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Jonathan Prynn, Consumer Business Editor

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Nasty fiscal medicine needed to save Britain from disaster

If anyone in the Conservative Party still has a number for Norman Lamont this might be the moment to give him a call

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Change at top for Marks & Spencer and ITV

New bosses were hired at Marks & Spencer and ITV today in moves expected to bring huge changes to the high street and television

Petrol will hit £5 a gallon as inflation rises for the first time since February

Video: Surging petrol prices have pushed the rate of inflation up for the first time since February

Rich Italians turn SW3 into Chelsienna

Chelsea is seeing an unprecedented influx of Italians buying property as tax amnesty from Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi led to a stampede for addresses in west London

Debenhams joins price war as High St heads for a £1bn discount frenzy

Britain is heading for a £1 billion pre-Christmas price war as Debenhams joined the big supermarkets in a discounting frenzy

Banks accused of 'profiteering' as interest rates on personal loans soar

High street banks were accused of "recession profiteering" as it emerged that interest rates on personal loans have risen to a seven-year high

Bah, humbug ... 'austerity' Christmas tree sells out

Made of brown paper wrapped around wire twigs, lacking greenery or tinsel and closely resembling a dead shrub, it hardly gives off Christmas cheer

‘Cloud cuckoo land’ of BBC’s 39 bosses paid more than PM

BBC under fire for its 'cloud cuckoo land' pay after it discloses that 39 of its top bosses earn more than the Prime Minister

High rollers have broken the bank at Fifty casino

It has been parting the wealthy from their cash over the roulette wheel for 182 years, but now the high rollers are having the last laugh

Husband who beat cancer wins £45m lottery jackpot

Britain's record-breaking lottery winners speak of their joy at landing the biggest jackpot win in history

Shoppers cut up credit cards as they pay off £1.5 trillion debt

Record numbers of shoppers are cutting up their credit cards to help rein in their spending, a survey reveals

BT staff share £45m Euro lottery jackpot

Group of BT call centre workers from Liverpool have won Britain's biggest lottery prize, a £45.5 million share of the Euromillions jackpot

Victoria's Secret reveals plan for London store

American lingerie chain Victoria's Secret plans to open its first big British store in central London

Champagne bar opens at 7am as St Pancras mall does a sparkling trade

Profits soar at St Pancras station mall as shoppers and champagne drinkers propel it into a top destination in its own right

Record levels of bankruptcies as middle class and famous are hit

Number of borrowers collapsing under the weight of their debts has soared to an all-time high

Father and son had Chinese meals code for insider trading

Father and son who used coded messages about Chinese meals to exchange illegal share tips convicted of insider trading that made them more than £100,000

Marks is learning no business has a divine right to survive

It's not quite Primark & Spencer yet but the message from Sir Stuart Rose could not be more clear

First £1,000 rail fare in history of British train travel

The first £1,000 fare in the history of Britain’s railways has sparked fresh outrage over the 'ludicrously' high cost of train travel

Primark's recession fashion boom

The high street "Primarni" phenomenon has boomed in the recession with Britain's biggest discount clothes chain today unveiling big increases in sales and profits.

I'm out of love with London but I think I could run it, says Liz

Elizabeth Hurley's kaleidoscopic career takes a new twist tomorrow when she turns organic food entrepreneur - inspired, she says, by her self-confessed inability to keep her hand 'out of the biscuit tin'

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