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    • Friday, 24 March, 2023
      UK honours system
      Trussonomics thinker and Vote Leave chief on draft list for honours

      Nominations come even though Liz Truss served only 49 days as prime minister

    • Friday, 17 March, 2023
      UK labour disputes
      NHS pay deal could pave way to end other strikes, say UK officials

      Education and doctors’ unionsmove to enter talks follows settlement with health workers in England

    • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
      UK Budget
      UK’s jobs and benefits overhaul aims to reduce economic inactivity

      Chancellor sets sights on 7mn adults who are not in work as campaigners express concerns over medical assessments

    • Monday, 13 March, 2023
      BBC
      BBC strikes deal with Gary Lineker to put him back on air

      Senior management weakened by row over impartiality, insiders say

    • Sunday, 12 March, 2023
      Gary Lineker
      BBC seeks compromise to keep Gary Lineker

      Bosses increasingly confident they can retain sports presenter but pressure mounts on corporation chair to quit

    • Saturday, 11 March, 2023
      BBC
      Sunak calls on BBC to resolve row over Gary Lineker suspension

      Corporation director-general apologises and says he is trying to get sports presenter back on air

    • Saturday, 11 March, 2023
      BBC
      BBC crisis over Gary Lineker suspension mounts as presenters walk out

      Gestures of support for ‘Match of the Day’ host brings widespread disruption to network’s weekend sports coverage

    • Saturday, 11 March, 2023
      BBC
      BBC forces Gary Lineker to ‘step back’ from presenting Match of the Day

      Broadcaster faces mounting internal rebellion after it pulls ex-footballer from programme for remarks about government migration policy

    • Thursday, 9 March, 2023
      BBC
      Gary Lineker confident of position despite remarks over UK migration policy

      Ex-footballer says he ‘looks forward’ to presenting flagship BBC show on Saturday amid debate over impartiality rules

    • Tuesday, 7 March, 2023
      Cost of living crisis
      Hit to UK childcare benefits deters low-income parents from working

      Citizens Advice says squeeze has occurred because of limit on universal credit funds

    • Monday, 6 March, 2023
      UK politics & policy
      UK’s top civil servant Simon Case considers early exit after WhatsApp pressure

      Leaked messages from the cabinet secretary have added to dissatisfaction in Westminster

    • Friday, 3 March, 2023
      UK politics & policy
      Off message: Hancock saga reveals central role of WhatsApp in UK politics

      Contents of archive seized on by anti-lockdown campaigners ahead of public inquiry entering a more public phase

    • Thursday, 2 March, 2023
      Brexit
      Plans to disentangle British and EU laws will cause more uncertainty, poll says

      Brexit, inflation, energy costs and labour shortages were the primary concerns of respondent businesses

    • Wednesday, 1 March, 2023
      UK care homes
      UK government defends handling of Covid in care homes

      Response follows report accusing former health secretary Matt Hancock of rejecting expert advice on testing

    • Tuesday, 28 February, 2023
      Turkey-Syria earthquake
      From ‘paradise’ to hell: how a luxury residence in Turkey became an earthquake death trap

      A collapsed apartment complex symbolises rot in country’s construction system

    • Thursday, 23 February, 2023
      UK public services
      UK public services need more cash to arrest further decline, says damning report

      Situation will be even harder for whoever wins next election, finds Institute for Government

    • Thursday, 16 February, 2023
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      Harsh-marker Dominic Raab awaits his own report card

      Some civil servants say the deputy prime minister is a bully while others defend him as just a ‘demanding’ boss

    • Thursday, 16 February, 2023
      UK outsourcing
      UK business needs to get the next wave of outsourcing right

      Ask not what your country can do for you but what your company can do for the country

    • Tuesday, 14 February, 2023
      Inside Politics
      The Tories may be heading for an epochal battering

      Labour does not have the next election in the bag, but it is time to stop pretending they are not a very heavy favourite

    • Tuesday, 7 February, 2023
      Oil & Gas industry
      Iran’s ‘ghost fleet’ switches into Russian oil

      Sanctions-busting vessels make sudden shift after introduction of oil price cap and other restrictions

    • Wednesday, 28 December, 2022
      Oil & Gas industry
      Quarter of Russian crude shipments in December have used western insurance

      Underwriting of cargoes to India, China and Turkey a sign Vladimir Putin has yet to block sales under G7 price cap

    • Tuesday, 27 December, 2022
      Russian business & finance
      Russian crude being shipped to India under G7 price cap

      Putin had claimed Moscow would not deal with countries observing the restriction

    • Thursday, 22 December, 2022
      UK companies
      UK business needs to brace itself for much higher taxes

      Public service problems make pro-growth policies even more important

    • Wednesday, 7 December, 2022
      Oil
      How a Russian oil tanker tried to conceal its location

      The Kapitan Schemilkin’s spoofing attempts show that Moscow knows how to use sanction-busting techniques

    • Monday, 5 December, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      Oil tanker jam forms off Turkey after start of Russian oil cap

      Vessels mass in Turkish waters after Ankara demands confirmation of insurance cover

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