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Retail sales across Britain dropped in May and consumer morale continues to slide Larry Elliott: Retailers face long difficult summer,

UK business confidence hits levels that signal a recession, as new orders growth weakens Latest: UK retail sales volumes dip

The pressures faced by one Yorkshire rice importer illustrate how costs feed through to consumers The 20kg bags of rice

Little sign of predicted chaos, and some people supportive of strikers while others critical Rail strike – latest updates Whether

UK travel chaos deepens after Heathrow asks airlines flying from Terminals 2 and 3 to cancel 10% of their flights

Harbour Energy lobbies Rishi Sunak for changes to profits levy because of impact on smaller firms The biggest oil and

Demonstration organised by TUC calls on government to make ‘better deal’ for people struggling to cope with soaring inflation Thousands

Letter called for SpaceX to make its work culture more inclusive and ‘define and uniformly respond to all forms of

UK central bank has raised interest rates to 1.25%, warned inflation will exceed 11% in autumn, and cut growth forecast

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as MPs examine the travel chaos MPS grill airlines over transport

French firm in talks to extend life of Nottinghamshire plant to shore up Britain’s winter energy supplies The UK government

As staff grapple with rising food and petrol prices, average pay of FTSE 100 bosses has risen to pre-Covid levels

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news US inflation surges to 8.6% Earlier: Bank of Russia cuts rates

UK fuel prices keep climbing and European Central Bank signals end of ultra-loose monetary policy Latest: ECB intends to raise

Inditex experiences ‘significant rebound in traffic’ to stores that offsets 6% decline online The owner of Zara has revealed a

TfL warns of severe disruption, while union calls for entire network to be shut down over safety concerns London’s transport