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Grant Shapps is facing fresh calls to overhaul the energy regulator's powers amid growing fears for hospitality businesses' ability to withstand soaring power costs.Sky News has seen a letter from Kate Nicholls, chief…

Business Secretary Grant Shapps has told British Steel's Chinese owner that proposals to make hundreds of workers redundant are "unhelpful" amid negotiations over a £300m taxpayer support package.Sky News understands that Mr…

Britain's two biggest steelmakers would be required to guarantee thousands of jobs for a decade in return for £600m of government support to help decarbonise the industry.Sky News has learnt that Grant Shapps, the business…

Grant Shapps has launched a crackdown on energy suppliers, following reports some are not doing enough to support vulnerable customers amid the cost of living crisis.The Business and Energy Secretary has written a letter to…

The business secretary has ordered an investment firm backed by sanctioned Russian oligarchs to sell regional broadband provider Upp, citing national security concerns.Grant Shapps ruled that the ownership of LetterOne, known…

Grant Shapps, the business secretary, has picked one of the competition regulator’s top executives to become its first permanent female boss.Sky News has learnt that Sarah Cardell, the Competition and Markets Authority's (CMA)…

A compensation scheme for postmasters who helped expose the Post Office scandal has been unveiled by the business secretary.Postmasters who were impacted by the Post Office scandal starting from the late 1990s will be…

Grant Shapps, the business secretary, has held a further round of talks with the Chinese owner of British Steel as the spectre of redundancies looms over one of the UK's biggest industrial manufacturers.Sky News has learnt…

Staff at the UK's largest microchip factory have urged the business secretary to U-turn on his decision to force its Chinese owners to sell a majority stake.Grant Shapps revealed last week that Nexperia must sell at least 86%…

Calls from the UK political spectrum have come for Gavin Williamson to be sacked from the cabinet. The reason cited is Gavin Williamson's alleged abusive texts to Wendy Morton (MP), who was Chief Whip during Liz Truss's leadership. The…