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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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‘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...

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Fears over interest rate rise and jobs send UK consumer confidence to three-year low
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Fears over interest rate rise and jobs send UK consumer confidence to three-year low

Blow to John Healey before budget as UK households face ‘notable strain’ on their financesFears of a steep rise in mortgage payments and increasing job insecurity have sent UK consumer confidence tumb...

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Google fined more than €400m by Irish regulator over its use of location data
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Google fined more than €400m by Irish regulator over its use of location data

Watchdog says users may have been unaware their information was used to target adverts or infer their interestsGoogle has been fined more than €400m (£345m) over the way it processed users’ location d...

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Nvidia boss says there is ‘0% chance’ AI destroys the world by 2030
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Nvidia boss says there is ‘0% chance’ AI destroys the world by 2030

Jensen Huang dismisses warnings from former Anthropic researcher and others as ‘doomsday narratives’ The boss of the chipmaker Nvidia has said AI will not develop to a point that will lead to the exti...

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Only 160 apprenticeship starts in eight months on Labour’s flagship scheme
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Only 160 apprenticeship starts in eight months on Labour’s flagship scheme

Exclusive: Government warned ‘skills revolution’ at risk amid slow start to project with target of 30,000 starts by end of parliamentLabour has been warned its “skills revolution” to tackle youth unem...

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‘It’s unrecognisable’: How being a tax haven has changed Jersey
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‘It’s unrecognisable’: How being a tax haven has changed Jersey

While global billionaires and multinational companies have been lured to its shores, many islanders feel left behind and priced out, with food bank use increasingOn a late Friday afternoon on the Chan...

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