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In a few days the busiest shopping street in Europe will be closed to traffic. The hope is that an unloved and polluted thoroughfare will turn into somewhere that people actually want to spend time
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Airbnb hosts will no longer be able to ask guests to strip beds or wash dishes under the accommodation platform’s new rules.
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Chancellor John Healey announced the creation of an Energy Wealth Fund at the Jackdaw gas approval announcement on Wednesday, with £2bn of funding diverted from the existing National Wealth Fund.
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Musk says ‘there’s a lot of merit’ to potential merger that would require approval of 50% of Tesla shareholders
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Websites around the globe have gone dark after a serious vulnerability was found in a computer language used to build much of the world wide web.
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Bereaved families could face “unconscionable” tax bills because of “chaos” in the civil service pension scheme, the government has been warned.
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European Commission calls accommodation website’s approach to fraudulent listings and phishing scams as ‘absolutely substandard’
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Exclusive: Officials say Miatta Fahnbulleh minded not to give approval in victory for climate campaigners
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The FCA has banned Jeffrey Dawkins, the former chief executive of Vector Wealth Ltd, after he dishonestly acted as a front for a disqualified director using the company to sell high-risk bonds.
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Speaker: Sarah Pritchard, deputy chief executive Event: Investment Association Annual Dinner 2026, Guildhall, City of London Delivered: 20 October 2026 Note: This is a drafted speech and may differ from the delivered ve…
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United Utilities, Environment Agency and local campaigners say 12-mile tunnel could take sewage away from England’s largest lake
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The Chancellor was on a early flight to North East Scotland on Wednesday to announce new North Sea energy approvals as the last set of major economic figures dropped.
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This summer alone, 26 local authorities in the UK had to stop accepting fridges and freezers for recycling. Now the appliances are piling up around the country – with no proper disposal date in sight
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Andy Burnham has told officials to rip up their plans for how to fix Thames Water and present him with more radical options for what to do with the stricken company. Here are some ideas the prime minister is being urged…
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Today I will discuss the role of technology in the future of finance.[1] I will seek to outline the conditions needed for technological innovations to genuinely enhance the economic efficiency of the financial system, f…
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The pace of UK price rises accelerated ahead of John Healey's first Budget, pushed up by sharp increases in petrol and diesel prices.
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UK inflation climbed by more than expected in September to 3.5% after a surge in prices from the conflict in the Middle East that pushed the cost of diesel above £2 a litre.
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The UK government has approved the controversial Jackdaw gasfield in the North Sea, a widely expected move that will nonetheless dismay environmental campaigners and a number of Labour MPs.
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The ECB injects liquidity through its refinancing operations (currently the main refinancing operations and the longer-term refinancing operations, with very long-term refinancing operations and targeted longer-term ref…
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Billionaire, on SpaceX earnings call, says ‘special committees’ exploring idea but no agreement reached yet
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The Independent Football Regulator (IFR) will have “absolute power” to force Manchester City’s owners to sell if they are ultimately found to have run the club improperly, the watchdog’s chair has said.
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Our dependence on internet services of a few key tech companies leaves us vulnerable to cloud failures, bugs and more, experts say
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Move signals Andy Burnham’s commitment to North Sea industry but threatens to undermine Labour’s green credentials
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the French Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) announced that they have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) designed to facilitate consultation and in…