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Nick Edserbusiness reporter Getty Images The UK economy grew slightly in August, official figures show, as focus intensifies on what measures the government might unveil in next month’s Budget. An increase in manufacturing output helped the economy expand by 0.1%, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said, but the figure for July was revised down…

Leon has announced it will close several of its restaurants and cut jobs as part of a major restructure of the High Street food chain. The company has appointed Quantuma as administrators after Leon’s original co-founder John Vincent reacquired the company last month from Asda. The move places the future of the worst performing of…

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“Coming on top of last year’s hike, this is likely to raise impact costs for traders, hedgers and arbitrageurs. This could cool derivative activity and lead to a reduction in volumes,” said Shripal Shah, managing director and CEO of Kotak Securities.

Paul SeddonPolitical reporter Rachel Reeves: I don’t think it’s right that a child is penalised for being in a bigger family Rachel Reeves has suggested she favours removing limits on benefits linked to family size at next month’s Budget. The chancellor told the BBC it was not right that children in bigger families were “penalised”…