Economic News
25 Sep
Taxpayers set to pay £65m for Carillion redundancy payments
UK taxpayers will have to pay £65m to cover redundancy payments for former Carillion workers who were made redundant after the company’s collapse in January.
25 Sep
UK grocers commit to halving food waste by 2030
Large supermarkets and manufacturers are committing to reduce the annual £20bn food waste bill in half by 2030.
25 Sep
China says US putting 'knife to its neck', hard to continue trade talks
China's vice commerce minister said trade talks with the US are complicated at the moment and accused the US of bullying China and holding “a knife to its neck”.
25 Sep
Criminals steal over £500m through UK fraud in the first half of 2018
Criminals have stolen a total of £503. 4m in authorised and unauthorised fraud from UK bank customers in the first half of 2018.