A levy on large stores in Northern Ireland will come into affect from 1 April, after it passes its final stage in the assembly.

When recently visiting my local Tesco store, I noticed they had removed a row of check out work stations and replaced them with even more self scanning tills. Given we are in a recession with unemployment into the millions, with youngsters being hardest hit. Far from trying to lesson the burden of unemployment, the curse of the modern age, and reducing the pressures customers come under when using...

In December last year I noted how the fall in UK inflation might not be entirely good news. The fall in inflation was being accompanied by a fall in wage growth and so not providing a boost to disposable income. It looks to come true this year, as Tesco shows.

The thing about Tesco is that it doesn’t appeal to any particular demographic. Rich or poor, north or south: it wants some of your money. In fact, it’s arguably in the taxation business. There are parts of Britain where part...

On Monday after surgery I went to Tesco to visit the Giving Tree, and to provide a gift. Once again this initiative has been successful, with many local people buying gifts to put near the tree to make sure children will all have something to open this Christmas. I would like to thank all involved

Horrors, I know, absolutely bloody evil. Then, buried at the bottom of this Guardian piece is this little nugget: Like Reilly, Rayburn was not told that he had a week to refuse the placement. He was working at Tesco with two other young unemployed people who did get a job at the end of their

I held one of my periodic review meetings with the Environment Agency this week, to discuss progress with flood protection for the constituency. They told me the work to help protect homes in Winnersh is now completed. The scheme to hold excess water in a bund near Tesco in Wokingham on the Emm requires Council

Ex-Tesco chief and Tory grandee say England's regions need more autonomy to compete with devolved administrations and close the north-south divide

A senior Taliban commander and administrator of a religious seminary in North Waziristan, Maulana Abdul Khaliq Haqqani, on Monday threatened to send suicide bombers to eliminate two officials of the Tribal Electric Supply Company (Tesco) if they did not restore...

George Osborne is pursuing the Tesco strategy: every little helps. In his conference speech today, he will announce that he has found £805 million to freeze council tax next year, which will save taxpayers £72. Not a lot, you might think – and that’s Labour’s view – but the chancellor is adamant that he won’t “stand on the sidelines” while living...