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Business confidence in the economy falls, says Bank of Scotland

The Times/The Sunday Times 31 Jan 2025
Hello and welcome to our daily digest of business, financial and economic news from around Scotland. The Bank of Scotland business barometer found headline confidence down by two points to 42 per cent. GETTY. 1 ... UK. Scotland ... Oliver Wright ... Greig Cameron ... .
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Rachel Reeves refuses to say whether people will feel better off

The Times/The Sunday Times 31 Jan 2025
Will people feel better off by the end of this year? When The Times interviewed Rachel Reeves, it was the one question she was unable to answer ... “This is a whole parliament project to make people better off.” ... IAN FORSYTH/PA ... UK ... Oliver Wright ... .
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Critics hit back at Starmer’s ‘attack’ on judicial review

The Times/The Sunday Times 30 Jan 2025
Plans to block “excessive” challenges to planning decisions in large infrastructure projects will continue the Conservatives’ attack on judicial review and risk increasing costs, lawyers warn ... UK. Law. Related articles. IN DEPTH ... Oliver Wright ... .
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Lord Mandelson: I was wrong to criticise Donald Trump

The Times/The Sunday Times 29 Jan 2025
Lord Mandelson has admitted his previous criticism of Donald Trump was “ill-judged and wrong” as he lavished praise on the president in an interview with Fox News ... UK. Politics. Related articles ... Caroline Wheeler ... .. Oliver Wright. ... .
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The glaring contradiction at the centre of Labour’s growth agenda

The Times/The Sunday Times 29 Jan 2025
Rachel Reeves’s speech on growth presented an inherent contradiction. Taken at face value the chancellor is evangelistic about the need to grow the economy. Economic growth, she said, should run through everything the government is doing ... Oliver Wright.
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UK climate plan will not set targets for farmers and other sectors

The Times/The Sunday Times 29 Jan 2025
Farmers, carmakers, energy firms and companies in other sectors will not be set individual targets for how much they must slash emissions to meet Sir Keir Starmer’s new climate goal ... UK. Environment ... Oliver Wright ... .
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Heathrow expansion plans face extra hurdle from airspace corridors

The Times/The Sunday Times 29 Jan 2025
Plans for a third Heathrow runway face failure unless an overhaul of London’s outdated airspace regulations can be fast-tracked to avoid years of legal challenges from those who live under flight paths ... UK. Politics. Related articles ... Oliver Wright ... .
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We need to tell the truth about what motherhood does to women

The Times/The Sunday Times 29 Jan 2025
Puzzles. Challenge yourself with today’s puzzles. Crossword. Polygon. Sudoku. This article was first published in August 2024 ... A lot of them went with “mattress company” and some thought it might be a lingerie brand ... Life & Style ... Oliver Wright ... .
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The 7 takeaways from Rachel Reeves’s speech — from Heathrow to Trump

The Times/The Sunday Times 29 Jan 2025
The chancellor said she was “upbeat and optimistic about our country’s prospects” as she insisted that a slew of reforms would deliver tangible improvements in living standards before the next election ... Emblematic of Reeves’s. UK ... Oliver Wright ... .
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Fears grow that Isis fighters could escape after US aid freeze

The Times/The Sunday Times 29 Jan 2025
British officials fear Islamic State fighters and their families could escape from camps and prisons in northeastern Syria after Donald Trump put a sweeping freeze on US aid across the world, The Times understands ... UK. Defence ... , New York ... Oliver Wright.
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Rachel Reeves speech live: Labour lays out plans to boost economy

The Times/The Sunday Times 29 Jan 2025
What you need to know. Rachel Reeves will give a speech in Oxfordshire this morning in which she will lay out the government’s plan to achieve economic growth over the next parliament ... 17 minutes ago. 8.14am ... BEN WHITLEY/PA ... 7.55am ... REX ... UK ... Oliver Wright ... .
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Keir Starmer: We’ll cut the weeds of regulation and let growth bloom

The Times/The Sunday Times 28 Jan 2025
Growth is the defining mission of this government. It is the only way to deliver our Plan for Change and put more money in people’s pockets. The only cure for the sickness of stagnation and decline ... Oliver Wright ... .
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What are Labour’s plans to boost growth? The key economic policies

The Times/The Sunday Times 28 Jan 2025
Sir Keir Starmer has pledged to “hardwire” boosting growth into every policy decision taken by his government ... • Starmer vows to ‘hardwire’ growth goals into Whitehall ... Rachel Reeves will use her speech on Wednesday to endorse. UK ... VIDEO ... Oliver Wright ... .
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Bristol may be first English city to face monthly black bin collection

The Times/The Sunday Times 28 Jan 2025
Bristol could become the first city in England to collect black bins once a month in an effort to cut costs and increase the rate of recycling ... The council is aiming to make a decision in the spring ... UK. Politics ... Oliver Wright ... .
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Keir Starmer invokes Margaret Thatcher as he goes for growth

The Times/The Sunday Times 28 Jan 2025
Sir Keir Starmer has compared his government to Margaret Thatcher’s as he pledges to cut through “thickets of red tape” to clear the way for growth ... HULTON ARCHIVE/GETTY IMAGES ... On Wednesday Rachel Reeves will. UK. Politics ... Video Icon ... Oliver Wright ... .

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