Alice Haine

Solutions could include cutting VAT on bills and offering loans to energy suppliers

UK consumer credit increases by the most in 16 months

Queen's New Year's Honours list recognises Dubai resident for services to UK businesses in the Emirates

Work-from-home trend sparks 2% contraction in workspace across the country

Notes and coins first entered circulation on January 1, 2002

Britons splashed out on DIY, takeaways, digital subscriptions and staycations, amid the Covid-19 crisis

Thai-Austrian purchasers plan serviced apartments and an upgraded food hall too

Viewed as 'transitory’ by many bankers and analysts but higher prices continue to persist

Blunder paid cash to 2,000 people and companies in 75,000 separate transactions

Increased mortality a direct result of coronavirus deaths and its knock-on health effects

Values rise £24,000 in 2021 and are now 16% higher than before the pandemic struck

Despite an upbeat start to the year, inflation, Omicron and interest rate uncertainty weighed heavily on sterling

Higher energy bills, taxes and inflation will squeeze household incomes by £1,200, says think tank

GDP will grow faster in the UK than in the US, Germany and France, say analysts

Growth across prime markets rose at strongest pace in more than a decade