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Wittington Investments, the Weston family’s holding company, has agreed to buy Boots for $8.9bn (£6.74bn), ending Sycamore Partners’ ownership. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval and is expected to close in the first quarter of 2027.
AllegedProposed Boots sale value
Average UK home price in September
The government is considering spending more than £1bn to help poorer households with rising energy bills. Ministers fear the Iran war could push the price cap up by as much as £442 in January, eroding the VAT cut’s benefit.
The government removed £150 of costs from household energy bills earlier in the year
People who filed legal objections to NHS England’s use of the Federated Data Platform
UK income per head increased between January and June
The consultation on the social media ban received more than 116000 responses.
Labour MPs supporting the representation of the people bill
UK police are investigating five British nationals in connection with a possible plot at an American airbase.