Home heating oil costs in rural Lancashire doubles – councillors

Andy Burnham, who is widely expected to take over as prime minister later this month, has said there is “some room” for movement on tax. In an interview with LBC, Burnham suggested business rates on warehouses could be increased to fund tax cuts for pubs and some high-street businesses. But the newly elected Makerfield MP…

Egon CossouBusiness reporter Trinity Metals You probably don’t give much thought to the device that you’re reading this article on, as long as it looks good and keeps working. But the elements that power and run it are the subject of an escalating struggle between the world’s two biggest economies – the US and China…

Priti GuptaTechnology Reporter, Mumbai Getty Images Beautiful but delicate, cardamom is a demanding crop “People often think cardamom is a lucrative crop – it may be. But it’s also the toughest crop a farmer can cultivate,” says Stanley Pothan, who has been farming cardamom in the southern Indian state of Kerala for decades. Prized for…