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• What I read on my holidays

  17-08-2026 10:30 via ft.com
  Muddled thinking about vocational education and fixing the driving test backlog
  
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• Live: What to expect from July’s UK inflation figures

  18-08-2026 16:04 via moneyweek.com
  
  The Office for National Statistics will release the latest UK Consumer Prices Index (CPI) measure of inflation data tomorrow (19 August). The data will cover July 2026.CPI inflation rose by 2.6% in the 12 months to June 2026, down from 2.8% in May and April 2026.Ratesetters at the Bank of England will be watching the July data closely to inform their next decision on UK interest rates.| UK inflation forecast | What is inflation? | When will interest rates fall further? | CPI release dates | MPC
  
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• Signature Group founder banned as company director for five years

  18-08-2026 15:19 via ft.com
  Property group subsidiary ‘distributed false and misleading marketing material’ according to Insolvency Service
  
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• Canada makes final attempt to avoid US tariffs on $20bn of goods

  18-08-2026 15:00 via ft.com
  Also in today’s newsletter, how are voters reacting to a string of progressive candidates’ primary victories?
  
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• NS&I to boost Premium Bonds prize fund rate – 12 more £100,000 prizes will be up for grabs

  18-08-2026 13:58 via moneyweek.com
  
  NS&I is raising its Premium Bonds prize fund rate from September, taking the total monthly prize pot close to £500 million.The government-backed savings bank will increase the prize fund rate from 3.80% to 4.35% from the September draw.NS&I says there will be more than 308,000 extra prizes up for grabs, including 12 additional £100,000 prizes, 27 more £50,000 prizes and an extra 51 £25,000 prizes.There will also be over 2.3 million £100 prizes in total and t
  
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• The Treasury can’t avoid the BoE’s losses

  18-08-2026 13:30 via ft.com
  Suspending cash transfers to the central bank will not alleviate UK fiscal pressures
  
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• FirstFT: Global bond sell-off deepens

  18-08-2026 12:56 via ft.com
  Also in today’s newsletter: US military pullback raises questions in Asia, and a ray of hope for the drinks industry
  
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• Global bond sell-off deepens

  18-08-2026 12:49 via ft.com
  Long-term government borrowing costs hit multi-decade highs amid fears over inflation and AI issuance
  
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• Global bond sell-off deepens amid fears over inflation and AI issuance

  18-08-2026 11:13 via ft.com
  Long-term government borrowing costs hit multi-decade highs
  
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• Job vacancies at five-year low as smaller firms scale back recruitment

  18-08-2026 10:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Small firms cite labour and operating costs as reasons for scaling back hiring, the UK's statistics body says.
  
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• End of Summer Sale

  18-08-2026 10:59 via moneyweek.com
  
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• UK pay weakness allays fears of second-round inflation effects

  18-08-2026 09:51 via ft.com
  Private sector regular pay continued to decline in ONS’s latest data
  
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• UK employers shed jobs as labour market weakens further

  18-08-2026 09:01 via ft.com
  Official figures also show unemployment ticked higher in second quarter
  
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• FirstFT: Asian doubts over US resolve

  18-08-2026 08:01 via ft.com
  Also in today’s newsletter: TCI bets on Italian luxury hotels and Russia fires top economist
  
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• China’s 10-year bond yield falls to 13-month low

  18-08-2026 07:45 via ft.com
  Weak economic growth pushes investors into sovereign debt
  
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• UK examines economic hit from loss of access to frontier AI models

  18-08-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Urgent assessment comes after Donald Trump blocked foreign national access to Anthropic’s Fable 5
  
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• How to make the most of your tax-free allowances in the 2026/27 tax year

  18-08-2026 06:00 via moneyweek.com
  
  Tax-free allowances let you shield some of your savings and investments from the taxman.For instance, you can put £20,000 into tax-sheltered ISAs each tax year, and you won’t have to pay tax on any interest or investment returns earned on it.Each allowance has its own rules, and they can be difficult to keep track of – but making the most of them each tax year can mean you keep more of your money.. Isabella Galliers-Pratt, senior investment director at Rathbones, said: “O
  
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• Europe still needs forward guidance — but not as a straitjacket

  18-08-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  It should be kept in the toolkit for times when monetary policy is constrained
  
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• Airlines in ‘stand-off’ over price cuts as jet fuel costs ease

  18-08-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Carriers are keen to protect the fare increases they brought in after start of Iran conflict
  
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• Mark Carney in last-ditch effort to avoid Trump’s latest tariffs

  17-08-2026 21:42 via ft.com
  Canadian prime minister plans call with US president before a Wednesday deadline for levies on $20bn of trade
  
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• Carney in last-ditch Canadian effort to avoid Trump’s latest tariffs

  17-08-2026 21:42 via ft.com
  Prime minister plans call with US president before Wednesday deadline for levies on $20bn of trade
  
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• UK is going the wrong way about protecting pubs

  17-08-2026 20:03 via ft.com
  Government measures do little to support bars’ underlying business case
  
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• The UK is going the wrong way about protecting pubs

  17-08-2026 20:03 via ft.com
  Government measures do little to support bars’ underlying business case
  
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• Russia fires economist over Ukraine war warning

  17-08-2026 18:32 via ft.com
  Andrei Klepach dismissed after bleak remarks about economic toll of conflict
  
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• UK to pay KPMG and EY up to £456mn to train civil servants

  17-08-2026 14:42 via ft.com
  Deal marks largest contract awarded to Big Four firms in at least a decade
  
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• UK government to pay KPMG and EY up to £456mn to train civil servants

  17-08-2026 14:42 via ft.com
  Deal marks largest contract awarded to Big Four firms in at least a decade
  
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• Trump’s war on customs fraud will be costly and difficult

  17-08-2026 13:31 via ft.com
  The US administration has incentivised the tariff cheating, mislabelling and misvaluation it complains about
  
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• FirstFT: Jared Kushner and Benjamin Netanyahu meet in push for Gaza peace

  17-08-2026 13:00 via ft.com
  Also in today’s newsletter: private credit doldrums and the AI super-rich
  
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• Japanese second-quarter growth weaker than expected

  17-08-2026 11:19 via ft.com
  Households and businesses pulled back in the worst months of the Iran energy shock
  
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• People are worried about America’s solvency

  17-08-2026 11:15 via ft.com
  But not worried enough to actually do anything about it
  
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