seek to save money and avoid disruption

  • Friday, 24 June, 2022
    UK retail sales
    British retail sales decline, intensifying fears of slowdown

    Shoppers spend more on less as inflation bites, May figures show

  • Thursday, 23 June, 2022
    Sharp rise in energy-related scams as household bills soar in Britain

    Consumer group Which? sounds alarm as people are targeted by increasingly sophisticated fraud attempts

  • Thursday, 23 June, 2022
    UK business & economy
    UK oil and gas producers warn Sunak over windfall tax

    ‘Candid’ meeting with N Sea groups hears levy could force cancellation of projects and deter investors

  • Thursday, 23 June, 2022
    UK explores 5% pay rises for public sector workers

    Ministers examine more generous deals because of concern about strikes

  • Thursday, 23 June, 2022
    Be a guest on Money Clinic podcast

    Seeking FT readers prepared to chat about how rising inflation is affecting their lives

  • Wednesday, 22 June, 2022
    UK labour disputes
    Sunak defends 10% UK pension rise as teaching unions threaten strikes

    NEU and NASUWT demand 12% pay increase as inflation climbs to 9.1%

  • Wednesday, 22 June, 2022
    UK inflation
    UK inflation hits 40-year high of 9.1% as food prices jump

    Figure in line with forecasts of it reaching double digits by the autumn

  • Tuesday, 21 June, 2022
    UK labour disputes
    UK rail bosses push for job cuts as strike talks resume

    Echoes of lockdown as employees work from home but business leaders warn of painful economic impact

  • Tuesday, 21 June, 2022
    Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC
    Union rejects Rolls-Royce’s pay offer and £2,000 cost-of-living bonus

    Representatives in talks after deal that included 4 per cent wage rise dismissed as falling ‘a long way short’

  • Tuesday, 21 June, 2022
    Pensions
    UK insurers call for early pension access during periods of hardship

    ABI urges ministers to consider allowing savings access to under-55s struggling with cost of living crisis

  • Tuesday, 21 June, 2022
    UK inflation
    Inflation to raise UK food bills by £380 this year, data show

    Sharp price increases push households to turn to own-label products as BoE chief warns of further rate rises

  • Tuesday, 21 June, 2022
    Investments
    Money Clinic podcast: Making sense of the market meltdown

    FT experts Katie Martin and Robert Armstrong consider the way ahead for new investors

  • Monday, 20 June, 2022
    Rolls-Royce offers workers £2,000 to help ease cost of living crisis

    UK aero-engine group combines one-off payment with 4% pay rise offer as a ‘simple wage increase is just not affordable’

  • Monday, 20 June, 2022
    News in-depthUK labour disputes
    Is Britain headed for a summer of strikes?

    Tensions over pay are rising but it will take time to pass legal hurdles and test union members’ resolve

  • Friday, 17 June, 2022
    News in-depthUK labour disputes
    Looming wave of UK industrial action unnerves government

    ‘If we get this wrong, we risk a de facto general strike,’ minister says, as anger builds over public sector pay

  • Wednesday, 15 June, 2022
    Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
    Bloomsbury bets reading revival will survive cost of living crisis

    Harry Potter publisher reports record annual sales and profits

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