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The sinister influence of crypto billionaires on our politics | Letters
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The sinister influence of crypto billionaires on our politics | Letters

Readers respond to the news that Christopher Harborne has given £36m to Reform UK, matching a donation from Ben DeloCryptocurrency is often sold as decentralised and democratic, yet its real behaviour...

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UK retirees with no other income will not pay tax on new £13,000 state pension, No 10 says
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UK retirees with no other income will not pay tax on new £13,000 state pension, No 10 says

Average wages rose by 3.9% in three months to July, signalling pensioners will receive uplift of same percentage in 2027 under triple lockThe government has promised retirees they will be excluded fro...

The Guardian - UK News1 month ago
Pensioners are ‘big winners’ with triple-lock set to rise by 3.9%, lifting state pension to £13,000 – as it happened
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Pensioners are ‘big winners’ with triple-lock set to rise by 3.9%, lifting state pension to £13,000 – as it happened

Wage growth – used to set triple-lock pension – slows to 3.9%, meaning state pension should hit £13,000 next year‘Costing billions’: is the pensions triple lock a lifeline or simply unaffordable?If th...

The Guardian - UK News1 month ago
Jaguar Land Rover in talks to sell Defender to Nato countries
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Jaguar Land Rover in talks to sell Defender to Nato countries

Carmaker builds on relationship with British armed forces by seeking to cash in on Europe’s rearmament driveJaguar Land Rover is in talks with Nato countries about selling them the newly revamped Defe...

The Guardian - UK News1 month ago
More than 1,000 women invested in companies at heart of Britain’s slave trade
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More than 1,000 women invested in companies at heart of Britain’s slave trade

Women used profits from trafficking of enslaved Africans to secure their families’ futures, research revealsMore than 1,000 women invested in the slave trade, challenging the conventional notion that...

The Guardian - UK News1 month ago
Channel 4 poaches Paramount’s £300m-plus TV ad sales business from Sky
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Channel 4 poaches Paramount’s £300m-plus TV ad sales business from Sky

Exclusive: Move is a big boost for Channel 4, days after it announced it is to cut 340 jobsBusiness live – latest updatesChannel 4 has poached the Channel 5 owner Paramount’s £300m-plus TV advertising...

The Guardian - UK News1 month ago
Parents seek out school uniform deals, cutting average spend to £54.53
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Parents seek out school uniform deals, cutting average spend to £54.53

Overall grocery inflation in Great Britain rises to 2.3%, as Ocado and Lidl gain market shareBusiness live – latest updatesParents and carers in Great Britain spent 12.5% less on school uniform in the...

The Guardian - UK News1 month ago
Make NHS and military uniforms in UK, fashion firms urge Burnham
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Make NHS and military uniforms in UK, fashion firms urge Burnham

More than 1,200 people, including Ben Fogle, sign letter saying domestic contracts will help preserve UK manufacturingLondon fashion week is only days away, but one industry organisation has turned it...

The Guardian - UK News1 month ago
Scrap windfall tax on oil and gas firms early, North Sea industry urges
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Scrap windfall tax on oil and gas firms early, North Sea industry urges

Labour should replace levy in 2027 rather than 2030 as energy bills are poised to surge over the winter, says lobby groupThe North Sea oil and gas industry has called on Labour to scrap the windfall t...

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Bank of England urged to slow or halt bond-selling to slash UK borrowing costs
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Bank of England urged to slow or halt bond-selling to slash UK borrowing costs

Economists urge John Healey to press Bank to change policy that is costing the exchequer billions of poundsEconomists have urged the chancellor, John Healey, to press the Bank of England to slow down...

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Sky gave my father the hard sell even though he has dementia
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Sky gave my father the hard sell even though he has dementia

He wanted to save money, but it insisted on selling costly packages and seemed not to accept ‘cancel’ as an optionI was helping my father, who has dementia and Parkinson’s disease, reduce his £113.50...

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How enslavement became state-backed operation supported by Conservative and Lib Dem forerunners
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How enslavement became state-backed operation supported by Conservative and Lib Dem forerunners

Tory and Whig MPs were central to funding trafficking of enslaved people and many opposed abolition of the slave tradeThere is a British culture of celebrating the abolition of slavery without acknowl...

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AI-linked stocks slide after tech bosses call for slowdown in ‘reckless’ development
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AI-linked stocks slide after tech bosses call for slowdown in ‘reckless’ development

Donald Trump dismisses attempts to increase controls on artificial intelligence as ‘sick conspiracy’ AI-linked stocks tumbled on Monday after the bosses of Anthropic, OpenAI and SpaceX called for a s...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago
Government moves to nationalise Speciality Steel UK to protect 1,300 jobs
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Government moves to nationalise Speciality Steel UK to protect 1,300 jobs

Firm, once part of Sanjeev Gupta’s empire, fell into administration last year but has failed to find buyerBusiness news – live updatesOne of Britain’s steelworks is to come into public ownership after...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago
Crispin Odey loses appeal against lifetime ban from UK financial services industry
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Crispin Odey loses appeal against lifetime ban from UK financial services industry

Judges uphold ruling that financier tried to ‘frustrate’ investigations into harassment claims against himThe former hedge fund boss Crispin Odey has lost a legal challenge to overturn his lifetime ba...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago
What is the Register of British Slave Traders and whom does it identify?
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What is the Register of British Slave Traders and whom does it identify?

Three years of research has uncovered 13,000 people who invested in Britain’s trafficking of enslaved AfricansThe Register of British Slave Traders is the product of three years of research by a team...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago
Thames Water redraws mega-reservoir plan amid local opposition
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Thames Water redraws mega-reservoir plan amid local opposition

A targeted public consultation has opened on the 150bn-litre above-ground White Horse project in OxfordshireThames Water has amended the blueprint of a planned mega-reservoir in Oxfordshire as the str...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago
‘Tidal wave’ of Pfas being launched to satisfy AI industry, campaigners warn
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‘Tidal wave’ of Pfas being launched to satisfy AI industry, campaigners warn

Big manufacturers planning to produce more of the forever chemicals to meet demand from datacentresPfas companies are launching a “tidal wave” of forever chemicals production to meet demand from the A...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago
UK credit scores: should you worry about a big shake-up?
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UK credit scores: should you worry about a big shake-up?

Your rating is vital when taking on debt, but you could be in for a surprise as a big player changes its rulesYour credit score is the magic number that helps lenders decide whether or not to approve...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago
Rail passengers get automatic right to switch operators for free when trains are cancelled
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Rail passengers get automatic right to switch operators for free when trains are cancelled

‘Commonsense change’ looks to end current confusion and put ‘passengers first, not shareholders’ when services are disruptedRail passengers whose trains are cancelled will have the immediate right to...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago