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• The problem with insulating Britain

  17-05-2023 05:00 via ft.com
  Past botched energy efficiency programmes have wrought long-lasting damage, say energy and installation companies
  
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• UK employers brace for workers’ rights reforms

  11-03-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Law bolsters unions, upgrades protections and strengthens enforcement, but it will years to thrash out details
  
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• UK consulting firms draw recruits with Ōura rings and promise of upward mobility

  11-03-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Perks and networks burnish sector’s attraction — but attrition is high and the hours can be long
  
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• People on controversial UK student loan plan each owe over £40,000 on average

  11-03-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  People on ‘plan 2’ owe four times as much as those on previous system
  
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• Good pay and prospects enhance tech sector’s pulling power

  11-03-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Skills useful for future are crucial to sector’s appeal
  
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• Enabling autonomy and creativity in the age of AI

  11-03-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Having little control over how you work has long been known to be stressful
  
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• Cambridge university comes first in employer ranking

  11-03-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Staff rate the institution’s image but unions raise some concerns
  
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• Big rise in UK employers losing migrant worker licences after Home Office crackdown

  11-03-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  As well as rogue bosses, charities say tighter enforcement has unfairly hit many staff in care sector
  
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• UK government does not know what it spends on consultants, say MPs

  11-03-2026 01:01 via ft.com
  Public accounts committee finds lack of accurate data prevents setting of ‘meaningful targets’
  
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• Nigel Farage U-turns on his Iran war position

  10-03-2026 18:04 via ft.com
  Reform leader said last week that ‘the gloves need to come off’ but now calls for caution over the UK’s involvement
  
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• OBR warns energy price surge could derail UK inflation retreat

  10-03-2026 17:15 via ft.com
  Budget watchdog’s top economist says high oil and gas prices could deliver ‘completely unwelcome’ hit to economy
  
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• Reeves warns against ‘price gouging’ as Iran crisis pushes up energy costs

  10-03-2026 14:32 via ft.com
  Chancellor keen to avoid costly intervention as concerns mount about economic impact of war in Middle East
  
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• Reform UK says it would reverse fuel duty increase and scrap net zero initiatives

  10-03-2026 10:47 via ft.com
  Nigel Farage set to announce spending cuts with claimed savings to the government of £13.5bn a year
  
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• Five water companies can raise bills by 2.2%, UK competition authority rules

  10-03-2026 08:58 via ft.com
  Permission comes on top of 24% average increase previously given by industry regulator Ofwat
  
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• What the UK should learn from this energy crisis

  10-03-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  There is little doubt that the windfall tax has hit investment in the North Sea
  
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• ‘It’s good business’: how London became an ‘energy from waste’ capital

  10-03-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Expansion will turn Thames-side facility into Europe’s biggest but critics say it will discourage recycling and cause air pollution
  
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• Britain’s safety net isn’t set up for a widespread jobs shock

  10-03-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  The state does not offer a temporary cushion to support those who were previously in work
  
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• Can Reeves afford to shield households from an energy shock?

  09-03-2026 19:52 via ft.com
  UK chancellor pledges to be ‘responsive’ to rising living costs but any support would come against difficult fiscal backdrop
  
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• Middle East crisis ‘likely’ to push UK inflation up, Rachel Reeves tells MPs

  09-03-2026 19:24 via ft.com
  Conservatives have called for chancellor to halt planned rise in fuel duty
  
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• Investors reverse bets on central bank rate cuts as oil crisis deepens

  09-03-2026 18:56 via ft.com
  Iran war expected to derail easing plans as policymakers learn from inflation caused by Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine
  
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• Pimco sticks with bet on gilts despite market slump

  09-03-2026 18:01 via ft.com
  UK government bond market under renewed pressure as oil hovers around $100 a barrel
  
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• UK ministers urged to deliver on infrastructure projects as pipeline tops £700bn

  09-03-2026 17:53 via ft.com
  Government accused of failing to get major schemes off the ground
  
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• Investors bet central banks will respond to oil shock with rate rises

  09-03-2026 16:05 via ft.com
  Iran war expected to derail rate-cut plans as policymakers learn lessons from inflation caused by Ukraine invasion
  
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• Gilt market slump deepens as traders bet on BoE rate rise

  09-03-2026 11:29 via ft.com
  UK government bond market under renewed pressure as oil surpasses $100 a barrel
  
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• Virgin Media O2 owner eyes broadband deals to take on BT Openreach

  09-03-2026 09:46 via ft.com
  Telefónica’s Marc Murtra vows to ‘help’ UK subsidiary better compete with Openreach network
  
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• Public register will require developers in England and Wales to declare land options

  09-03-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Ministers want to deter anti-competitive behaviour such as ‘land banking’ and help smaller housebuilders
  
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• Is the Green Party too radical for Britain?

  09-03-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  As Zack Polanski’s leftwing outfit gains momentum in the polls, its more unconventional policies are under scrutiny
  
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• Global trading system under ‘unsustainable’ pressure warns UK

  09-03-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Significant reforms required to halt breakdown of rules-based order, says British government
  
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• State pensioners handed £10,000 savings limit warning

  08-03-2026 20:27 via express.co.uk
  State pensioners will begin to lose out on a key benefit if they have more than £10,000 in savings.
  
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• Blow for UK town as its final department store closes for good after 100 years

  08-03-2026 20:19 via express.co.uk
  Locals said they are sad to see the shop, which opened in 1922, close for good.
  
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