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Where are Andy Burnham’s economic advisers?

Politics

Andy Burnham’s allies boasted that highly-regarded economists had been lured as advisers. Mauricio Alencar and Ali Lyon report on the non-appointments of some of Britain’s best economists – and what the Prime Minister and Chancellor’s new teams look like. In the end, all it took was a few rumours. In the weeks leading up to […]
FTSE 100 Live: Stocks to rise as oil drops after US-Iran deal ‘being circulated’

FTSE 100 Live

Opinion

The Debate: should we release female prisoners to make space for men?

Opinion

Could an answer to the prison overcrowding crisis be to let out women offenders? Two writers go head to head Yes: We are locking up women who’ve been failed by the system Right now, prisons contain women who shouldn’t be there. Prison doesn’t work and it harms women. Almost 70 per cent of women in […]
The only answers to over-tourism are prices or queues

Opinion

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Why Andy Burnham Could Spell Disaster for the UK Economy
Sky buys chunk of ITV, what the City makes of Burnham, and $8m World Cup tickets

Sport

Gary Lineker forks out £10k to save England amputee team’s World Cup dream

Sport Business

Gary Lineker and a group of private backers have come to the rescue of the England men’s amputee team while the Football Association refuses to fund them. The governing body stopped its financial support in 2006 and, despite now backing seven para teams, still excludes the amputee side. The England team, Nations League winners in […]
Tour de France Femmes: World famous cycling race plunged into bra row

Sport Business

The Punter

Twilight and Thunder the Calls at Shergar Cup

Sport

SOME of the world’s best jockeys will line up at Ascot this Saturday for Flat racing’s annual team competition, the Shergar Cup. This year’s edition looks a high-class one, with the decision to move the Curragh’s Group One Phoenix Stakes to Sunday meaning that both Ryan Moore and Dylan Browne McMonagle are free to compete. […]
Keep Emit and Cover Up your sleeve for York

Sport
Diamond’s Brilliance can dazzle in the Nassau

Sport

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