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Business
Oil firms vow to fight judicial review of North Sea oil and gas projects
Two of Europe’s biggest oil companies have vowed to fight two legal cases brought by environmental campaigners against their plans to develop new oil...
Politics
Public sector workers need above-inflation pay rises, says TUC chief
The government should award public sector workers “entirely legitimate” pay restoration deals despite the tough economic backdrop to make up for more than a...
Business
Rachel Reeves is right to scrap Jeremy Hunt’s gimmicky British Isa | Nils Pratley
Were you preparing to do your patriotic duty by investing in a “British Isa”, that late-in-the-day invention of Jeremy Hunt when the last government...
Benefits
UK state pension to rise by more than £400 a year, say reports
The full UK state pension is expected to rise by more than £400 a year as a result of April’s triple lock, according to...
Benefits
The Guardian view on poverty in Britain: desperation in plain sight | Editorial
One of the greatest achievements of the Labour governments in office from 1997 to 2010 was to significantly reduce levels of poverty in Britain....
Bournemouth
Councils in England draining reserves to stay afloat, leaders say
Local authority leaders say they are having to drain their financial reserves to keep services afloat and avoid effective bankruptcy.
A survey of the mid-tier...
Business
Nice auction, but Ed Miliband is still a long way from his 2030 targets for offshore wind | Nils Pratley
It was a “record-setting auction” and “a significant step forward in our mission for clean power for 2030”, trumpeted the energy secretary, Ed Miliband,...
Conservatives
Tom Tugendhat says voters no longer take Conservative party seriously
Tom Tugendhat has said that people will “never vote for a party that they’ve stopped taking seriously”, promising to lead a “Conservative revolution” as...
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Robinson won’t be at Trump’s North Carolina rally Saturday
North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson (R) will not be in attendance when former President Trump rallies supporters in...
LinkedIn Halts AI Model Training in the UK Amid Privacy Concerns
LinkedIn has halted AI model training in the UK after data privacy watchdog and experts raised privacy and...
Top Hezbollah commander killed in Israeli strike, IDF confirms
Israel on Friday took out Ibrahim Aqil, the Hezbollah leader behind a trio of bombing attacks that killed more than 250 Americans in the 1980s —...
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Jennifer Aniston’s Ex Justin Theroux Wishes Her Happy Birthday on Instagram
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