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  • Friday, 24 March, 2023
    UK honours system
    Trussonomics thinker and Vote Leave chief on draft list for honours

    Nominations come even though Liz Truss served only 49 days as prime minister

  • Friday, 17 March, 2023
    UK labour disputes
    NHS pay deal could pave way to end other strikes, say UK officials

    Education and doctors’ unionsmove to enter talks follows settlement with health workers in England

  • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
    UK Budget
    UK’s jobs and benefits overhaul aims to reduce economic inactivity

    Chancellor sets sights on 7mn adults who are not in work as campaigners express concerns over medical assessments

  • Monday, 13 March, 2023
    BBC
    BBC strikes deal with Gary Lineker to put him back on air

    Senior management weakened by row over impartiality, insiders say

  • Sunday, 12 March, 2023
    Gary Lineker
    BBC seeks compromise to keep Gary Lineker

    Bosses increasingly confident they can retain sports presenter but pressure mounts on corporation chair to quit

  • Saturday, 11 March, 2023
    BBC
    Sunak calls on BBC to resolve row over Gary Lineker suspension

    Corporation director-general apologises and says he is trying to get sports presenter back on air

  • Saturday, 11 March, 2023
    BBC
    BBC crisis over Gary Lineker suspension mounts as presenters walk out

    Gestures of support for ‘Match of the Day’ host brings widespread disruption to network’s weekend sports coverage

  • Saturday, 11 March, 2023
    BBC
    BBC forces Gary Lineker to ‘step back’ from presenting Match of the Day

    Broadcaster faces mounting internal rebellion after it pulls ex-footballer from programme for remarks about government migration policy

  • Thursday, 9 March, 2023
    BBC
    Gary Lineker confident of position despite remarks over UK migration policy

    Ex-footballer says he ‘looks forward’ to presenting flagship BBC show on Saturday amid debate over impartiality rules

  • Tuesday, 7 March, 2023
    Cost of living crisis
    Hit to UK childcare benefits deters low-income parents from working

    Citizens Advice says squeeze has occurred because of limit on universal credit funds

  • Monday, 6 March, 2023
    UK politics & policy
    UK’s top civil servant Simon Case considers early exit after WhatsApp pressure

    Leaked messages from the cabinet secretary have added to dissatisfaction in Westminster

  • Friday, 3 March, 2023
    UK politics & policy
    Off message: Hancock saga reveals central role of WhatsApp in UK politics

    Contents of archive seized on by anti-lockdown campaigners ahead of public inquiry entering a more public phase

  • Thursday, 2 March, 2023
    Brexit
    Plans to disentangle British and EU laws will cause more uncertainty, poll says

    Brexit, inflation, energy costs and labour shortages were the primary concerns of respondent businesses

  • Wednesday, 1 March, 2023
    UK care homes
    UK government defends handling of Covid in care homes

    Response follows report accusing former health secretary Matt Hancock of rejecting expert advice on testing

  • Tuesday, 28 February, 2023
    Turkey-Syria earthquake
    From ‘paradise’ to hell: how a luxury residence in Turkey became an earthquake death trap

    A collapsed apartment complex symbolises rot in country’s construction system

  • Thursday, 23 February, 2023
    UK public services
    UK public services need more cash to arrest further decline, says damning report

    Situation will be even harder for whoever wins next election, finds Institute for Government

  • Thursday, 16 February, 2023
    News in-depthDominic Raab
    Harsh-marker Dominic Raab awaits his own report card

    Some civil servants say the deputy prime minister is a bully while others defend him as just a ‘demanding’ boss

  • Thursday, 16 February, 2023
    UK outsourcing
    UK business needs to get the next wave of outsourcing right

    Ask not what your country can do for you but what your company can do for the country

  • Tuesday, 14 February, 2023
    Inside Politics
    The Tories may be heading for an epochal battering

    Labour does not have the next election in the bag, but it is time to stop pretending they are not a very heavy favourite

  • Tuesday, 7 February, 2023
    Oil & Gas industry
    Iran’s ‘ghost fleet’ switches into Russian oil

    Sanctions-busting vessels make sudden shift after introduction of oil price cap and other restrictions

  • Wednesday, 28 December, 2022
    Oil & Gas industry
    Quarter of Russian crude shipments in December have used western insurance

    Underwriting of cargoes to India, China and Turkey a sign Vladimir Putin has yet to block sales under G7 price cap

  • Tuesday, 27 December, 2022
    Russian business & finance
    Russian crude being shipped to India under G7 price cap

    Putin had claimed Moscow would not deal with countries observing the restriction

  • Thursday, 22 December, 2022
    UK companies
    UK business needs to brace itself for much higher taxes

    Public service problems make pro-growth policies even more important

  • Wednesday, 7 December, 2022
    Oil
    How a Russian oil tanker tried to conceal its location

    The Kapitan Schemilkin’s spoofing attempts show that Moscow knows how to use sanction-busting techniques

  • Monday, 5 December, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Oil tanker jam forms off Turkey after start of Russian oil cap

    Vessels mass in Turkish waters after Ankara demands confirmation of insurance cover

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