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New research from the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) , the former employer of Cabinet ministers and top advisers such as energy secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh and the Chancellor’s chief of staff Will Straw, has…
Read moreA week before the party’s conference in Birmingham, Jenrick has hailed a number of flagship policies designed to appeal to bosses employing fewer than 50 employees. The party announced it would scrap GDPR, the EU-based…
Read moreIt’s an obvious thing to say about someone who has passed, but nonetheless, an idea that isn’t often thought about directly. When someone passes we tend to focus on our sadness. That is natural and inevitable, but…
Read moreSources have told the Guardian the prime minister is considering a range of options as he seeks ways of delivering on his promise to radically reshape the way England's water and Britain's energy companies are run. One…
Read moreThe US slapped 50% tariffs on another $20bn of Canadian goods – then threatened the same rate on the cars, trucks, parts and steel that America Inc depends on. On Monday, the Treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, menaced…
Read moreNow it has welcomed another first: AI shopping trolleys. A Morrisons in Lancashire has become the first supermarket in the UK to trial the use of "smart trolleys" that allow customers to do their shopping without having…
Read moreLegal tech firm Clio has appointed Casetext’s co-founder to lead an initiative integrating AI directly into the court system. Clio, which currently offers its tech to lawyers and law firms, will create a “dedicated…
Read moreIt is also the latest sign of French football’s talent drain, a phenomenon fuelled by the Premier League’s ever-growing spending power and the financial struggles of most of Ligue 1. And that poses some existential…
Read moreAbout 1,500 members of the Unite union working across north London and Essex are taking part in the four-day strike from Tuesday to Friday, after industrial action earlier this month. Further stoppages are planned for…
Read moreAs Oliver Blume urged more than 10,000 workers on Tuesday to "pull together", saying drastic restructuring measures at the struggling manufacturer were essential, they held up banners and shouted slogans, including: "Our…
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