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“Second, with growing concerns over further sharp price rises in the coming months, unless there’s a swift resolution to the conflict, or Government schemes such as additional support with energy…

The watchdog compared a list of 245 branded items including Heinz, Nescafe and Mr Kipling in February, finding that it was, on average, most expensive for customers at Sainsbury’s and…

Stocks fell on Thursday amid uncertainty around talks between the US and Iran to end the war in the Middle East.

And after Tehran fired ballistic missiles towards Diego Garcia, ministers last week allowed Washington to use the bases for US “defensive operations to degrade the missile sites and capabilities being…

The OECD published the biggest downgrade to the UK’s growth outlook for 2026 than any other country in the G20 group of economies.

The conflict has worsened the outlook for many of the world’s largest economies, the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development said.

The charity warned the figures indicated how many household budgets had already ‘gone beyond breaking point’.

Consumer expectations of the economy over the next three months has fallen to its lowest level on record, the BRC and Opinium found.

The scale of the problem is ‘really large’, the Treasury Committee heard.

He said: “Separately, beyond these hostile state threats, I am also cognisant of a potential new threat: an emerging willingness of foreign actors and private citizens, including from allies like…