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    • Thursday, 30 November, 2023
      ObituaryAlistair Darling
      Alistair Darling, UK chancellor, 1953-2023

      Treasury chief who played a central role in forging the global response to the financial crisis

      Alistair Darling
    • Thursday, 30 November, 2023
      UK tax
      Labour rules out scrapping inheritance tax relief for farmland

      Plans welcomed by landowners but could constrain party’s fiscal headroom if it wins power next year

      Sheep graze in in the Leicestershire countryside, England, with cottages in the background
    • Thursday, 30 November, 2023
      Labour Party UK
      Labour set to outline plans to protect Britons’ access to cash

      Proposals include building 350 ‘banking hubs’ as physical money services dwindle across UK

      Rachel Reeves
    • Thursday, 30 November, 2023
      UK labour disputes
      RMT to end UK rail strikes after members accept pay deal

      Agreement ends 18 months of national action by rail workers, but walkouts by train drivers to continue

      RMT members on a picket line during strike action outside London’s Euston railway station in January
    • Thursday, 30 November, 2023
      National Health Service
      Nurses from ‘red list’ nations boost NMC register

      Health professionals warn about over-reliance on ‘unethical’ hiring from overseas

      Two nurses walking towards an ambulance
    • Wednesday, 29 November, 2023
      UK employment
      ONS ‘experimental’ data lowers UK unemployment rate to 3.5%

      Rosier picture of jobs market comes on top of upgrades to GDP but statistics agency urges caution

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    • Wednesday, 29 November, 2023
      UK Budget
      Hunt says budget too tight to restore overseas aid funding

      UK chancellor commits to lift spending to previous levels when it becomes fiscally possible

      Jeremy Hunt, UK chancellor
    • Wednesday, 29 November, 2023
      Global Economy
      OECD says markets wrong on rate cuts

      Organisation expects borrowing costs in UK and eurozone to stay high until 2025

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    • Wednesday, 29 November, 2023
      UK inflation
      UK watchdog accuses food brands of increasing prices by more than costs

      Some suppliers are contributing to food price inflation, says Competition and Markets Authority

      A customer looking at goods in a food store  aisle
    • Wednesday, 29 November, 2023
      Mortgages
      UK mortgage approvals beat forecasts to hit 3-month high

      Bank of England data points to stabilisation in property market after long period of low house sales

      A man passes an estate agents window
    • Wednesday, 29 November, 2023
      Diane Coyle
      Britain needs a new public body to spur productivity

      This would help in tackling the country’s chronic under-investment and policy churn

      Montage of intermeshed cogs in the foreground with a fed graph line running through them against a background of the UK Houses of Parliament
    • Wednesday, 29 November, 2023
      News in-depthGlobal Economy
      Inflation falls mask bumps on the ‘last mile’ for central banks

      As economies enter disinflation, a stand-off over rates has emerged between markets and monetary policymakers

      Montage of Christine Lagarde, Jay Powell and Andrew Bailey and chart
    • Wednesday, 29 November, 2023
      News in-depthUK business
      UK business closures overtake openings as high borrowing costs bite

      Official data shows fall in start-up numbers in 2022, pointing to lower dynamism in economy

      A pedestrian walks past ‘Closing Down Sale’ signs in the window of a clothes shop in London
    • Tuesday, 28 November, 2023
      Heathrow
      Saudi PIF and Ardian to buy 25% stake in Heathrow airport for £2.4bn

      Ferrovial selling holdings after 17 years

      Heathrow airport arrivals
    • Tuesday, 28 November, 2023
      UK schools
      New rules would require UK schools to stay open during teacher strikes

      ‘Minimum service’ proposals for classes in Great Britain draw anger from unions

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    • Tuesday, 28 November, 2023
      UK interest rates
      No scope to cut UK interest rates ‘anytime soon’, says BoE policymaker

      Jonathan Haskel warns inflation could prove persistent if labour market pressures continue

      Jonathan Haskel
    • Tuesday, 28 November, 2023
      Artificial intelligence
      High-flying City workers set to be most affected by AI, finds UK study

      Analysis suggests London is 5 times more exposed to impact of evolving technology than north-east England

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    • Tuesday, 28 November, 2023
      Wilkinson Hardware Stores
      Ex-Wilko boss says owner can’t plug pension hole

      Chair of collapsed retailer ‘devastated’ about letting down workers as taxpayer on the hook for over £40mn

      Former Wilko chair Lisa Wilkinson
    • Tuesday, 28 November, 2023
      Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC
      Rolls-Royce targets vast upturn in profits

      Chief executive Tufan Erginbilgic sets out ambitious targets as part of sweeping overhaul

      Tufan Erginbilgic
    • Tuesday, 28 November, 2023
      Toby Nangle
      Britain must look abroad to reform its pensions

      Canada, Australia and Denmark are success stories to learn from

    • Tuesday, 28 November, 2023
      News in-depthUK public policy
      Network North is not fully costed and beset by uncertainty, warn experts

      Rail figures and local leaders call for more detail on Rishi Sunak’s £36bn proposed set of transport schemes

      Workers inside a rail tunnel
    • Tuesday, 28 November, 2023
      News in-depthUK social care
      Long hours and large debts: care workers stranded by UK’s migration policy

      Clampdown on visas will not solve workforce crisis in underfunded sector, say unions and employers

      The silhouette of someone caring for a person in a wheelchair with the UK Border Force seal in the background
    • Tuesday, 28 November, 2023
      UK inflation
      UK shop price inflation slows to lowest rate in over a year

      Fierce competition ahead of Christmas leads to dip in non-food prices, says British Retail Consortium

      Customers in a supermarket in November 2023
    • Tuesday, 28 November, 2023
      National Health Service
      NHS cancer services buckling, warns leading charity

      Cancer Research UK report says UK government must invest in staffing and funding for research

    • Tuesday, 28 November, 2023
      Mortgages
      UK property sellers accept 5.5% average discount on asking price

      Increased supply and high mortgage rates give buyers the upper hand

      A row of terraced houses in London
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