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Ministers face backlash from hospitality industry over ‘tourist tax’ plans
Many mayors welcome power to impose tourist tax but industry warns of ‘irreparable harm’ and job losses
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The hospitality industry fears a tourist tax will deter visitors – the evidence says otherwise
Studies from hotspots across Europe that have introduced levies suggest they have no impact on visitor numbers
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Vauxhall factory closure shows that capitalism is alive and well in Luton
Letters: Readers respond to Aditya Chakrabortty’s article about the closure of the Vauxhall plant
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Why are we giving a £24bn-a-year subsidy to profitable commercial banks?
Letter: Gerald Holtham suggests that it time to cut the 3.75% that the Bank of England pays out on the lenders...
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Ryanair boss says airline will dispute account of passenger who said they were partially sucked out of window – as it happened
Ljubisa Karović suffered neck and shoulder injuries after the window broke during the flight
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Primark to launch home delivery service despite ‘challenging’ market
Chain has long avoided deliveries in Great Britain but says a shift now offers ‘opportunity for profitable gro...
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ECB raises interest rates to 2.5% and warns Iran war is fuelling inflation
Borrowing costs climb in Europe and oil tops $105 a barrel as bank says growing price pressures in eurozone wi...
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Ryanair will dispute passenger’s claim he was sucked out of window
CEO Michael O’Leary tells reporters the businessman was sucked ‘towards’ but not ‘out of’ the opening
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John Lewis losses widen to £124m as shopper confidence dips
Retailer says first half was a tougher market than it expected, though Waitrose grew sales
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UK economy beats expectations in July amid AI boom; four interest rate hikes expected by next summer – business live
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news
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UK economy defies forecasts with surprise 0.4% growth in July
Welcome boost for chancellor with unexpected rise put down to rapid growth of AI in services sector outweighin...
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Jaguar Land Rover job cuts: £500,000 package to help workers facing threat of redundancy – as it happened
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as JLR plans to cut almost one in 10 workers