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• District councils face scrapping in major overhaul of English local government

  13-12-2024 20:10
  
  Devolution white paper aims to create larger authorities and more elected mayors
  
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• Labour’s push for growth hit by latest fall in UK output

  13-12-2024 17:53
  
  Weaker business and consumer confidence contribute to lacklustre economy
  
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• UK middle and higher earners face increasing tax burden

  13-12-2024 16:01
  
  Budget measures combine with legacy ones to raise tax bills
  
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• Middle and higher earners face increasing tax burden

  13-12-2024 16:01
  Budget measures combine with legacy ones to raise tax bills
  
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• UK economy unexpectedly shrinks by 0.1%

  13-12-2024 11:11
  October contraction marks second consecutive fall and deals blow to Labour government’s economic agenda
  
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• Why UK private sector train operators are in no hurry to step down from driver’s cab

  13-12-2024 10:50
  Flurry of recent open access applications could be a sign companies think the rules could become less favourable
  
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• Ofcom fines UK’s Royal Mail £10.5mn for poor performance

  13-12-2024 10:35
  Penalty almost double previous year’s over failure to meet delivery targets
  
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• Reform UK calls for Thames Water to be renationalised

  13-12-2024 06:00
  
  Populist party’s deputy leader says heavily indebted utility should ‘be put out of its misery’
  
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• Reeves dismisses calls for HS2-style Birmingham to Manchester line

  13-12-2024 06:00
  Chancellor does not want to give ‘false hope’ to proponents of partially private-funded rail link
  
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• Does the UK have enough workers to ‘get Britain building’?

  13-12-2024 06:00
  
  The Labour government dreams of kick-starting a housebuilding boom, but the construction sector relies heavily on migrants to plug a skills gap
  
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• NHS spending on new drugs not best use of money, says study

  13-12-2024 00:41
  
  Funding for existing services would have helped more patients
  
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