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5 Things You Need To Know, Today, on Thursday 9th September 2021
5. Facebook has been accused of breaking equality law in the way it handles job adverts.
Campaign group Global Witness said it failed to prevent discriminatory targeting of ads and its algorithm was biased in choosing who would see them.
4. The government is expected to announce a shake-up of the HGV driver testing process as soon as today.
It wants to fast track drivers into the haulage industry amid chronic shortages which have caused supply problems.
3. Ofgem has said that UK household energy bills will be affected by soaring prices of fossil fuels globally.
The typical gas and electricity customer is likely to see their bill go up by £139 to £1,277 a year from October.
2. The government is planning to overhaul the travel traffic light system, with changes set to be announced in weeks where the green and amber categories could be removed and replaced with a new system.
A new system would allow vaccinated travellers to go to countries with similarly high levels of vaccination as the UK without the need for quarantine.
1. The UK has been in Germany's top 10 trading partners since 1950 but, with Brexit-related hurdles taking a toll, Britain looks set to drop to the 11th spot by the end of this year.
Germans spent £13.8bn, or nearly 11%, less on British goods in the first six months of 2021, according to data from the Federal Statistics Office.