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• Britain’s expanding ‘lost generation’

  28-05-2026 19:36 via ft.com
  Milburn report on youth joblessness should be a priority for whoever leads Labour
  
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• UK Treasury set to take control of fighter jet spending after defence ministry mishaps

  03-06-2026 22:00 via ft.com
  Move comes as Keir Starmer prepares to announce £15bn increase in military expenditure
  
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• Online adverts for UK starter jobs halve over past decade

  03-06-2026 22:00 via ft.com
  Sharp drop comes as ministers try to tackle how many young people are not in education, employment or training
  
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• UK government urges companies to share data about AI effects on workforce

  03-06-2026 19:19 via ft.com
  Move comes amid concerns that AI will exacerbate youth unemployment
  
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• Barclays hopes to boost UK economy with enlightened self-interest

  03-06-2026 19:15 via ft.com
  Bank wants the government to make changes that encourage more foreign companies to manage their cash from the UK
  
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• Nissan signs deal with China’s Chery for Sunderland car production

  03-06-2026 16:15 via ft.com
  Future of UK’s largest car plant was thrown into doubt by massive restructuring of Japanese group
  
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• UK to spend £1.3bn supporting Bedford theme park project

  03-06-2026 15:30 via ft.com
  Comcast’s £5bn Universal resort is due to open in 2031 and employ 20,000 during construction
  
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• US proposes tariffs of at least 10% after forced labour probe

  03-06-2026 10:19 via ft.com
  White House makes first significant effort to resurrect sweeping tariffs since its defeat at US Supreme Court
  
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• How can the UK catch up on stablecoins?

  03-06-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Inquiry warns country risks missing out on potential benefits of new form of digital money because of excessive regulation
  
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• Palantir should not have ‘significant role’ in UK public data systems, MPs say

  03-06-2026 01:02 via ft.com
  Technology committee calls on government to trigger break clause in flashpoint NHS contract
  
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• Premier League clubs could face legal action over sponsorship deals with crypto firms

  03-06-2026 01:01 via ft.com
  UK regulator focuses on teams with partnerships with digital assets companies that are not authorised to operate in Britain
  
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• UK pushes ahead with zero-hours crackdown despite business warnings

  02-06-2026 14:49 via ft.com
  New right intended to fulfil Labour’s pre-election pledge to ban ‘exploitative’ contracts
  
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• Let’s stop mismeasuring inflation

  02-06-2026 13:50 via ft.com
  The most egregious problem is the way we assess housing costs for people who own their homes
  
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• Submit your questions: Ten years on, what’s next for Brexit?

  02-06-2026 12:11 via ft.com
  Take part in a live Ask an Expert Q&A with the FT’s Europe editor Ben Hall and Peter Foster, the FT’s World trade editor, on Thursday June 4, at 1pm BST
  
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• Britain’s growth figures could use a little more seasoning

  02-06-2026 11:00 via ft.com
  TD Securities says take growth with a big pinch of salt
  
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• Scottish EV start-up plans new UK plant in 2027

  02-06-2026 10:00 via ft.com
  Munro is to build a new facility for industrial-use electric vehicles
  
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• Blair has shone a spotlight on Starmer’s growth delusion

  02-06-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Labour’s commitment to fixing the sluggish economy comes with a dizzying number of caveats
  
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• UK house prices fall in May amid Iran turmoil

  01-06-2026 10:35 via ft.com
  Higher mortgage rates blamed for Nationwide index’s first monthly decline this year
  
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• Young Britons pay the price of Labour’s choices

  01-06-2026 10:30 via ft.com
  ‘Spaghetti soup’ of agencies and policy-driven pressures on business aggravate difficulty of gaining entry-level work
  
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• UK warns it could take action over crown dependencies’ lack of transparency

  01-06-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Government in fresh bid to persuade likes of Guernsey as well as overseas territories to go further in tackling illicit finance
  
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• UK reviews research centres that link academia and businesses

  01-06-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Concern that the ‘catapult’ network has struggled to build national champions
  
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• Wealth tax fears reignited by UK leadership uncertainty

  30-05-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Contenders Streeting and Burnham have both hinted at tax reforms
  
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• London Stadium back in spotlight after West Ham’s Premier League exit

  30-05-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  East London club will pay less rent for venue that has struggled to satisfy public since 2012 Olympics
  
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• BoE governor warns Middle East ceasefire would ‘still create uncertainty’

  29-05-2026 21:26 via ft.com
  Andrew Bailey says interest rate cuts can only come when policymakers are ‘much more confident’
  
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• Rise in Neets a ‘retirement crisis in slow motion’

  29-05-2026 14:26 via ft.com
  Delayed pension contributions could leave higher earners with a savings shortfall of £300,000
  
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• small caged mammal on the run

  29-05-2026 13:00 via ft.com
  in the grim darkness of the near future, small caged mammal
  
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• UK soft power push has fallen flat, senior figures say

  29-05-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Body set up to promote British interests overseas has been ‘waste of time’ members complain
  
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• Not using AI in public services would mean ‘choosing decline’, UK minister warns

  29-05-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Newly appointed chief secretary to the Treasury Lucy Rigby wants to roll out technology across Whitehall
  
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• ‘Bonkers’: the audacious plan for a 1mn-person city near Cambridge

  29-05-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Shiv Malik, a former journalist, conceived his vision of timber skyscrapers after chronicling how young people were struggling
  
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• Can the UK economy be revived? You asked, we answered

  28-05-2026 18:25 via ft.com
  Economics leader writer Tej Parikh and economics commentator Chris Giles replied to reader questions
  
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