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UK consumer spending ‘rebounds’ in August

Retail sales rise at annual rate of 4.1% after boost from holiday…

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Apple and Microsoft clash with EU over ‘gatekeeper’ label for iMessage and Bing

Brussels aims to curb Big Tech as it lists services to be…

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Concrete evidence: UK’s school buildings failure goes back decades

Capital outlay has fallen short for a long time punctuated by occasional…

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Rishi Sunak on the back foot at start of new political year

Prime minister contends with schools crisis and looming by-elections as MPs return…

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Economists downgrade global prospects for 2024

Also in this newsletter: China blasts US, leaky Britain, G20 tensions Today’s…

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un plans to visit Putin to discuss arms sales, US says

Moscow is seeking more weapons supplies from Pyongyang to use in Ukraine…

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An end to ‘naivety’ for EU trade rules

Brussels prepares to respond to unilateralist US and more coercive China with…

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Companies now need to be more careful in denials of wrongdoing

US court ruling strikes blow against businesses that dismiss accusations with a…

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Rishi Sunak faces new by-election after MP loses appeal over suspension for groping

Panel confirms penalty for former Tory deputy chief whip Chris Pincher UK…

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