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• British Steel crisis spurs greater scrutiny of Chinese investment in UK

  14-04-2025 19:55 via ft.com
  
  Ministers urged to review Beijing’s role in critical national infrastructure and supply chains
  
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• Leda Braga’s Systematica suffers as Trump’s trade war hits quant hedge funds

  14-04-2025 18:59 via ft.com
  Sharp market reversals have wrongfooted many computer-driven traders betting on market trends
  
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• Striking Birmingham bin workers reject council deal

  14-04-2025 18:35 via ft.com
  
  Decision extends industrial action that has led to rubbish piling up across UK’s second city
  
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• Birmingham bin strike to continue after workers reject pay deal

  14-04-2025 18:35 via ft.com
  Industrial action has led to rubbish piling up across UK’s second city
  
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• Bin workers in Birmingham reject pay deal

  14-04-2025 17:01 via ft.com
  Decision extends strike that has led to rubbish piling up across UK’s second city
  
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• SNP brings forward government programme due to Trump turmoil

  14-04-2025 16:03 via ft.com
  Scottish first minister John Swinney says move will allow for year of ‘delivery’ ahead of Holyrood elections
  
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• UK government says raw materials on way to British Steel furnaces

  14-04-2025 15:43 via ft.com
  China warns against politicising crisis at Scunthorpe plant after ministers step in to take control
  
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• In defence of Milton Keynes

  14-04-2025 10:45 via ft.com
  It is not perfect, but city’s infrastructure-led development and long-term planning may hold key to Labour’s new towns agenda
  
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• HSBC to roll out biggest banking app overhaul in 13 years - some are already trying it

  14-04-2025 08:40 via express.co.uk
  
  HSBC said the revamped version of its personal banking app would be rolled out to all 7 million customers next month.
  
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• UK retail bosses raise fears of Chinese ‘dumping’ due to Trump tariffs

  14-04-2025 06:00 via ft.com
  Companies flag signs of goods being diverted from US to Europe via platforms such as Temu, Shein and Amazon
  
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• Global turmoil makes Britain’s productivity predicament even worse

  14-04-2025 06:00 via ft.com
  The situation is dire and only active policymaking is going to make a difference
  
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• Modern Workplace: Disability

  14-04-2025 05:03 via ft.com
  
  Progress on disability employment is at risk under Trump policies; accessible transport is a route to more pay and out of worklessness; Rosie Jones on the curse of ableism and discrimination; how quotas push Chile ahead of Ireland and improve job prospects for more
  
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• The squeeze for UK graduate posts hits disabled jobseekers hard

  14-04-2025 05:00 via ft.com
  
  On average, they submit 60% more job applications than non-disabled people, with many employers casting doubt on their ability
  
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• Navigating public transport and infrastructure to work

  14-04-2025 05:00 via ft.com
  
  For disabled jobseekers, accessible trains and buses are a route out of worklessness into employment and higher pay
  
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• UK races to secure coal to keep British Steel furnaces operating

  14-04-2025 01:16 via ft.com
  Officials work to ensure shipments arrive quickly after emergency government intervention
  
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