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Labour puts pressure on Rishi Sunak over Suella Braverman reappointment
He has so far resisted demands to launch an inquiry after she shared a sensitive document with…
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The number of Brits on payrolls surged by 356,000 in June as the economy reopened and hospitality boomed
The UK hospitality sector sharply increased its hiring in June after COVID-19 restrictions were loo…
Harry Robertson
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Disney is offering $1,000 bonuses to recruits who sign up to become housekeepers and kitchen staff, amid the labor shortage
After laying off thousands of employees during the pandemic, Disney is trying to attract new recrui…
Zahra Tayeb
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The Bank of England hikes interest rates to 1%, the highest level since 2009
The UK's central bank, grappling with rapidly rising inflation, on Thursday raised its main interes…
Harry Robertson
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100,000 pigs could be destroyed to clear the backlog caused by a severe labor shortage in UK, says farmers' leader
Farmers' leaders are calling on the government to allow more European workers back into the UK, as …
Bethany Dawson
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UK PM Liz Truss resigns after just 6 weeks, rejected by financial markets and her own party
Liz Truss' tenure was marked by a market crash, major policy u-turns, a changing Cabinet, and her o…
Sinéad Baker
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It's a good time to be a job seeker as UK starting salaries increase at a record rate
The starting salaries being offered by UK firms has risen sharply as firms struggle to recruit, acc…
Stephen Jones
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Rishi Sunak overtakes Labour's Starmer in latest popularity poll
The poll, conducted by Redfield and Wilton, asked 1,500 people who they thought would be a bette…
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US stock futures tread water after S&P 500 hits record high, as focus narrows in on Jerome Powell's Jackson Hole speech
Stock market investors remain hyper-focused on the Federal Reserve and the direction of monetary po…
Harry Robertson
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Layla Moran says Labour's Keir Starmer should be worried if she becomes leader of the Liberal Democrats
Moran said she would turn the Liberal Democrats into a "radical" party of the left if she becomes l…
Adam Payne
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Labour says Boris Johnson's government must answer 'urgent' questions about its Brexit border plans, saying time is running out for businesses to prepare
In a letter obtained by Business Insider, Labour urged HMG to provide the information businesses an…
Adam Payne
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UK unemployment rate hits 4-year high in final quarter of 2020 but data shows 'tentative' signs of stabilizing
Despite the rise in UK unemployment, the data office said that company payrolls had risen slightly …
Harry Robertson
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The UK economy will expand 7% in 2021 on COVID-19 vaccine rollout and Brexit trade deal, Goldman Sachs says
Over half of the country's population is expected to be immunized by March, pointing to a significa…
Shalini Nagarajan
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Britain and the EU's historic Brexit trade deal leaves the fishing industry in the dark, and the service sector in limbo, experts warn
Leaders from the fishing sector are left questioning the new Brexit deal, with many questions still…
Theo Golden
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The worst of Europe's coronavirus recession appears to be over, according to a set of widely-watched business surveys
Output across the euro area grew at the fastest rate in over two years as economies reopened, IHS M…
Shalini Nagarajan
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The failures in Europe's labour markets are 'disgraceful, disgusting and dangerous' - and are crushing growth
"Actually let's not beat about the bush: the educational and job prospects for the children of migr…
Will Martin
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5 things we learned at Labour Party conference
It is said that there is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not bein…