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The Post Office’s former boss Paula Vennells has told the final day of an inquiry into the Horizon IT scandal that her senior team failed to inform her of key information but said “she has no desire to point the

The UK economy shrank for the second month in a row in October as concerns about the Budget continued to weigh on confidence. Official figures showed a 0.1% drop, despite expectations that the economy would return to growth after a

Avanti West Coast train managers have voted to strike for three days over the Christmas period. The RMT union said that walkouts have been scheduled for 22, 23 and 29 December for the London to Scotland service after rejecting the

Getty Images A new nightclub is opening this week with a strict rule that your smartphone camera must be covered with a sticker. Amber’s in Manchester is the latest in a handful of venues in the UK to enforce the

Getty Images The Entertainer toy shop chain says it has been forced to drop plans to open two new stores after the government said it would raise National Insurance (NI) Contributions for employers. Chief executive Andrew Murphy told the BBC

Pubs face widespread closures unless the chancellor announces an extension to business rates relief in next week’s Budget. the UK’s biggest pub company has warned. David McDowall, boss of Stonegate Group, whose pubs include Slug & Lettuce, Yates’s and Walkabout,

Getty Images Here’s a maths problem for you. Adam borrowed £44,000 to go to university and has paid back £7,000 since graduating four years ago. How much does he owe? The answer is £54,000. That’s because he is one of

Royal Mail could be allowed to end the delivery of second class letters on Saturdays, as part of reforms being considered by the regulator. Ofcom will assess whether changes to the second class service are needed, while first class deliveries