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• No Musk, more sponsors: UK races to finalise investment summit

  26-09-2024 16:45 via ft.com
  Organisers rush to pin down agenda, guest list and financial backers for October 14 event
  
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• EU or US? UK plays piggy in the middle

  15-11-2024 19:10 via ft.com
  Plus, will Reeves’ pension reforms achieve the economic growth Labour hopes for?
  
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• London bus crashes are the result of an unsafe model

  15-11-2024 18:31 via ft.com
  
  Individual tragedies speak to a systemic problem that Whitehall need to look at fast
  
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• How James Dyson’s farming empire may land his estate with £120mn in death duties

  15-11-2024 17:24 via ft.com
  
  Billionaire known for vacuums and hairdryers has become one of UK’s largest farmers
  
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• Rachel Reeves’ plans to reform Britain’s pensions industry

  15-11-2024 14:38 via ft.com
  
  Proposals expected to lead to rapid consolidation of workplace retirement schemes and reallocation of assets
  
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• Home Office 'cut corners' buying £15m migrant camp

  15-11-2024 14:28 via bbc.com
  
  The government watchdog finds the Home Office made "a series of poor decisions" buying the site in East Sussex.
  
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• UK economy stalls showing challenge for growth

  15-11-2024 13:47 via bbc.com
  
  The chancellor says she is "not satisfied" by the latest growth figures, which were weaker than expected.
  
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• ‘Question loan charge tax officials under oath’

  15-11-2024 12:37 via ft.com
  
  MPs pledge independent inquiry into much-criticised policy
  
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• No 10 sorry for meat and alcohol at Diwali event

  15-11-2024 12:25 via bbc.com
  
  A Tory MP accused No 10 of a "disappointing lack of knowledge" about the traditions of Hinduism.
  
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• UK ministers admit to Brexit pains, but the relief is on hold

  15-11-2024 10:30 via ft.com
  
  Pro-Europeans granted opening to campaign on single issues that strengthen UK-EU ties
  
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• UK must rebuild post-Brexit relations with EU, says Bank boss

  15-11-2024 10:00 via bbc.com
  
  Governor Andrew Bailey delivers his strongest comments yet on the UK's departure from the EU.
  
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• Reeves must go bigger and bolder on local pensions reform

  15-11-2024 09:46 via ft.com
  
  If the UK chancellor believes in the benefits of scale, it is not obvious why 8 is the magic number
  
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• Why are governments so bad at problem solving?

  15-11-2024 06:00 via ft.com
  Politicians everywhere seem doomed to repeat their mistakes. There is another way
  
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• The Big Question: should smartphones be banned in schools?

  15-11-2024 06:00 via ft.com
  
  As anxieties about mental health increase, many headteachers are prohibiting phone use for students. Should the government make that mandatory?
  
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• Do I need inheritance tax insurance?

  15-11-2024 06:00 via ft.com
  
  Budget changes prompt wave of interest in life cover to avoid families scrambling to pay tax bills
  
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• UK made bad decisions in buying ex-prison to house asylum seekers, says report

  15-11-2024 01:01 via ft.com
  Tory government rushed the purchase, paying more than double what the previous owner spent, watchdog finds
  
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• Rushed deal to house asylum seekers attacked by UK watchdog

  15-11-2024 01:01 via ft.com
  
  Tory government paid more than double what previous owner spent to purchase derelict former prison
  
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• Chancellor and BoE governor call for UK to rebuild ties with EU

  15-11-2024 00:22 via ft.com
  
  Reeves and Bailey highlight damage from Brexit amid concern about Trump’s plan to impose tariffs on trading partners
  
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• Britain’s bold plan to create super funds

  14-11-2024 19:08 via ft.com
  The case for consolidating the UK’s sprawling pension arsenal is strong
  
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• JCB boss funded £8,000 helicopter flight for Nigel Farage

  14-11-2024 19:01 via ft.com
  
  Donation ahead of meeting came days before Bamford urged Tories to do deal with Reform UK leader
  
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• Streeting faces pushback over assisted dying stance

  14-11-2024 18:59 via bbc.com
  
  Ministers have been told not to take part in the "public debate" on the issue ahead of a Commons vote.
  
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• Gray 'sorry' after chauffeur trips to football

  14-11-2024 17:04 via bbc.com
  
  The health secretary, who supports Aberdeen, says he should have gone to a "wider range" of matches.
  
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• 'Major supplier' of people-smuggling boats arrested

  14-11-2024 16:27 via bbc.com
  
  The man was held in Amsterdam after an operation by the National Crime Agency and Dutch and Belgian police.
  
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• 'Desperate' parents taking baby formula risks - MP

  14-11-2024 15:58 via bbc.com
  
  MP Chris Webb, himself a new parent, says the high cost of baby formula is creating a black market.
  
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• Reeves in radical pension shake-up to boost growth

  14-11-2024 14:59 via bbc.com
  
  The chancellor wants to merge the UK's pension funds but critics worry about the impact on savers.
  
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• Council tax in England set to rise by up to 5%

  14-11-2024 14:52 via bbc.com
  
  It means the average household faces an increase of more than £100 to their council tax bill next year.
  
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• UK must offer Trump concessions on China to avoid tariffs says senior MP

  14-11-2024 13:43 via ft.com
  Labour’s Liam Byrne argues government needs to address US concerns about economic security
  
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• What is Rachel Reeves' plan for pension funds?

  14-11-2024 13:36 via bbc.com
  
  The chancellor says she wants to “fire up the UK’s economy” with a "Canadian-style" pensions model.
  
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• Building more prisons not answer to crisis - Gauke

  14-11-2024 13:20 via bbc.com
  
  The man in charge of reviewing sentencing says a more "strategic" approach to prisons is needed.
  
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• I don't think Trump is racist, says Welsh FM

  14-11-2024 13:09 via bbc.com
  
  Welsh first minister says a "hell of a lot of black people and Latinos" voted for president-elect.
  
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