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Wednesday newspaper round-up: Rail strikes, air fares, John Lewis

(Sharecast News) - The RMT union has called off a strike at Network Rail next week, fuelling hopes of a significant breakthrough in the long-running dispute. The union said it was suspending the strike planned for Thursday 16 March and all other industrial action, which was to include an overtime ban, after it received a fresh offer from Network Rail. - Guardian Jeremy Hunt's tax raid on airlines means passengers will have to pay higher air fares, bosses have warned. British Airways, Virgin Atlantic, Ryanair and easyJet are among a coalition of airlines urging the Chancellor not to increase air passenger duty (APD) in line with the retail prices index (RPI) next month. - Telegraph

Mortgaged homeowners in the UK are more at risk of falling into arrears than in any other major developed country, a leading credit ratings agency has warned. The share of homeowners missing more than three months of mortgage payments will double in 2023 to 1.5pc as high rates hit borrowers, according to Fitch Ratings. Based on the current number of residential mortgages in the UK, this means 135,000 households will be in arrears. - Telegraph

John Lewis is running into resistance over its first build-to-rent project, with the leader of the local council accusing the retailer of "bullying" and raising concerns about the height of its planned tower blocks and the lack of affordable housing. The trailblazing plan to build 430 flats in towers up to 19 storeys high in the west London suburb of Ealing above a Waitrose supermarket is already months behind schedule, according to local residents. - The Times

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(Sharecast News) - One of the UK's biggest pension funds has lost more than £350m on a series of "calamitous" investments in incinerator power plants that are expected to go bust in the coming days. The Guardian understands that Aviva Investors will put three incinerators into administration this week after pouring millions of pounds into what has been described as the country's "dirtiest form of power generation". - Guardian
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(Sharecast News) - Staff have resigned at Starling Bank after its new chief executive demanded thousands of workers attend its offices more regularly, despite lacking enough space to host them. In his first major policy change since taking over from the UK digital bank's founder, Anne Boden, in March, Raman Bhatia has ordered all hybrid staff - many of whom were in the office only one or two days a week, or on an ad-hoc basis - to travel to work for a minimum of 10 days each month. - Guardian
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(Sharecast News) - Household energy bills across Great Britain are set to rise at the start of next year, analysts predict, putting more pressure on household finances. Officially, the price cap for January-March 2025 will be set on Friday morning by regulator Ofgem, limiting what energy providers can charge in England, Scotland and Wales. - Guardian
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(Sharecast News) - America's President has authorised Ukraine to employ long-range ATACMS supplied by the US to strike targets inside Russia. More specifically, Kyiv will now be allowed to strike targets within the Kursk region, the New York Times reported. Speculation may increase that permission from Britain, the US and France to do the same with Storm Shadow missiles could follow. Joe Biden's decision is said to have been triggered by the appearance of North Korean troops in the Kursk region. - The Sunday Telegraph

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