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Bank of England governor admits it made errors in its forecasting of the UK's inflation rate

The FTSE 100 closed down almost 1.8% at 7627, as the combination of higher-than-forecast inflation and US default fears led to the biggest sell-off of London stocks in months.

UK government should recognise long Covid as an occupational disease for all key workers

All the methods of cost of living calculations come with benefits and limitations

The owner of trainer chain JD Sports last week announced its annual sales had topped £10billion for the first time as one in three Brits wear trainers to the office

A significant factor behind the rising migration numbers in recent years has been an increase in foreign students and their dependants arriving, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) says

Households should not be afraid to reach out and ask for help, according to interactive investor, which made the calculations.

Nisreen Alwan, professor of public health at the University of Southampton and Daniel Ayoubkhani, principal statistician at the Office for National Statistics and the University of Leicester explain how the latest statistics on the Covid pandemic and jobs suggest long Covid could be causing high levels of economic inactivity.

Almost 2 million people in the UK are estimated to be living with long COVID – after-effects of COVID that can persist for months or even years after the initial infection.