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John Healey will argue the government’s plans to boost growth across the whole country will enable the British economy to “turn a corner” despite anxiety over volatile bond markets derailing Labour’s crucial first budge…
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Job losses in EU manufacturing will rapidly increase unless Brussels stops the “colonisation” of industry by Chinese component manufacturers, a leading industry trade body has warned.
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A German startup has launched the first commercial rocket to reach orbit from continental Europe, a milestone for Europe’s efforts to secure independent access to space.
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Robert Jenrick says party has followed legal protocol ‘at all times’ as Met police consider launching investigation
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The government has signalled that it will not invest taxpayers’ money to limit job losses at Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), after it emerged that the UK’s biggest carmaker is planning up to 4,000 redundancies .
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Bond market volatility means John Healey will have to take tough decisions, soon, if he wants to meet spending pledges
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Sources indicate some members states will not enforce EES biometric controls after 6 September deadline
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Most gambling websites nudge users towards accepting tracking data and harvest it before consent is given, study shows
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Scammers hope to siphon off some of the £2.6bn in student maintenance funds paid out each September
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The amount of paperwork businesses are required to regularly carry out could be slashed, the business secretary has announced.
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Hundreds of passengers were evacuated from a train, and services to Heathrow airport were cancelled, after a fire near tracks in the London Paddington area caused major disruptions to London’s rail network.
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Iranian officials repeatedly say around 20 million liters of fuel are smuggled out of the country every day, costing Iran between $4 billion and $5.2 billion a year. But the figure is far less precise than it is often p…
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He would like to thank the Fritz Thyssen Foundation for the travel grants that enabled a research visit to four Indian cities in July 2025. He would also like to thank Simona Beckemeier for her support with the literatu…
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Thousands of workers at Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) will be offered redundancies after Britain’s largest car manufacturer had its revenues slashed by falling sales, a cyber-attack and Donald Trump’s tariffs.
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This week M&S launched a bodysuit that features exaggerated padding at the hip allowing the wearer to create an hourglass shape, or at least the illusion of one.
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Whether it’s the closing down sale that goes on for years, or the crossed-out original price that you can’t remember ever paying, some retailers try all kinds of ways to convince us we are getting a bargain.
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The chancellor has indicated that the UK will face a tough budget next month due to Trump’s war in the Middle East.
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Picture humanity in a boat being swept down a raging river, praying there is no Niagara Falls ahead. Or imagine standing with the pioneering physicists in 1942 before they triggered the first self-sustaining nuclear fis…
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In 2025, it emerged that Farage had not – as he had claimed – bought a property in his parliamentary constituency of Clacton, in Essex: it had in fact been bought by his girlfriend, Laure Ferrari.
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Gig economy workers are urging delivery platforms to open up the “black box” of computer-driven algorithms that determine the jobs they are offered and how much they are paid, blaming increased use of AI for lowering wa…
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Insurers in England and Wales tell of busy August with one reporting near-140% jump in claims
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When the central bank of the Netherlands confirmed this week that it had moved tonnes of the country's gold out of North America, it said the relocation would make it "better prepared for severe crises".
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A summer of hostilities in the Black Sea proved deadly for seafarers, as Russia and Ukraine attacked each other’s ships and port infrastructure, preventing vital grain exports and prompting concerns that the conflict wi…
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Reform UK’s conference was to open showcasing a party ready for government. It did so with two top aides removed after an investigation aired on Channel 4 , its finances under police scrutiny and seven in 10 voters, pol…