Number of workers on zero-hours contracts hits record high

High street baker Greggs is set to raise prices on its breakfast meal deals and biscuits in response to growing cost pressures, the company’s chief executive has said. Roisin Currie said the price increases would kick in from Thursday. She said the action was being taken in response to increased staffing costs, including the impact…

Danielle KayeBusiness reporter Houston Chronicle via Getty Images A for sale sign is seen in front of a house in a Spring Branch neighborhood in Houston, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025. US President Donald Trump has said he will move to ban big corporate investors from buying single-family homes, in a bid to make housing more…

Last week, BBC News revealed that Alton Towers planned to stop automatically granting its disability queuing pass to some guests with autism, ADHD, anxiety and other non-physical disabilities, if their Nimbus access pass only indicated they struggled being in crowds.