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Now, Mrs Badenoch will launch a three-point plan to “get Britain drilling” which includes an end to the moratorium on new oil and gas licences, ditching the windfall tax on…

The UK’s third largest supermarket chain revealed on Friday that sales, excluding fuel, dropped by 3.3% to £21 billion in 2025.

The Competition and Markets Authority said it had launched probes into practices by Autotrader, Feefo, Dignity, Just Eat and Pasta Evangelists.

Final decisions on the long-awaited programme will be published by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) on Monday afternoon.

David Ward, chief executive of Oxford PV, said after the visit that the firm was shipping “pilot volumes” of products to early customers, adding: “There’s been a decade of work,…

The FTSE 100 closed down just 4.82 points at 9,967.35.

The UK’s second largest fuel retailer also rejected accusations that petrol sellers might be ‘profiteering’ from higher pricing.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the total volume of retail sales, which measures the quantity bought, fell by 0.4% last month.

“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…