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5 Things You Need To Know, Today, on Wednesday 25th January 2023
5. The US Department of Justice (DOJ) and eight US states have filed a case against Google alleging it has too much power over the online ad market.
Its anti-competitive actions had "weakened if not destroyed competition in the ad tech industry", US Attorney General Merrick Garland said.
4. Amazon workers say the robots in the warehouse "are treated better than us" and will stage the first-ever UK strike against the online giant on Wednesday in a protest over pay.
Members of the GMB union are walking out at Amazon's Coventry warehouse over what they call a "derisory" 50p an hour pay rise and claim they are constantly monitored and upbraided for "idle time" lasting just a few minutes.
3. The boss of Eurostar has said its trains between the UK and Paris are carrying 30% fewer passengers.
Chief executive Gwendoline Cazenave said with post-Brexit border checks and current levels of border staff, there were "bottlenecks" in stations.
2. Toy sales fell last year as parents facing the soaring cost of living held back on low-cost impulse buys.
The number of toys and games bought fell by 6% compared with the previous year, according to analysts NPD.
1. Government borrowing hit a new high in December, driven by the cost of supporting households with their energy bills and rising debt interest costs.
Borrowing, the difference between spending and tax income, was £27.4bn, the most for any December since records began in 1993. Interest on government debt hit £17.3bn, more than doubling in a year.