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Oil price rise creates more pressure on UK policymakers before budget
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Oil price rise creates more pressure on UK policymakers before budget

Treasury sources concede ‘less room’ for manoeuvre as global bond selloff also hikes government’s borrowing costsInternational bodies warn of rising debt and borrowing risksBurnham stands by claim UK...

The Guardian - UK News3 days ago
Flash sale: AO snaps up camera seller Jessops from Dragons’ Den star Peter Jones
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Flash sale: AO snaps up camera seller Jessops from Dragons’ Den star Peter Jones

Online electricals retailer says latest purchase continues to broaden its appeal beyond white goods, phones and TVThe troubled camera retailer Jessops has changed hands after AO World acquired the bus...

The Guardian - UK News3 days ago
Housebuilder Vistry slashes profit forecasts as losses balloon
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Housebuilder Vistry slashes profit forecasts as losses balloon

Firm unveils further cost-cutting plan including job losses, blaming poor summer sales of private homesVistry Group, one of Britain’s biggest housebuilders, has cut its annual profit expectations afte...

The Guardian - UK News3 days ago
UK ‘losing up to £6.5bn a year in EU trade’ without post-Brexit product deal
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UK ‘losing up to £6.5bn a year in EU trade’ without post-Brexit product deal

IPPR finds failure to align testing standards has forced companies to abandon exporting to EU and is costing costing 0.18% of national incomeThe UK is losing out on annual exports to the EU that could...

The Guardian - UK News3 days ago
UK defence contractors to offer 40,000 apprenticeships, placements and jobs
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UK defence contractors to offer 40,000 apprenticeships, placements and jobs

Wes Streeting says he leads a ‘ministry for growth’ as Labour seeks to show more defence spending will create UK jobs Defence contractors have promised to create 40,000 apprenticeships, work experienc...

The Guardian - UK News4 days ago
Unhappy couples staying put due to cost of living crisis, say divorce lawyers
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Unhappy couples staying put due to cost of living crisis, say divorce lawyers

Financial pressures suspected to be behind figures showing failed marriages are lasting longer in England and Wales Couples are putting off divorce because of the cost of living crisis, lawyers have s...

The Guardian - UK News4 days ago
Indian billionaire’s payments firm plots biggest London flotation in years
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Indian billionaire’s payments firm plots biggest London flotation in years

Sunil Bharti Mittal’s Airtel Money targets $9bn IPO in boost for ailing UK stock marketNils Pratley: Does this mark the end of London’s listing drought? Not yetA payments business that operates across...

The Guardian - UK News4 days ago
Three international bodies warn of risks of rising debt and soaring borrowing in major economies
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Three international bodies warn of risks of rising debt and soaring borrowing in major economies

IIF highlights challenges facing US, France, UK and Japan, while OECD and IMF also voice global concernsThree heavyweight international bodies have issued stark warnings about the risks of rising debt...

The Guardian - UK News4 days ago
London buses in decline? Why public transport in global cities is slowing to a crawl – visualised
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London buses in decline? Why public transport in global cities is slowing to a crawl – visualised

As experts fear for future of UK capital’s bus network, some commuters are giving up entirely. London is not alone – with worrying implications for the poorest in societyExperts warn that slower buses...

The Guardian - UK News4 days ago
Mum’s Alzheimer’s has trapped the kids’ NatWest cash
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Mum’s Alzheimer’s has trapped the kids’ NatWest cash

A First Saver account was set up by my mother when the children were born which we planned to use to fund them through universityMy mother set up NatWest First Saver accounts for my children when they...

The Guardian - UK News4 days ago
Critics of UK government’s economic forecaster are ‘shooting the messenger’, say MPs
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Critics of UK government’s economic forecaster are ‘shooting the messenger’, say MPs

Treasury committee rejects calls for fundamental reform of independent watchdog the Office for Budget ResponsibilityAttacks on the government’s independent economic forecaster from left and right of t...

The Guardian - UK News4 days ago
Thinktank linked to Reform UK calls for abolition of state pension
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Thinktank linked to Reform UK calls for abolition of state pension

‘Radical’ report likely to influence party’s platform also proposes abolishing inheritance and capital gains taxesA thinktank linked to Reform UK has called for the abolition of the state pension and...

The Guardian - UK News4 days ago
Jim Ratcliffe halts production at Hull chemical plants over ‘ridiculous’ gas prices
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Jim Ratcliffe halts production at Hull chemical plants over ‘ridiculous’ gas prices

Billionaire owner of Ineos says company ‘cannot compete’ with global market despite efficiency of Humberside sitesBillionaire industrialist Sir Jim Ratcliffe is pausing production at three chemical pl...

The Guardian - UK News5 days ago
Nick Clegg could make £30m windfall from datacentre startup Nscale flotation
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Nick Clegg could make £30m windfall from datacentre startup Nscale flotation

The former UK deputy prime minister is a board member of the UK-based company and owns 917,000 sharesNick Clegg could make approximately $40m (£30m) from the planned float of Nscale as the UK-based d...

The Guardian - UK News5 days ago
UK borrows £18bn in August, putting pressure on Healey before budget
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UK borrows £18bn in August, putting pressure on Healey before budget

Some economists say it is now ‘inevitable’ that chancellor will need to raise taxes in the budget next monthThe UK government borrowed a higher-than-expected £18.3bn last month, increasing the pressur...

The Guardian - UK News5 days ago
British banks warned not to invest in planned Israeli settlement before UK trade ban begins
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British banks warned not to invest in planned Israeli settlement before UK trade ban begins

MPs send out letter as Israeli government seeks bids for construction of large E1 settlement in West BankBritish banks and financial institutions are receiving written warnings from MPs that they shou...

The Guardian - UK News5 days ago
High-mileage electric cars are more reliable than petrol ones, study finds
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High-mileage electric cars are more reliable than petrol ones, study finds

EVs with 90,000 to 120,000 miles on the clock are more likely to pass MOTs than petrol models of the same ageMotorists buying a secondhand car with a lot of miles on the clock are likely to find an el...

The Guardian - UK News5 days ago
Fancy a pint … at Lidl? The bizarre battle over Northern Ireland’s stifled nightlife
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Fancy a pint … at Lidl? The bizarre battle over Northern Ireland’s stifled nightlife

The country’s licensing laws mean the supermarket has opened a pub so it can sell alcohol, while campaigners are fighting to help other venues open and get people dancingAt first sight The Middle Ale...

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Airlines urge action after UK flights delayed and cancelled again
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Airlines urge action after UK flights delayed and cancelled again

Nats says fault at Prestwick has been ‘fixed’ after airports in Scotland, northern England and Northern Ireland are hitAirlines have called for “action and accountability” over the UK’s air traffic co...

The Guardian - UK News6 days ago
‘Half my day’s pay goes to filling up my car now’: diesel crisis ripples across Britain
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‘Half my day’s pay goes to filling up my car now’: diesel crisis ripples across Britain

Small traders and drivers bear the brunt of a refining shortage taking forecourt prices towards £2 a litre as wars wipe out about a fifth of global suppliesThe smoke rising from the Kapotnya oil refin...

The Guardian - UK News6 days ago