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• Scotland to pay borrowing premium in £1.5bn bond market push

  14-11-2025 06:00
  Deputy first minister Kate Forbes says extra cost of ‘kilts’ issuance worth it to build credibility with investors
  
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• A Brexit survival strategy that shows Starmer’s days are numbered

  11-12-2025 13:25
  Labour will need a different leader if it pursues a policy of rejoining the EU customs union or single market
  
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• 2024 election was a failure for Conservatives and Labour

  11-12-2025 10:30
  Vote shattered Tories’ standing, while Labour failed to convince public on taxes and win support of key voter bloc
  
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• Yes, the BoE thinks about QT value for money. But does the MPC?

  11-12-2025 07:30
  BoE ≠ MPC
  
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• UK pledges to spend extra £1.5bn on NHS medicines as part of Trump tariff deal

  11-12-2025 06:00
  Outlay over next 3 years is in return for the US exempting British pharmaceutical imports from tariffs
  
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• Revolut’s kitesurfing leader is an asset to Britain

  11-12-2025 06:00
  Nik Storonsky is demanding and disruptive but he is building a world-leading bank
  
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• Britain’s focus on headroom misses the fiscal forest for the trees 

  11-12-2025 06:00
  The bond market’s big-picture assessment of the country’s finances offers lessons for the government
  
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• Boom at the inns: UK pub groups raise a glass to festive cheer

  11-12-2025 06:00
  Bumper Christmas bar bookings avert bleak midwinter for sector
  
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• Exiled Hong Kong activist target of sexually explicit harassment campaign

  11-12-2025 03:10 via bbc.com
  The campaign saw letters containing fake images of Carmen Lau sent to her neighbours.
  
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• Google DeepMind to build materials science lab after signing deal with UK

  11-12-2025 01:01
  Big Tech group will work with Sir Keir Starmer’s government to enhance AI use across public sector
  
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• Last minute offer may avert strike by resident doctors

  10-12-2025 23:00 via bbc.com
  Deal put forward by ministers includes rapid expansion of training posts, but no promises on pay.
  
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• Ex-Olympic swimmer Sharron Davies among new peers

  10-12-2025 22:57 via bbc.com
  Downing Street announced 34 new peers to "correct" an imbalance againstLabour in the House of Lords.
  
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• Intensive work continuing on Ukraine plan, European leaders say after Trump call

  10-12-2025 22:49 via bbc.com
  Ukraine is at a "critical moment", the leaders of Britain, France and Germany say after a joint call with Donald Trump.
  
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• UK government suffers fresh setback to flagship workers’ rights legislation

  10-12-2025 21:58
  Row over cap on unfair dismissal payouts in House of Lords threatens to delay delivery of manifesto pledge
  
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• Why local constabularies are under threat from Labour’s policing overhaul

  10-12-2025 20:34
  Councillors worry about loss of local officers where 43 constabularies could be reduced to 12 under one proposal
  
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• Ministers poised to push for reform of police forces in England and Wales

  10-12-2025 20:34
  Councillors worry about loss of local officers where 43 constabularies could be reduced to 12 under one proposal
  
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• Iceland boss included in 25 new Labour peers

  10-12-2025 20:02
  Keir Starmer has become increasingly frustrated by House of Lords attempts to curb government bills
  
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• MPs criticise delay to violence against women strategy

  10-12-2025 19:58 via bbc.com
  The government's strategy to tackle the issue has already been pushed back three times this year.
  
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• Palestine Action hunger strikers call for urgent meeting with ministers

  10-12-2025 19:50 via bbc.com
  Lawyers for eight remand prisoners waiting to go on trial say they could die in prison as part of their protest.
  
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• Council tax rises not ruled out after Plaid-Labour budget deal

  10-12-2025 19:19 via bbc.com
  Welsh rates of council tax could still rise, according to a councillor, despite budget deal.
  
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• Return to EU customs union would ‘unravel’ UK trade deals, Starmer warns

  10-12-2025 19:14
  British prime minister delivers his strongest rejection yet of calls to rejoin bloc
  
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• European ministers back ECHR plan to tackle illegal migration

  10-12-2025 18:13 via bbc.com
  Countries in the treaty - including the UK - will negotiate a "political declaration" to make it easier to deport migrants.
  
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• Fine intimidating balaclava wearers £100, MP says

  10-12-2025 18:09 via bbc.com
  Darlington MP Lola McEvoy says "it's not right" people are avoiding parks because of the youths.
  
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• PMQs: Starmer dismisses 'caretaker PM' label as Badenoch attacks government's record

  10-12-2025 18:03 via bbc.com
  Starmer dismisses 'caretaker PM' label from Badenoch at PMQs
  
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• Don't let Trump interfere with UK democracy, Davey tells PM

  10-12-2025 17:22 via bbc.com
  The Lib Dem leader criticises US national security strategy, which warns Europe faces "civilisational erasure".
  
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• Trump attack on London mayor is wrong, says No 10

  10-12-2025 16:44 via bbc.com
  Sir Keir Starmer's press secretary says Donald Trump's comments about the London mayor were "wrong".
  
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• Too many unauthorised pre-Budget leaks, says Reeves

  10-12-2025 15:24 via bbc.com
  The chancellor tells MPs many of the stories leaked to the media were inaccurate and "very damaging".
  
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• Reform defends selection of Bangladeshi candidate

  10-12-2025 15:07 via bbc.com
  Addy Mo Asaduzzaman, 23, has indefinite leave to remain in the UK after studying in Portsmouth.
  
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• Reeves reserves right to take action ‘at any point’ to support public finances

  10-12-2025 14:04
  UK chancellor believes decision to bolster fiscal headroom will mean she does not need to take extra steps in spring
  
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• FCA boss promises more pro-growth measures in letter to Starmer

  10-12-2025 13:00
  Nikhil Rathi says UK financial regulator will encourage more lending to small businesses
  
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