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    • Monday, 4 December, 2023
      UK defence spending
      UK armed forces face £17bn black hole in equipment budget

      Damning report by parliamentary spending watchdog warns on soaring costs

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    • Monday, 4 December, 2023
      UK urged to use ‘superpower’ strength in services to boost living standards

      Radical shift in policy is needed to close gap with peer countries, says research by two think-tanks

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    • Monday, 4 December, 2023
      Toyota Motor Corp
      Toyota explores UK investments after hybrid ban postponed

      Japanese group says decision to allow sales until 2035 has helped it ‘remain competitive’

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    • Sunday, 3 December, 2023
      UK Inequality
      Benefit limit one of ‘biggest drivers’ of child poverty in England, say charities

      Data shows that limiting payments to 2 children hits those in Midlands and North West hardest

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    • Sunday, 3 December, 2023
      Global inflation
      Slowing inflation piles pressure on central banks to pivot

      As clamour grows for interest rate cuts, investors fear acting too slowly could harm already weak economies

    • Saturday, 2 December, 2023
      Thames Water Utilities Ltd
      Thames Water faces prospect of fresh parliamentary inquiry into finances

      Concerns growing over financial health of UK’s biggest water company  

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    • Saturday, 2 December, 2023
      Digital currencies
      UK digital pound could put financial stability and privacy at risk, MPs warn

      Treasury committee urges BoE and Treasury to ‘proceed with caution’ over new currency

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    • Friday, 1 December, 2023
      Thames Water Utilities Ltd
      Thames Water owners pile group with debt

      Shareholders structured a £500mn cash injection as a loan charging 8% interest

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      ‘The costs are rising inexorably’: children’s services hit by council funding crisis

      Demands for support rocket as local authorities warn of £4bn budget gap over next two years

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    • Friday, 1 December, 2023
      Personal Finance
      HMRC urges crypto holders to disclose gains

      Experts warn of tax authority’s renewed focus

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    • Friday, 1 December, 2023
      UK labour disputes
      UK train drivers vote to extend industrial action into next year

      New 6-month mandate from Aslef members comes at the start of a week of ‘rolling’ strikes across the rail network

    • Friday, 1 December, 2023
      UK inflation
      Revision to UK rent statistics points to slightly higher inflation

      ONS’s new methodology comes as rate-setters seek to tame price rises

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    • Friday, 1 December, 2023
      UK house prices
      UK house prices beat forecasts to rise again in November

      Nationwide reports third consecutive monthly increase as hopes grow of stabilisation in property market

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      UK property
      Divorce: do the numbers still add up?

      High interest rates, battered asset valuations and job uncertainty add to trauma for splitting couples

    • Friday, 1 December, 2023
      Markets InsightPeder Beck-Friis
      The UK economy no longer looks like an outlier to investors

      Inflation is falling while some of the concerns about economic activity have been misplaced

    • 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

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    • 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

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    • 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

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    • 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

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    • 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

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    • 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

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