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Three years after unprecedented inquest ruling, absence of other cases has left a gap for pollution sceptics to exploit

The age that people retire to take their pensions is ‘a possible explanation’ for the trend.

Fast-rising wages have been a major subject of concern for the Bank of England, which fears the public’s pay is rising too fast to bring inflation back down to the 2% target

To counteract rising inflation, the Bank of England had increased interest rates over the past year until September and there will be a review this Thursday

If the UK economy soon slips into recession, we will likely gesture vaguely at summer – such as it was – for when the contraction began. GDP shrank by 0.5 per cent in July, the sharpest decline since December, with services, production and construction all shrinking.

Watch as Rishi Sunak faces Sir Keir Starmer at Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) on Wednesday, 13 September.

THERE are renewed concerns that the UK could be facing a recession as the latest figures show the

All three main sectors of the economy in decline after strikes by doctors, radiographers and teachers, while construction and retail hit by wet weather

Summer washout hits retail and construction sectors – but chancellor insists there are ‘reasons to be confident’

Government minister Maria Caulfield conceded that the decline in GDP was “disappointing”

Research reveals where the growing army of renters with kids should be looking for property in the capital