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  • Wednesday, 8 January, 2025
    UK employment
    Back to office disputes spread across UK public sector

    Staff at Land Registry to take industrial action after being ordered back to their desks three days a week

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  • Wednesday, 8 January, 2025
    Renewable energy
    Scotland to host 3 biggest battery energy storage systems in Europe

    Investment by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners comes as boost to SNP government before next year’s elections

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  • Wednesday, 8 January, 2025
    UK financial regulation
    Bank of England to relax rules for banks and insurers

    PRA’s Sam Woods says burden can be eased without ‘race to the bottom’ on financial regulation

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  • Wednesday, 8 January, 2025
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    London has the highest birth rates among over-40s. But what’s driving the shift?

    Housing costs, career focus and access to IVF has driven people to delay parenthood in the capital

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  • Wednesday, 8 January, 2025
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    UK school budgets eroded by spiralling special needs costs, report shows

    SEN spending and higher wages leave headteachers facing ‘very tight’ accounts in 2025, says IFS

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  • Tuesday, 7 January, 2025
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    Japanese technology group decided to restrict bidding for government contracts

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    Shein accused of ‘not respecting’ UK MPs in grilling on labour practices

    Online fast-fashion retailer refuses to answer questions about whether it uses cotton from China’s Xinjiang region

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  • Tuesday, 7 January, 2025
    UK long-term borrowing costs hit highest level since 1998

    Rising interest costs raise fears about chancellor’s ability to hit revised fiscal rules

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    Global Economy
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  • Tuesday, 7 January, 2025
    UK house prices
    UK house prices dipped in December, says Halifax

    Decline is first for nine months although prices still 3.3% above last year

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  • Tuesday, 7 January, 2025
    Next PLC
    Next warns of ‘anaemic’ growth after UK Budget tax increases

    Retailer says measures will cost it £67mn in current financial year and warns of potentially chilling effect on economy

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  • Tuesday, 7 January, 2025
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    How much sick pay is too much sick pay?

    The contrasting cases of Germany and the UK are revealing about policy trade-offs

    A sick pay now placard at a zero hour contracts protest.
  • Tuesday, 7 January, 2025
    UK retail sales
    UK retail sales growth ‘minimal’ in final quarter of 2024, data shows

    BRC survey suggests consumers stayed cautious during what is usually busiest time of year

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  • Monday, 6 January, 2025
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    Bet365 boss Denise Coates’ pay nearly halved to £150mn last year

    Head of betting firm remains one of the UK’s wealthiest executives

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  • Monday, 6 January, 2025
    Rail
    UK high-speed rail line told to cut charges

    Regulator rules fees should come down by 3.8% compared with HS1’s proposal

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  • Monday, 6 January, 2025
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    Electricity co-operation post-Brexit has far more positives than negatives Premium content

    A simple trading agreement would suit both Europe and the UK

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  • Sunday, 5 January, 2025
    UK business
    UK businesses plan price increases as Budget drives up costs

    Tax and wage rises have caused confidence to ‘slump’, warns British Chambers of Commerce

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  • Sunday, 5 January, 2025
    UK Broadband
    Amazon’s satellite project pushes ahead with UK broadband plans

    Filings show Kuiper initiative held meetings with MoD as tech group bids to rival Starlink

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  • Sunday, 5 January, 2025
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    UK altnets count cost of ‘gold rush’ end after collective losses surpass £1bn

    Alternative network providers under pressure to demonstrate they can be profitable businesses not just builders

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  • Sunday, 5 January, 2025
    FirstGroup PLC
    FirstGroup to add bus and open access rail routes amid Labour nationalisation

    UK’s largest train operator under pressure to diversify due to government plans

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  • Friday, 3 January, 2025
    Prime property
    Chelsea FC co-owner pays £56mn for London penthouse

    Purchase by billionaire Behdad Eghbali is one of largest UK property deals of 2024

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  • Friday, 3 January, 2025
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Britain’s economic gloom is overdone

    The government can tackle bad vibes with a positive vision for growth

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  • Friday, 3 January, 2025
    Private investing
    Britons have ‘lowest appetite’ for stock market investing in the G7

    UK savers trail US and several European nations

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  • Friday, 3 January, 2025
    UK property
    UK mortgage approvals fall in November

    Unexpected decline interrupts recovery in housing market activity

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  • Friday, 3 January, 2025
    News in-depth
    Can the creative industries add stardust to UK’s stalling economy?

    Ministers look to booming sector as wider growth loses momentum

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