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Global bond sell-off intensifies as US-Iran tensions stoke inflation fears
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Global bond sell-off intensifies as US-Iran tensions stoke inflation fears

UK borrowing costs driven up, adding to challenges facing John Healey as he prepares for first budgetBusiness live – latest updatesThe global government bond sell-off resumed on Wednesday, driving up...

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Fake 10 Downing Street listing on Booking.com highlights security failures
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Fake 10 Downing Street listing on Booking.com highlights security failures

Consumer watchdog Which? set up and accepted payment for fake listing for ‘1 bed apartment in heart of London’Successive politicians have clawed their way past colleagues over the years to call the re...

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Britain is OK with public ownership, but only by foreign powers. Why?
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Britain is OK with public ownership, but only by foreign powers. Why?

Arthur Downing, author of Power and the People: A History of British Energy, says all-encompassing rapid transition will need a mutualised systemHave you ever wondered why it is that most houses in th...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago
Dyson launches £420 toothbrush that films ‘live cleaning footage’ inside your mouth
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Dyson launches £420 toothbrush that films ‘live cleaning footage’ inside your mouth

James Dyson says ‘complete dental system’ will also include toothpaste and mouth rinse that each cost £8.50It is the live stream you never wanted to see but may find impossible to resist: rolling foot...

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UK long-term borrowing costs could halve chancellor’s budget headroom
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UK long-term borrowing costs could halve chancellor’s budget headroom

Yield on 30-year gilts highest since 1998 as rout triggered by global factors underlines tricky backdrop John Healey facesBusiness live – latest updatesThe chancellor’s headroom against Labour’s fisca...

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London Stock Exchange to lose three more firms after takeover offers
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London Stock Exchange to lose three more firms after takeover offers

Latest purchases take value of deals to leave capital’s stock market this year past $100bnThree more London-listed companies are set to be taken over as the value of deals removing firms from the capi...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago
From milk to sausage rolls: how vending machines could help tackle UK ‘food deserts’
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From milk to sausage rolls: how vending machines could help tackle UK ‘food deserts’

Selling direct to public helps squeezed farmers control prices and improves access to food in rural areasFizzy drinks, packets of crisps and bars of chocolate: for decades, vending machines were known...

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UK house prices rise for first time since April, says Nationwide
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UK house prices rise for first time since April, says Nationwide

Average price of home rose 0.2% month on month in August to £275,465 as market awaits interest rate voteHouses near top state secondary schools ‘cost £40,000 more’UK house prices increased for the fir...

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Boss of City regulator accused of threatening consumer group over £9.1bn car loan scheme
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Boss of City regulator accused of threatening consumer group over £9.1bn car loan scheme

FCA chief, Nikhil Rathi, warned of ‘adverse consequences’ if challenge made to settlement, court filings allegeThe boss of the UK’s financial regulator is accused of threatening a consumer group with...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago
Price rises gather pace in UK shops amid higher energy costs
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Price rises gather pace in UK shops amid higher energy costs

In-store inflation rises to an annual 1.5% in August, according to a survey for the British Retail ConsortiumThe pace of price rises in UK shops rose to its highest level in two years in August, a tra...

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Dry weather sewage discharges soar as water companies face scrutiny
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Dry weather sewage discharges soar as water companies face scrutiny

Exclusive: 7,280 suspected illegal spills in rivers and sea recorded in first five months of 2026The number of suspected illegal discharges of raw sewage into rivers and seas by water companies during...

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‘A huge learning curve’: apprentices on the benefits and pitfalls of vocational training
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‘A huge learning curve’: apprentices on the benefits and pitfalls of vocational training

While many young people have found jobs and built careers, some have struggled to complete their coursesThe crisis in the youth employment market, with almost a million young people not in education,...

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Child trust fund firms face review over efforts to find who owns £1.5bn worth of pots
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Child trust fund firms face review over efforts to find who owns £1.5bn worth of pots

Exclusive: FCA pressures firms to do more to sort 760,000 accounts as watchdog urges families to use free tracking serviceChild trust fund providers are being put under the spotlight to check they are...

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UK houses near top state secondary schools cost £40,000 more, research reveals
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UK houses near top state secondary schools cost £40,000 more, research reveals

Premium of nearly 10% paid by housebuyers comparable with cost of a cheaper private school over seven yearsA house near a top state secondary school costs an extra £40,000 on average, according to res...

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BT on track for estimated £2bn windfall from selling old copper amid AI boom
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BT on track for estimated £2bn windfall from selling old copper amid AI boom

Telecoms company to benefit from soaring prices for recycled metal recovered from full-fibre broadband rolloutBT is on track for an estimated £2bn-plus windfall over the next decade from selling off o...

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The London office, the empty boxes and the £1bn tax loophole
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The London office, the empty boxes and the £1bn tax loophole

Exclusive: How a court case over an unoccupied office block could end a widely used tax avoidance schemeFrom the outside, the seven-storey building at 2 America Square looks like any other office bloc...

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Properties in UK national parks command 24% premium, study finds
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Properties in UK national parks command 24% premium, study finds

Nationwide research also shows average 14% premium for housing in national landscapes of England and WalesHousebuyers are paying a premium of almost a quarter to own a property located within a UK nat...

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Recruiter places ‘phoenix’ firm into liquidation just months after repurchase erased millions in debt
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Recruiter places ‘phoenix’ firm into liquidation just months after repurchase erased millions in debt

New company reportedly quickly fell behind with promised repayments to administratorA recruitment executive who was allowed to buy back the assets of his bust company in instalments, despite it accumu...

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‘Without us, no wheel would turn’: the unsung heroes keeping England’s transport moving
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‘Without us, no wheel would turn’: the unsung heroes keeping England’s transport moving

On shift, but out of sight – from ‘that person with the table tennis bats’ on the airport tarmac to remote signallers managing rail trafficNot many people get to park their car here – bang in the midd...

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UK asks banks for feelgood stories about keeping out dirty money
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UK asks banks for feelgood stories about keeping out dirty money

City firms tapped for case studies to try to convince global watchdog that London has cleaned up its actThe government is asking bankers and lawyers to provide feelgood stories about how they blocked...

The Guardian - UK News2 months ago