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Britain's water regulator is lining up advisers to oversee the performance of troubled South East Water, days after the company sought to curb non-essential use by thousands of business customers.

English football chiefs have held fresh talks aimed at securing a landmark £180m-a-year deal to distribute some of the Premier League's wealth to the rest of the professional game.

J Sainsbury held merger talks with rival grocer Morrisons earlier this year - a deal that would have represented the most significant tie-up in the sector for more than five years.

Failing to support Scotland's most disadvantaged costs at least £5.8bn a year, according to new analysis.

Glasgow City Council and Unison have reached a potential deal after an ongoing pay dispute sparked a controversial plan to fire and rehire 23,000 workers.

The culture secretary has ordered the competition regulator to investigate the planned rescue of ailing broadband supplier TalkTalk by BT Group.

Environmental campaigners are urging the Scottish government to hold a public consultation before any new hyperscale data centres are given the green light.

The Scottish government is on course to miss legally-binding targets on child poverty "by miles", a charity warned.

The government is unprepared for disruptions to food supplies which are exposed to "shocks and threats", experts have warned.

A major Middle East-based financial institution is in talks to buy a stake in Panmure Liberum, one of the City's most prolific brokers to London-listed companies.