As much as £5bn needed to revive UK’s struggling high streets, study finds

Business rates cuts not enough as people in poorer areas simply ‘don’t have money to spend’, says Centre for Cities

Labour MPs alarmed by rise in sponsored events arranged by party

Invitations for receptions sent from parliamentary office include ads for housebuilders and public affairs firms

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Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as BoE recommends banks can issue more high loan-to-income level loans

We want to hear about what big decisions people might be delaying under the Trump administration and why

Money was paid out from loan meant to stabilise firm’s finances weeks before it paused retention payments plan

Move hopes to push lenders to offer more high loan-to-income mortgages and help 36,000 buyers on to housing ladder

Total overspend on high-speed rail could be as high as 100%, Mark Wild, who runs the project, told MPs

The union bases its claims of a real-terms cut on the retail prices index – ditched as a national statistic in 2013

In a new series on undocumented workers, construction laborers talk about how fear is fueling wage theft and workplace abuse

Latest escalation in trade war is expected to push up costs across key parts of US economy

UK government writes to husband and wife team amid concerns finding buyer for insolvent plant will be difficult

Watchdog found evidence of information sharing linked to prices but firms have not admitted any wrongdoing

Industry lobby group draws up 20-point plan to stop London ‘drifting into irrelevance’

A marketing campaign is all very well but if the LSE’s fortunes are to turn, the real oomph needs to come from the chancellor