The investment firm which has agreed to buy WH Smith's high street operations has been eliminated from the auction of Poundland, the struggling discounter.
The latest energy price cap announcement brings a welcome if modest reduction in prices for 22 million consumers, and valuable context to the politically corrosive debate over the Winter Fuel Allowance.
Donald Trump has issued advice on how UK energy bills could come down further, after households on the energy price cap were told they would see a 7% reduction from July.