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• Put aside differences to focus on growth across UK, Ed Balls tells politicians

  25-02-2024 23:30
  
  Former shadow chancellor is one of the authors of a new academic paper on how to bridge the regional divideBritain needs a 20-year cross-party consensus to level up the economy and unleash the untapped potential of regions outside London and the south-east, the former Labour shadow chancellor Ed Balls has said.Balls, one of five co-authors of an academic paper on bridging the UK’s regional divide, said it was vital that Labour and Conservative politicians put aside their differences in ord
  
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• More than half of UK exporters affected by Houthi disruption, survey shows

  25-02-2024 23:30
  
  Costs are escalating amid delays, according to British Chambers of Commerce research that shows UK retailers have also been hitMore than half of UK retailers and exporters have been affected by the disruption to Red Sea trade from Houthi rebel attacks on cargo ships, research by a leading business lobby group suggests.The price of shipping a container from Asia to Europe has gone up by as much as 300% for some businesses, while logistical delays have added up to three to four weeks to delivery t
  
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• The Guardian view on GB Energy: Labour’s big idea could be a great one for the planet | Editorial

  25-02-2024 19:30
  
  Sir Keir Starmer’s plans could see the British state – rather than foreign ones – play a key role in clean energySir Keir Starmer’s announcement earlier this month that he will be shrinking his green prosperity plan was disappointing. Last year was the hottest on record and, most likely, in the past 100,000 years. If there were ever a moment to go big on the climate, it is now. However, even in its diminished state, Labour’s plan represents progress compared with th
  
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• I have been forced into a month of minimalism – and I hate it | Emma Beddington

  25-02-2024 16:00
  
  Far from home, in a rental apartment, the scarcity of my own stuff is making me strange. Where is the focus, calm and happiness I was promised?I am living minimally for February – not a Veganuary sequel, just poor planning for my month in the US. Our last-minute Airbnb is exceptionally spartan: I suspect Scandinavia has better-equipped prison cells. There are three forks, two pans, a single teaspoon; there is barely any furniture and no decoration, except a handful of pastel canvas squares
  
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• DWP issues new warning to anyone claiming PIP

  25-02-2024 12:40 via express.co.uk
  
  The DWP has issued a new warning to those claiming PIP
  
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• The latest billionaire trend? Doomsday bunkers with a flammable moat

  25-02-2024 12:12
  
  Is all this bunker-building a sign the 1% know something we don’t and are preparing for end times?What’s your plan for the apocalypse? I’ll tell you what mine is: death. I am not really built for battle – I need five cups of coffee just to function and I have terrible allergies. My body can’t even handle pollen, it’s not going to do well with nuclear war. Plus, even if I was hardier – who wants to live a few extra months in a completely destroyed world?B
  
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• Forty years on from the miners’ strike, unions are flexing their muscles | Larry Elliott

  25-02-2024 11:50
  
  While numbers may not have fully recovered the climate is now in very much in trade unions’ favour Forty years ago Britain was hurtling towards the pivotal industrial struggle of the postwar era. The National Coal Board, backed by Margaret Thatcher’s government, wanted to close pits deemed to be uneconomic. The leadership of the National Union of Mineworkers opposed the plan.The scene was set for a strike that went on for a year and which ended in defeat not just for the miners but f
  
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• BBC TV licence fee urgent warning over email scam - how to spot fraudulent message

  25-02-2024 10:00 via express.co.uk
  
  There are certain red flags to look out for in new emails claiming to be from TV Licensing.
  
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• Savings provider increases interest on easy access account to 'excellent' 5.12%

  25-02-2024 09:00 via express.co.uk
  
  The new interest rate positions the account "prominently" in the easy access savings sector.
  
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• Hunt can afford just ONE tax cut in next month’s Budget - and pensioners won’t like it

  25-02-2024 09:00 via express.co.uk
  
  Ignore reports that Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is set to lavish us with £20billion worth of tax cuts at his spring Budget on March 6. It's not going to happen. Quite simply, he doesn't have the cash.
  
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• 'I'm a finance expert - here's why bailing out banks is wrong and windfall tax won't work'

  25-02-2024 08:00 via express.co.uk
  
  COMMENT: Money Magpie founder Jasmine Birtles analyses proposed solutions to bankers making "astronomical profits" during a cost-of-living crisis.
  
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• Households given one-week warning over claiming £100 energy bill payment

  25-02-2024 07:04 via express.co.uk
  
  The extra help, funded by the government's Household Support Fund, is being handed out by councils and officially ends on March 31.
  
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• State pension age update in Spring Budget could worsen 'distrust' in system

  25-02-2024 07:00 via express.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Britons may soon have to wait until their 70s to claim their state pension, it is feared.
  
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• DWP bank checks timetable revealed - when new crackdown will start

  25-02-2024 06:00 via express.co.uk
  
  The DWP will be able to check bank accounts of all benefit claimants
  
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• Emily Blunt and Anne Hathaway brutally mock Meryl Streep during Devil Wears Prada reunion

  25-02-2024 01:24 via express.co.uk
  
  The Devil Wears Prada cast, Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, and Emily Blunt, hilariously reunited on the 2024 SAG Awards stage.
  
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• State Pension warning as Brits urged not to miss out on crucial £299 cash boost

  25-02-2024 01:01 via express.co.uk
  
  Pensions Minister Paul Maynard has issued a warning for Britons not to miss out on the crucial payment.
  
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