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Defiant prime minister brushes off by-election defeats and vows to tackle cost of living crisis and war in Ukraine
Examining salaries in Britain’s rail industry demonstrates how easily numbers can take diverging tracks
Commenters post their opinions on the walkouts and the UK’s potential ‘summer of discontent’
Domestic bookings have jumped since start of June as people seek to save money and avoid disruption
Oliver Dowden quits as party chair after defeats and ex-leader Michael Howard calls on PM to step down
The PM’s leadership is in question after the Conservatives lost two crucial by-elections
Transport secretary accuses RMT union of ‘damaging lives of everyday hardworking people’
Former Labour attorney-general defeats rival by 27 votes to 24 in fresh political blow to UK PM
Tory by-election losses highlight how party is losing ground in both northern and southern England
Scores of other seats could go the way of Tiverton and Honiton and fall to the Lib Dems; the message from Wakefield for Labour is less clear
Since the privatisation and break-up of British Rail, train transport has proved itself ill-suited to conventional capitalism
Plus, Oliver Dowden’s exit as Conservative party chair portends more resignations and manoeuvring for power
Using national security powers to make chip designer list in London shows drift from stated aims of new rules
Mood gloomier than at height of pandemic or in 2008 financial crisis as inflation hits household pockets
‘Candid’ meeting with N Sea groups hears levy could force cancellation of projects and deter investors
BA check-in staff at Heathrow vote to walk out during school holidays and rail talks break up without deal
Ministers examine more generous deals because of concern about strikes
Outgoing regulator warns that Britain risks becoming a rule-taker from Brussels
Javid says he asked officials to revise previous plans that would exclude under-65s
Public sector pay dispute and rail strikes stress-test the Tory election machine
Plus, inside the UK’s efforts to keep Arm within its borders and Mars’s shift from candy bars to cat food
Politicians have always pandered. But lately, political stunts, from Trump’s wall to Johnson’s Rwanda flights, have taken a darker turn
Politicians and central bankers took their eyes off price problems but running a high pressure economy is dangerous
Managers think they are doing right thing on inclusivity but in practice very few are
Lords committee finds sector has become ‘collateral damage’ in post-Brexit dispute over trade agreement
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