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Retailer to open its first two standalone convenience stores before Christmas Asda is opening is first convenience stores outside a petrol station as its new owners search for ways to expand the UK’s third largest supermarket chain and overtake Sainsbury’s. The two Asda Express stores – in Sutton Coldfield, near Birmingham, and Tottenham Hale, north London – will open before Christmas with 30 sites planned over the coming year. Continue reading… ​Retailer to open its first two standalone convenience stores before Christmas Asda is opening is first convenience stores outside a petrol station as its new owners search for ways…

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Leaders tell TUC congress they stand ready to coordinate action, although there are no calls for a general strike Trade union leaders are warning of a wave of synchronised strikes this winter, with a civil service union saying road officials could take action on the same day as rail workers, and Border Force officials on the same day as airport staff, to cause maximum disruption. As trade unionists met for the annual TUC congress in Brighton, Mark Serwotka, the head of the PCS union, representing 150,000 civil servants, said it stood ready to strike on the same day as others…

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PM’s spokesperson says it is ‘right to consider all options’ as Truss pushed to reaffirm defence spending plan UK politics live – latest news updates Liz Truss could abandon the state pension triple-lock to help plug the fiscal black hole after her disastrous mini-budget, leaving more than 12 million pensioners facing a real-terms cut in their incomes in April. The prime minister’s official spokesperson refused four times on Tuesday to commit to keeping the pensions guarantee despite it being a key 2019 manifesto commitment and Truss confirming she would stick with it just two weeks ago. Continue reading… ​PM’s spokesperson…

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