Business

Another water company seeking to increase the cost of customer bills has reported increased profit and shareholder payouts.Read More

Journalists at The Guardian will stage their first strike action in over half a century next month in protest at its publisher's decision to sell The Observer, the world's oldest Sunday newspaper, to a five-year-old start-up.Read More

The Bank of England governor has said industry lobby group the British Retail Consortium (BRC) was right to warn of job losses as a result of the budget.Read More

Sir Keir Starmer has said he is "absolutely" still confident in Chancellor Rachel Reeves after her financial plans sparked rows with pensioners, farmers and employers.Read More

One of the UK's biggest energy providers has paid out £14.5m after a series of billing failures.Read More

A group of junior Thames Water bondholders are pushing for changes to a rival syndicate's proposed £3bn loan that they argue is prohibitively expensive for Britain's biggest water company.Read More

One hundred thousand extra pensioners could be in poverty by 2027 due to the government's decision to axe the winter fuel payment, according to modelling from the Department for Work and Pensions.Read More

Inflation is rising faster than expected, with the headline rate hitting 2.3% in October, higher than the 2.2% forecast by economists and above the Bank of England's 2% target.Read More

Inflation jumped to 2.3% in October - a six-month high.Read More