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Retailer to open 104 Simply Food outlets as high street chain speeds up turnaround plan amid rising costs Marks & Spencer is planning to close 25% of its bigger stores selling clothing and homeware while opening more than 100 new Simply Food outlets, as it speeds up its turnaround plan in the face of a “difficult economic backdrop” and rising costs. The retailer told investors it aims to have 180 “full-line” shops – selling its full range of food, clothing and homeware products – by early 2028, down from 247 at present, and said it would get rid of “lower…

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PMQs Live – Liz Truss faces Keir Starmer in first Prime Minister’s Questions since mini-budget disaster Starmer won’t support energy guarantee – Truss Truss responds by saying Starmer is refusing to confirm whether he supports the government’s energy guarantee.  “The opposition has said people should be supported for six months – does he think in six months pensioners should be facing very high energy bills? “Because that’s what will happen if he doesn’t support our energy guarantee.” Freezing energy bills Labour’s idea – Starmer Starmer reminds Truss that freezing energy bills was Labour’s idea. He says Truss previously said the…

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Daniel George Robert Brydges, 33, from Portsmouth, admits twice climbing fences to enter palace last December A man with a “fixation” on accessing royal grounds has been told he faces a possible custodial sentence after admitting to twice trespassing at Buckingham Palace – including an occasion when he was already on bail over a previous attempt. Daniel George Robert Brydges admitted trying to gain entry to the palace on 18 and 22 December last year, and a further charge of criminal damage on the first occasion. The Queen was at Windsor Castle on both occasions. Continue reading… ​Daniel George Robert…

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PM also tells PMQs she does plan to legislate to end no-fault evictions for renters despite briefings to contrary Politics live: latest updates Liz Truss has surprised MPs by telling prime minister’s questions she has no plans to cut public spending to finance tax cuts, and that the government does plan to legislate to end no-fault evictions for renters. In the first PMQs for over a month, and only Truss’s second since entering No 10, Keir Starmer lambasted her over what he said was the devastating impact of September’s mini-budget on mortgage rates. Continue reading… ​PM also tells PMQs she…

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