12 Feb UK may need fewer regulators, business secretary suggests
Jonathan Reynolds also says competition watchdog must be ‘more agile’ in new strategic mandate
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12 Feb Surge in 18-year-olds applying for UK engineering degrees
University admission data also highlights that students are deserting nursing and teaching courses
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12 Feb Donald Trump will force a fiscal reckoning on Labour
Past governments have broken tax promises as they weigh trade-offs against bigger imperatives and geopolitics
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12 Feb UK economy unexpectedly grew by 0.1% in fourth quarter
Figure marks modest boost for Labour as it seeks to fulfil its pledge to re-energise the economy
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12 Feb How boxed in is Rachel Reeves by UK’s fiscal outlook?
Chancellor faces increasingly onerous task to fulfil pledge on fiscal rules as forecasts worsen
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12 Feb Most of Thames Water’s sewage plants unable to cope with demand
More than half of treatment sites do not have enough tanks or pipes to process volume of waste water, company data shows
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12 Feb UK spending shake-up would allow councils to favour local small businesses
Plan to change public procurement rules to boost local growth and job creation
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12 Feb Long-term investors split with asset managers over climate risk
Insurance groups and pension funds threaten to dump those ‘misaligned’ with retiree objectives
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12 Feb Cornwall’s mystical far west — in the footsteps of Ithell Colquhoun
As Tate stages the first major exhibition of the surrealist artist, Oliver Smith follows her to the ancient stone circles of Penwith
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12 Feb UK spending shake-up would allow councils to favour small businesses, says minister
Plan to change public procurement rules to boost local growth and job creation
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