12 Feb Two key steps the UK could take on fiscal pressures and growth
Government should consider handing over inflation target to BoE and issue more index-linked gilts
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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 New UK property listings bounce back as mortgage rates fall
Bank of England interest rate cuts boost residential market activity, say estate agents
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12 Feb UK competition regulator must be ‘less risk averse’, minister will urge
Business secretary Jonathan Reynolds will set out ‘strategic steer’ for CMA on Thursday
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11 Feb More than 100 sites across England bid to become ‘new towns’
Keir Starmer claims construction to start by end of current parliament
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11 Feb Treasury fears UK watchdog will give it little credit for pro-growth reforms
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is braced for a steep downgrade by the Office for Budget Responsibility to its forecasts for output
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11 Feb UK needs air travel reform if it wants third Heathrow runway, says airport boss
Thomas Woldbye confident government is committed to making controversial project happen
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11 Feb Banks slash savings rates after Bank of England rate cut
Dozens of providers reduce rates or withdraw products following BoE move
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11 Feb UK trader wins fight against extradition to US on insider trading charges
UK Supreme Court on Wednesday quashed extradition of Joseph El-Khouri, curbing the reach of US prosecutors
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11 Feb Tory MP’s killer released from UK anti-terror scheme too early, review finds
Prevent’s assessment of Ali Harbi Ali’s vulnerabilities was ‘problematic’ before murder of David Amess
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