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Pensions6 hours ago
Capita’s pension chaos exposes the limits of outsourcing essential state services
Capita has long sold itself to government as the steady pair of hands that can take complicated back-office systems off ministers’ desks and run them more cheaply, more efficiently and,
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Economy6 hours ago
UK house prices edge higher as falling mortgage costs offer a tentative reprieve
After four months of drift, Britain’s housing market has produced its first clear sign of stabilisation. House prices rose by 0.2 per cent in June compared with May, according to
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Financial7 hours ago
Prince William’s bet on bricks: the Duchy of Cornwall and Britain’s stalled housebuilding
The Isles of Scilly are the sort of place that appears to have been designed to repel the modern British policy debate. A scatter of islands 28 miles off Cornwall,
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Business8 hours ago
John Lewis pares back store frills as it hunts for profit
ohn Lewis is preparing to remove some of the small courtesies that have long helped it feel different from its rivals. Gift wrapping stations will go in a number of
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Mortgage9 hours ago
Bank of England warns mortgage shock is spreading as leveraged hedge fund bets swell AI bubble
The Bank of England has issued a stark double warning about the way global shocks are now travelling through Britain’s economy: first through household mortgages, then through the hidden plumbing
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Politics9 hours ago
OBR warning lays bare the next government’s £120bn dilemma
The Office for Budget Responsibility has acquired an unshowy talent for delivering bad news in a voice so measured that Westminster can pretend, for a while, not to hear it.
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FinancialYesterday
Lockheed Martin to buy UK defence firm Ultra Maritime for $3.5bn
Lockheed Martin’s agreement to buy Ultra Maritime for $3.45 billion is, on its face, another large cheque written by the world’s biggest arms manufacturer. Look closer and it reads as
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EntertainmentYesterday
ITV’s £1.6 billion break with broadcasting orthodoxy
ITV’s decision to sell its media and entertainment business to Sky for £1.6 billion is the sort of corporate move that looks, at first glance, like an admission of defeat.
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Electric VehiclesYesterday
Tesla’s British bounce back shows the electric car war is now about price, politics and patience
Tesla is selling well in Britain again, and that simple fact carries a tangle of implications for Westminster, for rival carmakers and for Elon Musk himself. After months in which
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RussiaYesterday
Half a million Russians go bankrupt as Putin courts a banking crisis
Half a million Russian households declared bankruptcy last year, a sharp and unsettling measure of the strain now running through the country’s wartime economy. The figure, up nearly a third
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GovernmentYesterday
A Glut, a Pause, and a Bargaining Chip: How Cheaper Oil is Blunting Tehran’s Hormuz Threat
Only months ago, the oil market was braced for a familiar kind of panic: a geopolitical shock that chokes supply, spikes prices and forces governments into hurried, expensive choices. The
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EUYesterday
Jim Ratcliffe warns Chinese ‘dumping’ will ruin EU chemicals
Sir Jim Ratcliffe has never been shy of a fight, but his latest broadside is aimed less at rivals than at Brussels itself. In an open letter to Ursula von
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CarsYesterday
Electric and plug-in hybrid car sales overtake petrol-only motors
A quiet threshold has been crossed in Britain’s car market, one that tells its own story about price, policy and a shifting global balance of industrial power. In June, registrations
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PharmaceuticalYesterday
Novartis buys Myricx Bio for up to $1.5 billion, and Britain is left to weigh what “success” means
When a Swiss pharmaceutical giant agrees to pay up to $1.5 billion for a British biotech that is not yet selling a single medicine, the first instinct in London is
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GovernmentYesterday
Monumental failure of government’ cost Britain nearly £11bn in Covid PPE
In the spring of 2020, with hospitals bracing for a virus that was still poorly understood and supply chains collapsing in real time, Whitehall found itself in a dilemma that
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FinancialYesterday
SpaceX gives shares to 2m children via Trump accounts programme
In the week of American Independence Day, the language of national destiny was repurposed for personal finance. From the Oval Office on July 4, President Trump formally launched a new

Electric VehiclesYesterday
Tesla’s British bounce back shows the electric car war is now about price, politics and patience
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Economy5 days ago
Phone and laptop prices on the rise, Currys chief warns
There is a familiar rhythm to the consumer electronics business: a new generation of devices arrives with promises of speed, clarity and convenience, and within months the price becomes the
Economy5 days ago
The Coming Land Grab for AI
In the folds of North Devon, where pasture breaks towards river valleys and the pattern of fields still reflects an older economy, a proposal has arrived that seems to belong
Financial6 days ago
Million-pound partners and the new economics of the City law boom
For years, the most eye-catching numbers in the upper reaches of the legal profession belonged to the magic circle, those London-headquartered firms whose global scale and premium client rosters placed
Business1 week ago
Businesses warn Burnham that ambition on devolution needs a delivery plan
Andy Burnham’s first major economic intervention since becoming the effective prime minister in waiting has been greeted with a wary mixture of interest and scepticism by business leaders, who welcomed

