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Labour is about to give Middle England a simple choice:…

Posted by June 13, 2024

Hiking CGT diminishes the incentive to save, leading to lower long-term growth and, ultimately, lower living standards. Since t

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Fed forecasts just one rate cuts this year as Powell…

Posted by June 12, 2024

The chairman of the US Federal Reserve has warned the battle to tame inflation is not over as policymakers signalled the centra

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Oil company abandons North Sea project over ‘negative political rhetoric’

Posted by June 11, 2024

In April, Harbour Energy, the North Sea’s biggest producer, said it would cut a fifth of its workforce because of the windfa

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Worklessness a ‘threat to growth’ after hitting 13-year high

Posted by June 11, 2024

Economists said the wage pressure reinforced the view that the Bank of England would wait until after the election before cutti

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Trump ally urges Jeremy Hunt to investigate Shein’s ‘slave labour…

Posted by June 11, 2024

The company has switched its focus away from a New York listing in response to fierce political opposition in the US. Mr Rubio

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British company accused of supplying NHS ‘faulty’ Covid tests pays…

Posted by June 11, 2024

Novacyt was paid to deliver 288,000 kits per week to the NHS at the height of the pandemic.However, concerns about the kit were

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Canada, U.K. launch joint privacy probe into 23andMe data breach…

Posted by June 10, 2024

Canada's privacy commissioner is teaming up with his U.K. counterpart to investigate a data breach discovered last year at 23andMe.Philippe Dufresne's office sa

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France’s borrowing costs surge as Macron calls snap election

Posted by June 10, 2024

The euro has slumped after Emmanuel Macron called a snap election for France’s parliament following defeat in the European Pa

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Pilgrim’s Europe plans to close UK site putting 270 jobs…

Posted by June 10, 2024

The “necessary proposals”​ will put around 270 members of staff at risk of redundancy and forms part of an ongoing review by Pilgrim’s Europe of its ope

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Four reasons why interest rates could stay higher for longer

Posted by June 9, 2024

The upshot is that even if the headline rate dips below the official target of 2pc in the coming months, as seems likely, it ma

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Europe still wants to punish Britain for Brexit – and…

Posted by June 9, 2024

Yet despite such factors, Sir Keir may quickly find the ghost of Europe coming back to haunt his government like it has with ot

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Record immigration has failed to raise living standards in Britain,…

Posted by June 9, 2024

The IFS said public spending is now forecast to be £80bn higher in today’s money by the end of the decade than pre-pandemic

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