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LABOUR have come under fire for explaining away an upcoming rise in energy prices because the UK does not have control of its own power.

Britain has a pension problem. Despite having one of the biggest and most sophisticated financial centres of the world in London, the country’s pension industry does not fall into the same category.

Consumer champion urges UK government to expand criteria under which pensioners will still get support

Force ends investigation into bets on 4 July election date and says bar to prove misconduct in public office has not been met

Campaigners fear increase by £149 in energy price cap by Ofgem will put more pressure on households

In today’s newsletter: The presidential nominee’s big speech, no speaking slot for a Palestinian American, and a glut of celebrities

Chancellor rebuts Tory accusation she will be a soft touch and hints at tweak to debt rule to allow more borrowing

A polemical show blends powerful audio recordings of those at the sharp end of the austerity economy with distracting stage business

The prime minister is facing renewed calls to scrap the austerity-era policy after a senior party figure suggested it would not be removed by chancellor Rachel Reeves in the statement this autumn

Campaigners are warning the chancellor that any delay will keep hundreds of thousands of children in poverty

There is something about politics that lends itself to cricketing metaphors. Perhaps it is because the sport – and we're really talking about test cricket here – is so often bursting with narrative. A game played over five days allows time for story lines, both the heroic and mundane, to…