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The cost of long-term government borrowing climbed again on Friday, sitting just below the historic highs reached in recent days.

Persimmon, Vistry and Taylor Wimpey will all provide trading updates next week

The survey found that levels of optimism across the financial services sector fell rapidly in December, marking the sharpest decline since September 2022

Sterling fell by as much as 1.1% to 1.233 against the dollar, its lowest level since April 2022, while the yield on the benchmark 10-year UK gilt climbed by roughly 12 basis points to a peak of 4.81%

'We’re determined to give home improvers the choice and convenience they deserve, and to transform the home improvement stores in these locations to fulfil that need'

The 50 best schools in England have been revealed, showing where teachers are truly making a difference in class. For the Fairer Schools Index, researchers measured each of them against additional factors such as pupil demographics, ethnicity, and deprivation, alongside existing performance-based metrics. They say this removes some of the built-in bias against secondaries teaching children from deprived areas in the Department for Education’s league tables. The results, revealed exclusively by the Mirror, show the schools where teachers are beating the odds to make the greatest positive impact on pupils up to the age of 16. https://lnkd.in/e_nMeRtz

Someone in the UK goes missing every 90 seconds. Our Christmas appeal this year is in support of Missing People. Stephen Fry tells Mirror readers what they can do to help heartbroken families this festive season. Donate here: https://lnkd.in/eA5Vzhws

“They took the decision that their son would either die in the camp in Calais or, if they managed to get him on a dinghy, he might survive” Ros Wynne-Jones appeared on LBC today to tell the heartbreaking story of little Wissam Saleh, who made the treacherous Channel crossing in hope of lifesaving treatment, but tragically died last month. Read the full story: https://lnkd.in/eatJSJ8K

A full list of benefits such as Universal Credit and PIP will be paid early for thousands of people later this month. https://lnkd.in/eGinG5JF

Small businesses are finding it difficult to expand quickly enough to meet consumer demand, with a quarter saying they are not strong enough to withstand financial shocks, new research reveals. https://lnkd.in/ek23tGFR