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• Elizabeth Line wins UK’s Stirling Prize

  15-10-2024 23:07
  East-west London railway that came in late and £4bn over budget praised as a ‘triumph of architect-led collaboration’
  
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• Reeves aims to close £40bn funding gap as she plans tax rises in Budget

  15-10-2024 20:04
  Figure is significantly more than the £22bn fiscal hole the government previously identified
  
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• UK water companies face struggle to raise equity without bill hikes, Moody’s warns

  15-10-2024 19:20
  
  Sector suffering ‘diminishing investor confidence’ while needing major investment, says rating agency
  
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• The UK should resist calls for infrastructure public ownership

  15-10-2024 18:51
  
  Privatisation is not the solution for every situation but it can be highly effective in many cases
  
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• Reeves plans to target £40bn in tax rises and spending cuts in Budget

  15-10-2024 18:12
  
  Figure is significantly more than the £22bn hole the government previously identified
  
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• This UK recruitment downturn looks set to last

  15-10-2024 17:45
  
  Tellingly for an industry that thrives on bullishness, green shoots are sparse
  
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• UK tax rises acceptable if part of pro-business Budget, CBI says

  15-10-2024 17:00
  
  Rupert Soames believes companies will judge October 30 measures ‘in the round’
  
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• Reeves to target black hole of over £25bn in Budget

  15-10-2024 16:28
  
  Figure is significantly more than the £22bn the government previously said affected this year’s public finances
  
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• Mitie boosted by summer UK riot response

  15-10-2024 16:01
  
  Half-year revenues rose 13% after government used outsourcer for additional security
  
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• UK to raise bank ringfencing threshold to ‘improve competitiveness’

  15-10-2024 13:17
  
  Wider package of reforms expected ‘as soon as parliamentary time allows’, says minister
  
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• UK must show ‘swagger’ to attract spending, investment minister says

  15-10-2024 12:00
  
  Keir Starmer ‘supports’ rather than ‘degrades’ businesses, Poppy Gustafsson tells FT
  
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• EU and British energy groups call for rewrite of post-Brexit trading arrangements

  15-10-2024 11:47
  
  Open letter criticises ‘suboptimal’ mechanism under Trade and Cooperation Agreement amid push for more renewables
  
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• Rachel Reeves should not appease bond market vigilantes

  15-10-2024 11:00
  
  In preparing her inaugural Budget, she would do well to ignore advice from market sages
  
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• Bellway says Budget ‘mixed messages’ hurting UK property market

  15-10-2024 10:26
  
  Housebuilder expects to deliver more homes next year as borrowing costs ease
  
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• UK wage growth falls to 4.9%

  15-10-2024 09:04
  
  Data for three months to August adds to evidence that pay pressures are easing
  
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• The great British gilt tilt

  15-10-2024 07:00
  
  Be not afeard
  
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• The Chancellor Game: Can you run the UK economy?

  15-10-2024 06:00
  
  Step into the chancellor’s shoes and devise your Budget plan
  
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• The Chancellor Game: Can you mastermind a UK Budget?

  15-10-2024 06:00
  
  Step into the chancellor’s shoes and devise your fiscal plan
  
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• The Budget Game: Can you do better than Rachel Reeves?

  15-10-2024 06:00
  
  Step into the chancellor’s shoes and devise your fiscal plan
  
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• Can you run the UK economy?

  15-10-2024 06:00
  
  Step into the chancellor’s shoes and devise your Budget plan
  
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