Foreign holidays as normal this summer “was never going to be the case”, Justice Secretary Robert Buckland has said as he defended the government’s COVID travel policy.
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Pilots are calling for urgent action after claiming the government’s “ludicrously cautious” travel restrictions caused the UK’s aviation industry to be “the hardest hit in Europe”.
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Disruption in the shipping industry is creating a shortage of goods – and consumers face higher prices.
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A pilot scheme which helped 112 refugees with business start-up training has been extended. 
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Morrisons has rejected a takeover bid from a private equity firm, saying the £5.5bn value “significantly undervalued” the supermarket chain.
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Clayton, Dubilier & Rice has 28 days to formally bid for the UK’s fourth-largest supermarket group.
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson is under pressure to abandon planning reforms after Conservatives at national and local level blamed them for the party’s shock defeat in the Chesham and Amersham by-election.
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One of the world’s biggest buyout firms is weighing a spectacular £5.5bn takeover bid for Wm Morrison, Britain’s fourth-largest supermarket chain by market share.
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A firm making wire fairy sculptures has been hit by scammers using adverts on the social media network.
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But the ex-business secretary says there is also a mental health issue, with some fearful of returning.
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