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Retail and hospitality bosses have warned that higher labour costs and taxes are set to push up prices for customers across the UK.

Even if the UK manages to dodge the worst of Donald Trump’s tariffs, we will still suffer from the fallout of a global trade war

Here was a successful economic strategy in the making, marred by its abdication of responsibility to some of society’s weakest

Lib Dem MP Steve Darling, who is registered blind, said the delay was ‘nothing short of a disgrace’

Dame Meg Hillier also said there had been ‘unrest’ among the Labour rank and file following welfare cuts announced by ministers in recent weeks.

The chancellor has been slated by politicians, the public and campaigners for pushing ahead with brutal welfare cuts – but there were other options

Fears of a £44bn compensation bill over dealer commissions has prompted a high-profile appeal, which will be heard this week

Female MPs say they are unnerved by how women seem to be taking brunt of anger over government decisions

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The loss of No 10’s director of communications after just nine months should come as a warning to the entire government. It needs to better explain to the public why it is making unpopular decisions and demanding sacrifices – or sink further in the polls