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Third of restaurants shut their doors early as they can't afford energy bills

Official figures show tens of thousands of hospitality firms are trying to save on their electricity and gas bills by reducing the number of hours when they are open

Daily Mirror · Dec 18, 2022

Dying businesses cost a million Brits their jobs - and the north is worst hit

Analysis by Labour shows 1.01million jobs were lost through firms collapsing in the year to September - more than the number created through new firms, and worse than during Covid

Daily Mirror · Nov 27, 2022

Angry MPs and Sunak hit out over decision to let them bill Christmas parties to taxpayer

Downing Street warned 'MPs will want to justify all spending for their constituents' after a string of MPs - Tory and Labour - said they wouldn't use the fund and their watchdog had 'lost the plot'

Daily Mirror · Nov 22, 2022

Matt Hancock tells ditched constituents he's on I'm A Celeb to 'speak candidly to nation'

Matt Hancock has written to voters in his West Suffolk constituency to say he's appearing on I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! as "there are very few places... where politicians can speak candidly to the nation”

Daily Mirror · Nov 9, 2022

Matt Hancock covered with bugs and sludge in I’m a Celebrity preview

In teaser for Wednesday’s show, ex-health secretary squeals as insects and thick liquid fall on him from above

The Guardian - UK · Nov 9, 2022

Matt Hancock showered with bugs and sludge during first I’m A Celebrity trial

The Tory MP will make his debut in the Australian jungle on Wednesday night.

The Independent UK · Nov 9, 2022

Government accused of abandoning Britishvolt and hope of 3,000 jobs

Britishvolt has been hampered by lack of investment including a Government refusal to forward £30m of a £100m grant

Chronicle Live · Nov 3, 2022

Labour accuses Government of abandoning Britishvolt amid funding challenges

The Shadow Business Secretary was at the Northumberland site, days after it emerged the Government had refused Britishvolt an early drawdown of part of a promised £100m grant

Birmingham Post · Nov 3, 2022

‘A better partner’: Labour woos big business in bid to oust Rishi Sunak

Wes Streeting and Jonathan Reynolds test water with pharma firm GSK as party prepares for election

The Guardian - UK · Oct 28, 2022

Rees-Mogg lambasts critics of EU laws bill after quitting government

Former business secretary tells opponents of bill they are fighting a Brexit battle all over again

The Guardian - UK · Oct 25, 2022