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  • Friday, 5 March, 2021
    National Health Service
    Boris Johnson faces backlash over ‘pitiful’ NHS pay offer

    UK nurses’ leaders prepare for strike action as government insists 1 per cent rise is all it can afford

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    UK scraps EU cap on Covid grants for struggling businesses

    Limit to be tripled after some large companies locked out of scheme over state-aid rules

  • Thursday, 4 March, 2021
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    Greensill’s demise shines spotlight on government ties

    With links to a former prime minister, the Australian financier was close to the UK’s corridors of power

  • Wednesday, 3 March, 2021
    UK Budget 2021: essential reading
    Sunak delivers spend now, tax later Budget to kickstart UK economy

    Chancellor’s £65bn 2-year boost to tackle effects of pandemic to be followed by biggest tax rises in decades

  • Tuesday, 2 March, 2021
    UK politics & policy
    Ministers narrow list of niche sectors hit by new UK takeover rules

    Consultation on further scaling back of industries covered in draft legislation continuing amid business concern

  • Saturday, 27 February, 2021
    UK Budget
    UK taxpayer to take more stakes in tech start-ups

    Sunak fund intended for groups that need to scale up to next stage of development

  • Friday, 26 February, 2021
    Carbon trading
    UK carbon trading system to launch in May

    Scheme is the cornerstone of country’s plans to become a net-zero economy by 2050

  • Thursday, 25 February, 2021
    UK Budget
    Tory MPs warned to toe the line over Budget

    Number 10 signals Conservatives face disciplinary action if they oppose finance measures

  • Thursday, 25 February, 2021
    UK Budget
    Sunak to unveil new business loan and scrap emergency schemes

    Programme will have more stringent criteria and seek to wean companies off state support

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    After the pandemic: Sunak signals the UK’s return to fiscal conservatism

    In an era of governments ‘acting big’, the chancellor will use his Budget to argue the borrowing binge cannot go on forever

  • Thursday, 25 February, 2021
    UK regional policy
    Darlington emerges as most likely location for Treasury’s northern base

    Chancellor Rishi Sunak expected to rebuff last-ditch pleas from senior civil servants to pick a city

  • Wednesday, 24 February, 2021
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    Investors look to Sunak for clarity on new UK infrastructure bank

    Chancellor is due to give details of institution’s remit and balance sheet in next week’s Budget

  • Wednesday, 24 February, 2021
    UK business & economy
    UK to extend ban on evicting commercial tenants

    Ministers to give struggling businesses another three months of breathing space to avoid economic shock

  • Tuesday, 23 February, 2021
    Coronavirus treatment
    Covid test being considered as alternative to vaccine passport

    PM acknowledges ‘philosophical’ concerns over introduction of virus status certification

  • Tuesday, 23 February, 2021
    Travel & leisure industry
    Holiday bookings surge after UK unveils plans for lockdown easing

    Stocks buoyed as Brits rush to snap up getaways from private jets to package holidays

  • Wednesday, 10 February, 2021
    UK politics & policy
    Labour attacks £1bn cuts to flagship green homes scheme

    Energy minister admits funding will not be rolled into the next financial year

  • Wednesday, 10 February, 2021
    UK business & economy
    UK in talks with UAE to back life sciences fund

    Public-private investment proposal being finalised by Rishi Sunak

  • Wednesday, 10 February, 2021
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    Should Britons abandon hope of a summer holiday?

    How strict new quarantine restrictions will affect travellers to the UK and those looking forward to a vacation

  • Wednesday, 10 February, 2021
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    UK government pledges extra £3.5bn to tackle cladding crisis

    Almost 4 years after Grenfell disaster, new funds will pay for repairs to unsafe high-rise buildings

  • Wednesday, 10 February, 2021
    Brexit
    Call for UK to rethink £1bn Brexit red tape plan for chemicals

    Letter from 25 industry leaders warns that new regulatory system risks driving business overseas

  • Tuesday, 9 February, 2021
    UK politics & policy
    Travellers to England face jail for hiding trips to high-risk countries

    Health secretary Matt Hancock announces tough new measures as concerns about Covid variants grow

  • Tuesday, 9 February, 2021
    UK industrial strategy
    UK industrial strategy refresh ditched as ministers set out plan for growth

    Chancellor Rishi Sunak to announce post-pandemic economic strategy in the coming weeks

  • Tuesday, 9 February, 2021
    UK business & economy
    Multinationals criticised for UK job cuts after taking cheap Covid loans

    German chemicals company BASF singled out by Labour for moving work to France after receiving £1bn

  • Monday, 8 February, 2021
    UK business & economy
    Travellers entering UK face tougher Covid testing rules

    New regulations to tackle spread of variants will demand all take 2 follow-up tests on top of pre-flight checks

  • Monday, 8 February, 2021
    UK local government finance
    At least 12 English councils in rescue talks as Covid hits finances

    Number could be ‘tip of the iceberg’, amid fall in revenue and loss of payments during pandemic, experts warn

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