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    Daniela Schwarzer
    It’s time to reset EU-UK relations

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    Tactical voting, negative polarisation and local campaigns could all temper the result

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    Relaxing fiscal rules unlikely to provoke a Liz Truss-style gilts crisis, according to fund managers

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  • Thursday, 20 June, 2024
    Sarah O'Connor
    Zero-hours contracts — an obituary

    These arrangements remain a blight on Britain’s labour market

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  • Thursday, 20 June, 2024
    Education
    University sector calls on Labour to raise tuition fees to ‘stabilise the ship’

    UUK chief urges future government to address higher education funding ‘crisis’ as a matter of priority

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  • Wednesday, 19 June, 2024
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    Extra £38bn a year needed by 2029-30 to ‘revive’ NHS, says think-tank

    Parties ‘need to be honest’ about scale of investment needed to tackle health service crisis in England, warn analysts

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  • Wednesday, 19 June, 2024
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    Officer on Sunak protection detail arrested over alleged bet on timing of UK poll

    Member of political bodyguard unit first to be held since gambling probe launched after admission by Tory MP

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  • Wednesday, 19 June, 2024
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    Poll predicts Rishi Sunak to lose seat in Tory wipeout

    Savanta forecast gives Labour 516 MPs and record majority

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    Tories are ‘politically scarred’ by Liz Truss, says Jeremy Hunt

    Chancellor says his Surrey seat is ‘on a knife edge’ ahead of the July 4 general election

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  • Wednesday, 19 June, 2024
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    UK inflation hits BoE’s 2% target in May

    Rishi Sunak hails ‘very good news’ but markets dial back bets on rate cuts owing to services price pressures

  • Wednesday, 19 June, 2024
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    Rivals demand crackdown on Chinese-founded fast-fashion company ahead of its planned London IPO

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  • Wednesday, 19 June, 2024
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  • Wednesday, 19 June, 2024
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    Price rises for services remain stubbornly high despite the headline rate dropping

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  • Wednesday, 19 June, 2024
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    Labour can increase spending without raising tax

    It involves austerity, some quirks in UK fiscal rules and ensuring government action requires private investment

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  • Wednesday, 19 June, 2024
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    Amazon’s workers at UK warehouse to vote on union representation

    Results of ballot of 3,000 Coventry-based staff due on July 15

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  • Wednesday, 19 June, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    SNP pledges fresh independence talks if it gains majority of Scottish seats

    John Swinney calls on voters to ‘intensify pressure’ for new referendum

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  • Wednesday, 19 June, 2024
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    Ex-Labour minister to lead advisory group Flint Global

    James Purnell is latest appointment with links to Keir Starmer’s party ahead of election

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  • Wednesday, 19 June, 2024
    Daily Telegraph
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    Newspaper group pushed to a loss and warns of ‘potential irregularities’

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  • Wednesday, 19 June, 2024
    Robert Shrimsley
    No, Keir, the real opposition is behind you

    Forget the Conservatives, it is his backbench MPs who will put pressure on Starmer

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  • Wednesday, 19 June, 2024
    Inside Politics
    Potential routes forward for the Tories post-election

    The party can only rebound if its leadership hopefuls learn the right lessons

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  • Wednesday, 19 June, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    UK election updates from June 19: Polls predict heavy defeat for Tories
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