Oil and GasYesterday
A Glut, a Pause, and a Bargaining Chip: How Cheaper Oil is Blunting Tehran’s Hormuz Threat
Only months ago, the oil market was braced for a familiar kind of panic: a geopolitical shock that chokes supply, spikes prices and forces governments into hurried, expensive choices. The
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The Rising Tide of Inflation: Analyzing the Economic Landscape Amid Geopolitical Turmoil

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The Rise of Personalised Nutrition: Nourished's Ambitious Expansion into the U.S. Market

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A Strong Jobs Report Raises Expectations for Interest Rate Hikes in the US

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Trump's Economic Strategies: Disarray Amidst a New Global Order

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GB News Under Scrutiny for Regulatory Breaches Following Trump Interview

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The Future of Peace in the Middle East: Economic Implications of a Potential Iran Deal

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BusinessYesterday
Novartis buys Myricx Bio for up to $1.5 billion, and Britain is left to weigh what “success” means
When a Swiss pharmaceutical giant agrees to pay up to $1.5 billion for a British biotech that is not yet selling a single medicine, the first instinct in London is
FinancialYesterday
Monumental failure of government’ cost Britain nearly £11bn in Covid PPE
In the spring of 2020, with hospitals bracing for a virus that was still poorly understood and supply chains collapsing in real time, Whitehall found itself in a dilemma that
SpaceXYesterday
SpaceX gives shares to 2m children via Trump accounts programme
In the week of American Independence Day, the language of national destiny was repurposed for personal finance. From the Oval Office on July 4, President Trump formally launched a new
FinancialYesterday
Why easyJet’s board yielded to Castlelake’s bid
When a board has spent weeks insisting that an approach is “highly opportunistic”, that it “significantly undervalues” the business and that it raises “significant questions of deliverability”, investors are entitled
FinancialYesterday
Billionaire Issa brother snaps up Prax forecourts as Britain’s petrol station market consolidates
Zuber Issa has agreed to buy 85 petrol stations from the collapsed Prax Group, a deal that underlines two stubborn truths about modern Britain: fuel retail remains a cash-generating business

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Business2 days ago
The £50m “Ghost Town” That Tests Andy Burnham’s High Street Gospel
On a first encounter, Farnworth Green presents the sort of municipal optimism that looks persuasive from a train window. Step off at the bus station and you are met by
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Government3 days ago
OpenAI’s apparent failure to visit key site raises questions over UK investment
The story of “Stargate UK” was sold as a landmark in modern industrial strategy: a transatlantic partnership, a flagship datacentre, and a signal that Britain would not merely consume the
Housing3 days ago
‘Buy back shares or we’ll escalate,’ housing giant warned
The revolt gathering pace inside Britain’s biggest housebuilder is not the usual grumble about executive pay or a poor quarter’s trading. It is a more fundamental argument about what a
Business6 days ago
Lime’s return from the brink points to a harder, more durable future for urban transport
For much of the past decade, the business of electric scooters and hire bikes was treated as a curious blend of technological promise, venture capital bravado and municipal irritation. The
UK Tax1 week ago
Shifting Investment Incentives: A Bold Proposal for British Business Growth
In a landscape characterised by economic challenge and uncertainty, the British Chambers of Commerce has amplified calls for a strategic reorientation of the country’s pension tax relief system. At a
Investment1 week ago
Private Jets: A Controversial Green Investment According to the EU's Second-Highest Court
In a ruling that has sparked considerable debate, the European Union’s second-highest court has deemed private jets as a form of green investment. This unexpected classification challenges conventional wisdom regarding
Investment2 weeks ago
London Property: A Haven for the World's Wealthy Despite Economic Turbulence
In a landscape marked by economic uncertainty and political turmoil, one might expect a significant retreat from the once golden allure of London property. However, the opposite has unfolded. The

Financial2 days ago
The taxes Andy Burnham could raise to bankroll a spending surge
Andy Burnham is learning, quickly, that manifestos are not contracts so much as starting positions. In the heat of an election, they are drafted to reassure voters and to box
Banking2 days ago
Close Brothers Group Attracts Buy Upgrade from Shore Capital Amid Motor Finance Uncertainty
Shore Capital has revised its rating on Close Brothers Group PLC to buy from hold, suggesting that the specialist lender and asset manager now presents an attractive risk-reward profile for
Health Tech2 days ago
MedPal AI raises 5 million pounds despite share price decline following strategic fundraise
Shares in MedPal AI plc declined by 10% to 3.6 pence on Friday following the announcement that the digital health and artificial intelligence company had successfully raised £5 million through
Meta2 days ago
Meta Platforms AI Agent Development Falls Short of Internal Expectations
Meta Platforms Inc has confronted internal challenges in its ambitious restructuring programme, with chief executive Mark Zuckerberg admitting to staff that the company’s artificial intelligence agent systems have failed to

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Military2 days ago
Ministers accused of risking aerospace jobs with steel tariff reset

Housebuilding3 days ago
‘Buy back shares or we’ll escalate,’ housing giant warned
The revolt gathering pace inside Britain’s biggest housebuilder is not the usual grumble about executive pay or a poor quarter’s trading. It is a more fundamental argument about what a
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