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Catch the latest Financial News EventsUK braces for price rises driven by Iran war as economic confidence plummets
Consumer confidence hit its lowest level since October 2023 this month, with surveys showing the cost pressures companies are facingConfidence in the UK economy has fallen sharply amid the mounting economic fallout from the Iran war, surveys show, as businesses...
Olly Robbins refused to give Mandelson vetting summary to Cabinet Office, says Cat Little
In evidence to MPs, Cabinet Office top civil servant disputes that her department suggested vetting might not be neededUK politics live – latest updatesThe Foreign Office refused to hand over a summary of Peter Mandelson’s security vetting to the civil servant tasked...
‘I felt like I’d stumbled on a cheat code’: what is the burned haystack dating method?
Being on dating apps can feel like looking for a needle in a haystack – so Dr Jennie Young devised a technique to burn it down and find better matchesIt was 2023, and Dr Jennie Young was sick of online dating. She was looking for a partner, and instead all she found...
Has Starmer’s sacking of Olly Robbins backfired? – podcast
After Keir Starmer’s statement to the House of Commons and gripping evidence from the sacked top civil servant Olly Robbins, Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey talk about how the story of Peter Mandelson’s vetting for his job as UK ambassador to the US, which was first...