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Government to review UK regulators in hunt for post-Brexit ‘advantages’

regulation

The government has committed to review the UK’s sprawling regulatory system today in a bid to strip back red tape and find “post-Brexit regulatory advantages”. In a statement today, business secretary Kemi Badenoch said the government would kick off an “in-depth review” of how regulators work in the UK. The aim of the new deep […]
Hunt announces civil service hiring freeze as he aims to shrink the state

UK Politics

Conservative Party Conference 2023

Coutinho: Firms to be given more rooftop space for solar

energy

Businesses will be able to use more of their rooftops to generate solar power to reduce the technology’s presence in the countryside.
Hunt announces civil service hiring freeze as he aims to shrink the state

UK Politics

Opinion

Labour’s spending promises have been backed into a corner by a frail economy

Eliot wilson

Starmer’s U-turn on the charitable status of schools is the latest about-turn on key Labour policy as the party finds its commitments backed into a corner by a fragile economy, writes Eliot Wilson
Tough new US tech laws could open up a whole new UK market

Iain Mansfield

Lifestyle

Untitled F*ck M*ss S**gon Play: A tough slog at the Young Vic

theatre

Kimber Lee’s Untitled F*ck M*ss S**gon Play had me right up until the moment when it didn’t. It’s a work filled with righteous indignation about the portrayal of Asian people in popular fiction, from Madam Butterfly to Miss Saigon to a thousand other white, colonial fantasies about mystical “orientals”. The same story is essentially acted […]
Harry Potter star Michael Gambon, who played Dumbledore, dies

HARRY POTTER

Sport

Ratcliffe contemplating minority Manchester United bid, reports

your move

British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe is reportedly contemplating a new bid for Premier League club Manchester United that would see the Ineos chemicals company owner seek a minority 25 per cent stake in the Old Trafford outfit. Ratcliffe was seen to be in a two-horse race with Qatari Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad Al Thani for […]
Ali 50 guides England to win in last Cricket World Cup warm-up

knocked

M&A Talk

More Consolidation Ahead for Europe’s Consumer Sector?

City Talk

Europe’s consumer industry has suffered as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and has had to adjust quickly to survive. Lockdowns froze physical players and e-commerce provided a lifeline for survival for some. But the easing of restrictions did not necessarily help: consumer behaviours have clearly changed and retail footfall has not recovered to pre-pandemic […]
Women in M&A: Challenge Accepted

City Talk
What are the key factors that can sink M&A?

City Talk

Rugby World Cup – sponsored by City Index

Blood, sweat and tiers: Rugby needs Tier Two teams, they cannot be banished into shadows

blood, sweat and tiers

We have seen England topple debutants Chile 71-0 and New Zealand beat Rugby World Cup stalwarts Italy 96-17 but the biggest issue this tournament has seen is established Tier Two sides such as Romania fall victim to long-term neglect. Because when you look at their last 10 fixtures Romania have scored just 152 points, averaging […]
Wales momentum could take them to Rugby World Cup final

opinion

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