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Thousands of health workers to strike in Northern Ireland

Paramedics will be among those NHS workers taking part in industrial action on Thursday.

Rail strikes set to cause fresh travel disruption

Passengers are being urged to check before they travel next week because of walkouts by train drivers.

Car production sinks to lowest level since 1950s

A total of 775,014 cars were built in the UK in 2022, down 9.8% from the 859,575 made during the previous year.

Broadband firms urged to axe mid-contract exit fees as prices rise

Millions of broadband and mobile phone customers can expect to face monthly bill increases of at least 14% from April.

Thousands of NHS physiotherapists to strike over pay

Members of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy will stage a second strike in England on February 9.

Teachers mark halfway point in strike action with Burns-style poetry...

Teachers braved the cold to gather in Edinburgh on Wednesday, marking the halfway point of 16 days of continuous strike action.

Treasury review after claims it helped sanctioned Russian to sue jou...

Exchequer Secretary James Cartlidge said he would not comment publicly on the case of Wagner Group boss Yevgeny Prigozhin.

Poorest fifth of households see 3.8% fall in disposable income

Average disposable income increased by 1.6%, to £66,000, for the richest fifth of households, according to the Office for National Statistics.

Nearly 20% of energy support vouchers expire without being redeemed...

PayPoint will have issued more than three quarters of a million vouchers in October, sources said.

Surge in current account customers ditching and switching their bank

The number of current account customers using the seven-day switching service in the final quarter of 2022 was the highest since it launched in 2013.

People in the habit of drinking at home post-Covid, Wetherspoon’s bo...

Tim Martin said that supermarkets take up about half of the pub industry’s beer volumes as they have ‘huge’ tax benefits.

Amazon workers walk out in UK first for company’s staff in pay dispu...

Members of the GMB at the firm’s fulfilment centre in Coventry voted to strike in a dispute over pay.

Australian start-up launches late rescue move for collapsed Britishv...

It comes a week after the battery maker appointed administrators and made the majority of its roughly 300 workers redundant.

Average 27-minute wait on HMRC self-assessment helpline in January

In December, the average waiting time was 28 minutes, according to a letter to the Treasury Committee from HMRC chief executive Jim Harra,

Striking Amazon workers have ‘nothing to lose’ in first UK walkout,...

Members of the GMB at the firm’s fulfilment centre in Coventry voted to strike in a dispute over pay.

Early signs of new car supply shortages easing, Pendragon says

The dealership group said its sales performance in the last three months of 2022 was ahead of previous expectations.

Third of consumers plan to return or give up Christmas gifts, poll f...

Presents worth £232 million will be returned across the UK, research for the Post Office indicates.

Security guards to join huge day of strikes

Members of several unions will walk out on February 1 amid worsening disputes over pay, jobs and conditions.

Aviva reveals claims hit of £50m from December freeze

Last month’s extreme cold snap saw households across the UK suffer from burst pipes and water tanks, as well as other damage.

Wetherspoon’s sales jump over Christmas but still lag behind pre-Cov...

The pub chain said like-for-like sales surged by nearly 18% over the last three months of 2022, compared with the same period in 2021.