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Lord Browne of Madingley, the former BP boss, is to step down early as the UK chairman of Huawei Technologies as it faces a government ban on involvement in the UK's 5G infrastructure.

Boris Johnson has ordered all Huawei technology to be stripped out of the UK's 5G network by 2027.

The UK's budget watchdog has revised sharply higher its projections for the cost of the government's response to the coronavirus crisis and warned the country remains on track for its worst economic slump in 300 years.

Official figures show the economy failed to regain much momentum in May - the second full month of the coronavirus lockdown.

Face coverings must be worn in shops and supermarkets in England from Friday 24 July, Boris Johnson has announced.

A new report has revealed there are at least 100,000 slaves in the UK working for extremely low wages in terrible conditions.

Ocado, the online supermarket and grocery logistics group, has begun hunting for a successor to Lord Rose of Monewden, the retail veteran who has been its chairman since 2013.

For employers and employees these are challenging and confusing days.

Work has begun on the world's longest electricity interconnector which will allow power to travel between the UK and Denmark and could provide energy for 1.5m British homes.

A second wave of COVID-19 and a winter lockdown would be a "really awful" prospect for Britain, former prime minister Tony Blair has warned.