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  • Monday, 14 April, 2025
    British Steel Ltd
    UK government secures raw materials for British Steel furnaces

    China warns against politicising crisis at Scunthorpe plant after ministers step in to take control

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  • Monday, 14 April, 2025
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  • Monday, 14 April, 2025
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    Ministers urged to review Beijing’s role in critical national infrastructure and supply chains

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    Global turmoil makes Britain’s productivity predicament even worse

    The situation is dire and only active policymaking is going to make a difference

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  • Sunday, 13 April, 2025
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    Why did the UK rush to save British Steel and what happens next?

    Government now has tricky task of running a costly and complex industrial operation

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    Leading British tech groups explore moving headquarters in effort to tap deep-pocketed American investors

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    Reeves looks to nurture ‘green shoots’ of UK economic growth

    Chancellor welcomes striking official data as allies set out ‘four-pronged response’ to Trump tariffs

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  • Friday, 11 April, 2025
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    UK economy surpasses expectations to grow 0.5% in February

    Figure comes as Rachel Reeves contends with impact of Trump tariffs

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  • Thursday, 10 April, 2025
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    UK hails Universal theme park as ‘vote of confidence’ in Britain

    PM Keir Starmer to confirm Universal visitor attraction that will bring an estimated £50bn boost for economy

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    Prices for used Teslas drop in US and Britain

    Glut of former fleet cars may explain fall rather than link to Elon Musk

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  • Monday, 7 April, 2025
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    Government proposes lighter regulatory regime in push to encourage investment

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  • Monday, 7 April, 2025
    Universal closes in on deal to build ‘Project Nectarine’ UK theme park

    Ministers hope Bedford attraction will boost ambitions to develop Oxford-Cambridge corridor

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  • Monday, 7 April, 2025
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    Greenpeace raises threat of new legal challenge to UK oil and gasfields

    Developers will have to reapply for consent for Rosebank and Jackdaw projects after landmark Finch ruling

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  • Sunday, 6 April, 2025
    Electric vehicles
    EV targets watered down to help tariff-hit UK car industry

    New rules will allow manufacturers to sell full hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles until 2035

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  • Friday, 4 April, 2025
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    Labour raises prices fivefold for UK business engagement events

    Party says tickets will cost £5,000 excluding VAT

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  • Wednesday, 2 April, 2025
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    English authority led by Ben Houchen told to improve use of public money

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  • Wednesday, 2 April, 2025
    Chris Giles
    Britain’s fiscal framework is not fit for purpose

    There is nothing accountable or legitimate about unelected officials setting taxation and spending policy

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  • Monday, 31 March, 2025
    Banks and tech groups commit to live data-sharing in UK fraud clampdown

    Industry-led initiative promises to beat existing scam-monitoring systems

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  • Monday, 31 March, 2025
    Martin Wolf
    Fiscal tweaks won’t solve Britain’s growth problem

    The government must embark on a much more radical programme of structural reforms

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  • Friday, 28 March, 2025
    Heathrow Airport Holdings Ltd
    Heathrow boss warns airlines risk having to pay £1bn for better power system

    Thomas Woldbye says airport will review case for upgrading grid connections after outage that shut hub for nearly 24 hours

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  • Thursday, 27 March, 2025
    Next PLC
    Next warns Labour’s worker rights reforms threaten ‘huge burden’ for employers

    UK fashion retailer says employment rights bill could cause ‘havoc’ for employers as group posts record £1bn profit

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  • Thursday, 27 March, 2025
    British Steel Ltd
    Thousands of British Steel jobs at risk as it considers closing blast furnaces in June

    Chinese-owned group will start consultation on cutting roles, it told workers on Thursday

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  • Thursday, 27 March, 2025
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    Belfast magnet recycling start-up offers rare earth promise

    Ionic Technologies says it is the only company outside China able to separate the four most valuable oxides

    A sample of neodymium, extracted from recycled magnets, is prepared for analysis by a woman in a laboratory
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