The FTSE 100 index of most valuable companies on the London Stock Exchange closed at 8,505.69, breaking the record set last May. It had already broken its intraday high at 8532.58 on Friday ...

The government is not considering a general tax as a replacement for the BBC licence fee, Lisa Nandy has suggested. The fee is set to rise to £174.50 a year in April, and is deeply unpopular ...

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