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Tesco boss issues warning to Rachel Reeves over ‘what lies ahead’
Tesco says household budgets are squeezed and shoppers are increasingly seeking out value
Met Office issues amber weather warning as Storm Amy approaches UK
Weather warnings are in place across several parts of the UK as Storm Amy develops in the Atlantic
American flags for Trump’s UK state visit ‘had to be replaced because they were the wrong shade of red’
The flag supplier said 66 hand-sewn Stars and Stripes flags were replaced, estimated to have cost taxpayers more than £50,000
Pregnant women and pensioners massively underrepresented in TV adverts, research finds
Disabled people were also among the least represented groups in TV adverts, despite accounting for a significant proportion of the United Kingdom’s population
HMRC urges 758,000 adults to check if they have unclaimed child trust fund worth thousands
More than half a million young adults haven’t claimed savings from accounts set up between 2005 and 2011
Arrests made as self-styled ‘African tribe’ finally evicted from Scottish woods
The trio previously said they were reclaiming land stolen from their ancestors 400 years ago
Business news live – Thames Water creditors submit rescue plan to prevent administration
Stock market news plus latest business and personal finance updates from Thursday
Man who chopped finger off with ‘defective’ saw he bought from Amazon sues retail giant
Fabio Tresoldi complained to Amazon and then launched a High Court claim for up to £60,000 in compensation
Health minister with incurable cancer warns: ‘None of us know what’s around the corner’
The MP for West Lancashire, Ashley Dalton, who is working on Labour’s national cancer plan, was diagnosed with incurable metastatic breast cancer last summer