The figure has nudged back up to 5.2 from last month’s 4.9, according to Worldpanel by Numerator, formerly Kantar.

BP has said it expects to be boosted by higher oil and gas production for the third quarter but warned of weak oil trading. It told investors on Tuesday that upstream production is now expected to be ...

Sir David revealed he only started reading the Poirot books after accepting the role – a character he would portray on television for 25 years.

The ONS said there were signs of the jobs market downturn ‘levelling off’, with a rise in UK workers on payrolls, up 10,000 between July ...