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Kemi Badenoch has said she is “really worried” that the UK might be forced to embark on a 1976-style bailout from the International Monetary Fund. The Conservative leader told BBC Newsnight that the UK could be forced to go “cap in hand” to the IMF unless the government delivers a plan for economic growth. She…

Archie MitchellBusiness reporter Getty Images Octopus Energy is set to spin off its Kraken Technologies arm as a standalone company after a deal to sell a stake in the platform valued it at $8.65bn (£6.4bn). The energy giant, Britain’s biggest gas and electricity supplier, has sold a $1bn stake in the AI-based division to a…

Getty Images Storm damage is one area often in dispute Insurers need to do more to improve how they handle claims and make it clearer to customers what their policies cover, the UK’s finance regulator has said. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) was responding to a “super-complaint” by consumer group Which? about the home and…

A food sharing charity said it had provided more than 500,000 meals to those in need across Devon and Cornwall this year and was ramping up its operation in the run up to Christmas. Charity FareShare South West (FSSW), which works with local supermarkets and farmers, said this year more than 800 tonnes of produce…