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The government is telling local councils they must publish data on how many potholes they have fixed or risk losing their share of an extra £500m set aside for fixing roads.
A new boxing format which promises to eliminate often-controversial human judging decisions is in talks to raise $50m from heavyweight investors amid a broader shake-up in the funding and marketing of combat sports.
The civil service is to be told to cut more than £2bn from its budget as part of the government's spending review.
The average family could be £1,400 a year worse off by the end of the decade, new analysis suggests.
Campaigners say a new 100% council tax premium on second homes in England will do little to ease the housing crisis, with one group describing it as a "naked cash grab".
The chancellor has said she is "confident" 10,000 civil service jobs can be axed after numbers ballooned during the pandemic - as she seeks to cut more than £2bn from the budget.
Lawyers for Harrods are proposing six-figure payouts to settle claims brought by sexual abuse victims of the London department store's former owner, Mohamed al Fayed.
Heathrow says it is expecting a full day of "100% operation" after the airport was shut over a loss of power - but passengers have been warned of further disruption.
WPP, the FTSE-100 marketing services group, is in talks to sell a provider of in-flight entertainment which counts some of the world's leading airlines among its clients.
Thousands of passengers are facing delays and cancellations after Heathrow, Europe's busiest airport, was forced to close following a fire at a nearby substation.

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