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No. 10 hardens its position amid speculation PM was ‘wobbling’ over tax rise

The party is finally drawing to an end, it seems. How big will the bust be?

Price shock, easing the blow and self-help

Five changes that will hit UK households in 2022

Conversion project gives the iconic car a new lease of life

Check your passport’s validity before booking any international holidays

‘The Enigma’ black diamond is expected to sell at auction for £5m

Minister for counter-fraud resigns over the government’s ‘schoolboy errors’

22m households are set to be hit by a huge increase in energy bills

Do investors have more power than they realise? Is Bosnia on the verge of breaking up? And who will choose the next Archbishop of Canterbury?

The Credit Suisse version of ‘Partygate’ has claimed the scalp of a celebrated banker

History certainly suggests that giant deals like this tend to ‘destroy value’

Capital’s annual growth was 5.1% in November – compared to 10% across the UK

Inflation hits 30-year high of 5.4% – and analysts predict it could get even worse

Rapidly-expanding whisky investment market has seen ‘dramatic gains’

Everything you need to know about the volatile cryptocurrency 

As the super-rich get richer, 99% of the world’s population are worse off

Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Bernard Arnault feature on the rich list top ten

Is a windfall tax really the answer to the acute pain of energy costs?

Sellers’ market, what next and ​mortgage matters

Companies are raising the salary stakes in order to attract and retain talent 

Ikea joins growing list of firms axing sick pay entitlement for employees who haven’t had Covid jabs

Diversify your portfolio with quirky investments such as Lego and digital art

Despite the pandemic the luxury marque hit record sales in 2021

Pubs are missing out on the ‘NoLo’ boom and drinkers are urged to support their local

Critics say the small tracking devices can be ‘as creepy as they are helpful’

Japanese tech giant unveiled the Vision-S 02 at CES 2022

PM announces the scrapping of pre-departure tests

Major talking points include electric vehicles, hybrid working and the metaverse

Streaming is on the up but MPs say most artists make ‘pitiful’ incomes from services

Inflation, politics and global trade are among the big unknowns this year

Apple briefly hit the milestone $3 trillion valuation on the first day of trading in 2022

2021 was a year of supply chain disruptions and big stock market floats