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Why the UK’s economic upturn is a false dawn for the Tories
The good news for the U.K. government is the economy is doing slightly better than expected. The bad news is it’s surely going to take…
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Don’t just wait for the water firms – three things we can do right now to clean up Britain’s rivers
Simon Corrall / shutterstock Britain’s rivers and coasts are polluted – there’s no escaping that fact – and water companies are coming under more and…
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UK economy grows 0.2 percent thanks to June surge
The U.K. economy grew surprisingly strongly in the second quarter of 2023, as a manufacturing rebound in June rescued a period that seemed doomed to…
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Tory Splits Erupt Over Calls For UK To Quit European Court Of Human Rights
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) Grand Chamber in Strasbourg. Tory splits have erupted over calls for the UK to quit the European Court…
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UK migration policy has ‘failed’, says Tory deputy chair
LONDON — Britain’s ruling Conservatives have “failed” to get undocumented migration to the U.K. under control, the party’s own deputy chair Lee Anderson has told Nigel…
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UK Holidaymakers Driving To France Urged To Bring This One Thing
Smiling woman and man packing their travel bags into car trunk If you are treating yourself to a road trip to France in the near…
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How the work of Adam Smith could help solve the UK skills gap
Tackling the UK’s productivity problem will require long-term public investment in quality education aimed at closing the skills gap and boosting equality – a plan…
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UK election watchdog targeted in ‘hostile’ cyberattack
LONDON — The U.K.’s election watchdog, the Electoral Commission, has announced that it was the subject of a complex cyberattack last year in which its…
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Rock Follies review: powerful new musical brings 1970s feminist TV sensation to the stage
Rock Follies was a groundbreaking television series about an all-female rock band that originally aired for two seasons in 1976 and 1977. It wove fantastical,…
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Storm Antoni: why naming storms is a risky business
Storm Freya pounds the lighthouse at Porthcawl Point, in Brigend, Wales, on March 3 and 4, 2019. Bryn J Morgan | Shutterstock Since 2015, the…
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