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UK taxpayers to pay former Post Office workers up to £1bn compensation

UK taxpayers could have to pay as much as £1bn in compensation to former Post Office workers wrongly convicted of theft due...

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Working from home blamed for fraud increase

More than eight in ten mid-sized businesses in the UK experienced fraud in 2021, up from 60 per cent the year before,...

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Small business expansion held back by rising costs

Ambition to grow has exceeded pre-pandemic levels among small businesses but they are being held back by rising costs, skills shortages and...

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One in five young workers resign over parental leave

Poor parental leave policies have led one in five younger workers to quit their job, a survey has found. A poll of...

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Staycations mean boom for country house hotels

Investors seeking to benefit from the UK holiday market are snapping up British country house hotels with £600 million worth of independent...

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Tax increases are essential to improve social care, says Raab

The deputy prime minister has defended the planned rise in national insurance contributions in April, despite criticism from senior backbenchers. Dominic Raab,...

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Online safety bill ‘ignores some types of child abuse’

The government’s plans for regulating social media platforms need to be urgently changed to prevent predators sharing the most “insidious” images of...