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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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‘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...

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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...

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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...

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Monarchs, MPs and merchants: the register laying bare Britain’s slave-trading past
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Monarchs, MPs and merchants: the register laying bare Britain’s slave-trading past

Exclusive: New research identifies thousands who profited from trafficking enslaved Africans and traces some financial links to institutions still operating today Continue reading...

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Andy Burnham to host entrepreneurs and local mayors at No 10 on Monday
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Andy Burnham to host entrepreneurs and local mayors at No 10 on Monday

Prime minister vows to ‘reindustrialise Britain’ through new partnership with business The prime minister is to host business leaders, entrepreneurs and local mayors at Downing Street on Monday to pit...

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A joyful harvest: the young Welsh farmers growing food for Birmingham
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A joyful harvest: the young Welsh farmers growing food for Birmingham

A charity in Powys provides the land while growers do the hard work, producing bumper crops for city childrenKilos and kilos of courgettes, cucumbers, tomatoes and salad leaves are ripe and ready for...

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Surging inflation puts interest rates back in focus as policymakers meet in Japan, US and UK
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Surging inflation puts interest rates back in focus as policymakers meet in Japan, US and UK

Iran war and turbulent global bond markets add to pressure as rate decisions loom this week in major western economiesEconomics viewpoint: perilous UK economic conditions trace back to TrumpCentral ba...

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George Osborne calls for UK to rejoin EU customs union and boost trade
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George Osborne calls for UK to rejoin EU customs union and boost trade

Ex-Tory chancellor says economy has ‘fallen off a cliff’ since Brexit but rejoining union could be ‘quite simple’The former chancellor George Osborne said Britain’s economy had “fallen off a cliff” si...

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‘Really helpful’: the AI bootcamps aimed at addressing UK youth unemployment
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‘Really helpful’: the AI bootcamps aimed at addressing UK youth unemployment

Pilot project in Preston comes with apprenticeship offer for Neets at end of three-week courseIn a youth centre opposite Preston bus station, the UK government is trying to address two of the greatest...

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Mapped: the £150bn megaproject that aims to protect Britain from energy shocks
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Mapped: the £150bn megaproject that aims to protect Britain from energy shocks

Thousands of miles of new power lines are needed to deliver climate targets and energy security, but bills will rise in the short term and opponents are mobilising Britain is embarking on one of the l...

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Tesco alerts police as supermarket becomes latest victim of scam ‘endorsement’ ads
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Tesco alerts police as supermarket becomes latest victim of scam ‘endorsement’ ads

Exclusive: Supermarket joins line of firms and sports stars including Bellingham and Haaland to have their image hijacked via adsTesco has alerted City of London police after it became the latest in a...

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