08 Feb UK property yields little cheer for landlords
Latest-quarter data shows the first dip in rental prices outside London since the pre-pandemic era
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07 Feb Starmer sacks health minister over offensive WhatsApp messages
Andrew Gwynne was accused of making racist, antisemitic and sexist comments
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07 Feb Trump has not decided whether to back UK’s Chagos Islands deal
Sir Keir Starmer sought US president’s blessing for lease that will affect joint military base on Diego Garcia
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07 Feb What is to become of the Great British Garden Centre?
Unreliable weather and patchy trading have led to a wilting of gardening sales — but tea and cakes may yet save the postwar institution
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07 Feb Scottish cat flap pits SNP against pet power
Strenuous denials of a clampdown on felines are only feeding suspicions in an animal-loving nation
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07 Feb Tech vs finance: the social wars
No longer the most powerful profession, finance still provides better company
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06 Feb Starmer tells ministers to push ‘further and faster’ for growth after grim economic forecasts
UK prime minister launches fresh attempt to reboot ailing government at six-hour cabinet meeting
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06 Feb Starmer tells ministers to push ‘further and faster’ for growth
UK prime minister launches fresh attempt to reboot ailing government at six-hour cabinet meeting
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06 Feb UK statistics agency to scrap one of main household surveys
Decision comes as ONS struggles with falling response rates to surveys behind headline economic statistics
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06 Feb Judge slams Ofwat and government for not attending Thames Water hearing
Court will decide whether to approve emergency £3bn loan for UK’s biggest water utility
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