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5 Things You Need To Know, Today, on Tuesday 29th March 2022
5. Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich suffered symptoms of suspected poisoning at peace talks on the Ukraine-Belarus border earlier this month.
The Chelsea FC owner - who has now recovered - reportedly suffered sore eyes and peeling skin.
4. A second P&O ferry has failed a safety inspection and is in the process of being detained, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has said.
The Pride of Kent is one of eight ships to need inspections before re-entering service, after 800 staff were sacked.
3. Cadbury has shrunk the size of its Dairy Milk sharing bars by 10%, but will not reduce the price for customers.
Parent company Mondelez blamed costs associated with the production of its chocolate spiking, as it reduced the bars' size from 200g to 180g but are still typically being sold at £2.
2. More than 7,000 finance jobs have moved from London to the European Union as a result of Brexit, down 400 from the total anticipated in December, consultants EY said.
While the total is well down on the 12,500 job moves forecast by firms in 2016, when Britain voted to leave the bloc, more could follow, EY said in its latest Brexit Tracker.
1. Chancellor Rishi Sunak has defended his decision not to increase benefits payments to ease the rising cost of living in his Spring Statement last week.
The rise in living costs is forecast to outstrip planned increases in benefits this year but Mr Sunak told MPs that he had announced "targeted support to those who need it most".