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  • Thursday, 17 April, 2025
    John Thornhill
    Three ideas to energise British tech

    A vibe shift is needed to close the gap between the UK and Silicon Valley

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  • Wednesday, 16 April, 2025
    Military technology
    UK tests microwave weapon to disable drone swarms

    ‘RapidDestroyer’ uses a high-power radio frequency to fry systems at a distance

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  • Wednesday, 16 April, 2025
    News in-depthUK housebuilding
    Brick shortage threatens to stall UK housebuilding — is wood the answer?

    Timber construction is cheaper, faster and greener, but has struggled to gain traction in England

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  • Tuesday, 15 April, 2025
    EU immigration
    UK and France in talks over a migrant returns agreement

    Britain would be able to deport one person in exchange for the French sending another individual the other way

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  • Friday, 11 April, 2025
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    Starmer vows to pass emergency law ‘in one day’ to save British Steel’s Scunthorpe site

    Prime minister announces recall of parliament as government races to prevent closure of UK’s last two blast furnaces

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  • Friday, 11 April, 2025
    Ewan Gibbs
    Nationalisation is no spectre haunting British manufacturing

    Public ownership could be the saviour of the UK’s remaining steel industry

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  • Thursday, 10 April, 2025
    Whitehall reform
    Cabinet Office to axe a third of roles in Whitehall overhaul

    Department to shed 2,100 jobs as civil service braces for further cuts

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  • Thursday, 10 April, 2025
    UK schools
    Union boss calls for mandatory smartphone ban in UK schools

    Government has ruled out a legal change as concerns mount over children’s mental health

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  • Wednesday, 9 April, 2025
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    How Britain misuses its fiscal watchdog

    Limited spending buffers and poor support undermine the OBR

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  • Wednesday, 9 April, 2025
    Rebecca Harding
    Now is the moment for a multilateral defence bank

    Deterrence is a shared asset — and a shared responsibility

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  • Tuesday, 8 April, 2025
    UK politics
    Starmer criticises watchdog for not ‘scoring’ jobs impact of welfare reforms

    UK PM’s comments will be seen as warning shot across bows of Office for Budget Responsibility

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  • Tuesday, 8 April, 2025
    Nearly half of English councils cut family support spending last year, data show

    Figures underscore challenge government faces in meeting its child developmental targets before end of this parliament  

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  • Tuesday, 8 April, 2025
    UK immigration
    UK Home Office’s reform of graduate visas runs into opposition

    Education department at odds with plan to curb number of overseas students allowed to stay in Britain

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  • Monday, 7 April, 2025
    High-risk UK science agency seeks to boost healthy life and tackle bio threats

    Labour wants the Advanced Research and Invention Agency to drive innovation and growth

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  • Sunday, 6 April, 2025
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    UK to scrap or merge more quangos in anti-regulation drive

    Government wants to close superfluous agencies and bring responsibility for decisions back in-house

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  • Saturday, 5 April, 2025
    Miranda Green
    Your call is important to us . . . please hold

    The 1.52bn hours a year Britons spend on personal admin are both enraging and hitting our productivity

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  • Thursday, 3 April, 2025
    UK immigration
    UK cuts portion of foreign aid budget spent on asylum seekers in Britain

    Costs have fallen because fewer hotels are being used and migrant returns have risen sharply

  • Thursday, 3 April, 2025
    War in Ukraine
    Europeans look to Nato assets for Ukraine peace force

    Officials examine use of command and control systems and early warning aircraft

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  • Wednesday, 2 April, 2025
    UK defence spending
    UK floats plan for joint European fund to ‘stockpile’ weapons

    ‘Supranational’ vehicle would purchase for participating states at more favourable borrowing rates

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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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  • Wednesday, 2 April, 2025
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    Anywhere But Here — deadly crossings and an asylum system fraught with further dangers

    A former diplomat’s unflinching account of migrant journeys to Britain advocates for more humane and practical reforms

  • Tuesday, 1 April, 2025
    Work Watch
    The enduring pay gap for disabled people

    Ministers say welfare cuts will help more benefit claimants into employment — but work doesn’t always reward everyone fairly

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  • Monday, 31 March, 2025
    UK immigration
    UK border security chief aims to cut small boat crossings by half

    Martin Hewitt says there is ‘no quick answer’ to problems of irregular migration to Britain

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  • Saturday, 29 March, 2025
    UK Spring Statement 2025
    Spring Statement: what the next six months has in store for your money

    Where will the cards fall before the autumn Budget?

  • Friday, 28 March, 2025
    News in-depthLabour party UK
    Reeves’ drive for security leaves Labour beset by uncertainty

    The UK chancellor has made herself a prisoner of market movements, while the party’s MPs fret over how cuts will go down

    Rachel Reeves
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