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It came as Andy Burnham held talks in Berlin with Friedrich Merz on greater European unity. Today our new PM will tell MPs it will be a “dereliction of duty” to turn down closer ties to the European Union if they can be…
The current term still has almost three years left, Labour has a large majority in Parliament, and, as Theresa May most famously demonstrated in 2017, election campaigns can have unpredictable and unwelcome outcomes.…
Yes, emails and Slack messages are efficient (less so video calls when you’re accidentally on mute) – but actually being around in person to make connections is how the world of business works. In September, I found…
It is now among the world’s most valuable AI businesses, which is a remarkable rise that shows just how quickly speech synthesis has moved from technological curiosity to something approaching the mainstream. But while…
In its twice-yearly World Economic Outlook, the IMF said global growth had withstood the Middle East conflict better than feared over the past six months. It said the rerouting of oil supplies away from the strait of…
In its latest report published today, the global finance body has said that inflation will remain above the Bank of England’s target two per cent rate for the seventh year running. The fund’s officials said inflation…
Ministers say they will tighten up rules, promote competition and give customers clearer compensation routes if things go wrong. Minimum order levels, set for some customers, will be reviewed. With prices close to having…
Total sales at retailers increased by 1.3 per cent in the 12 months to September, compared to 2.3 per cent growth in September 2025, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and Big Four giant KPMG. The trade…
The Battersea Power Station Development Company secured the new loan from the group of lenders which have backed the project since it began in 2012, including London-listed Standard Chartered, Malaysian bank CIMB…
The Centre for Social Justice said that spending on disability support and other forms of welfare racked up to £1.1 trillion more than capital expenditure in the same period of time. Researchers warned that welfare…