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  • Andrew Griffith: My FTSE 100 experience means I know how to balance the books

    Politics

    Andrew Griffith’s fierce interest in politics long preceded his involvement in it.  Aged 26, he appeared in the audience of a 1997 Question Time show, in which host David Dimbleby gave him the opportunity to speak to would-be PM Tony Blair. He didn’t hold back. “You may be the glossy smart marketing, but you haven’t […]

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  • FTSE 100 Live: Stocks shaky as interest rate hike fears hit City

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  • Zack Polanski to stand in by-election for Keir Starmer’s seat

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  • Services sector cuts jobs for nearly two years under cost pressures

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  • My stressful night at London’s ultra luxe £1k a night hotel where I found glass in my food

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  • Uber launches ‘autonomous’ cabs in London

    Transport & Infrastructure
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  • ‘Reckless’ pensions advice: Watchdog slaps ex-Quilter rep with huge fine

    Regulation
    The FCA has launched a consultation to tackle non-financial misconduct.
  • John Lewis boss: UK economy facing a ‘permacrisis’ 

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  • Lloyd’s of London profit slides as bond market jitters bite

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  • M&G: FTSE 100 giant hits out at Rayner’s ground rent cap as it suffers loss

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  • Crest Nicholson slashes housebuilding targets in ‘difficult’ summer

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  • Burnham calls for honesty then sticks his head in the sand

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  • Andrew Griffith: Burnham ‘making up stories’ about my role in Truss Budget

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  • Giving up vegan arm helps Britain’s biggest meatpacker eye profit surge

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  • Badenoch: Cut benefits to fund £10bn defence spending package

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  • Robert Jenrick: only Reform will cut spending and restore confidence in Britain

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  • Mark Kleinman: Healey unlikely to resist clamour for bank windfall tax

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    Mark Kleinman is Sky News' City Editor and writes a column for City AM

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  • Why London’s AI engineers are worth £360,000+

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  • ‘They want business on board’: How Reform UK is wooing City chiefs at its conference 

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Opinion

  • The Capitalist: Tugendhat does the triple lock hop

    Opinion

    Burnham goes to Sainos, Fuse CEO short circuits and Tugendhat flip flops on triple lock; catch up on the latest gossip in The Capitalist.

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  • Robert Jenrick: only Reform will cut spending and restore confidence in Britain

    Opinion
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  • Family businesses are the economy’s great survivors

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  • Paragon MD: Planning system is quashing UK developers’ ambition

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  • The Bayeux Tapestry is British – we should keep it

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  • The Debate: Is university now a waste of money?

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  • £74m for branded condoms? UK must stop spaffing cash on foreign aid

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  • If Dublin can have Bloomsday, London should celebrate Pepys Day

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  • Is Canary Wharf Back? Barclays' Mega Bet
  • The City should prepare for Burnham's tax raid
  • Motor finance compensation in doutbt, Thatcher aide on 'No. 10 North' and: what is co-living?
  • 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
  • Is Canary Wharf Back? Barclays' Mega Bet

    Is Canary Wharf Back? Barclays' Mega Bet

  • The City should prepare for Burnham's tax raid

    The City should prepare for Burnham's tax raid

  • Motor finance compensation in doutbt, Thatcher aide on 'No. 10 North' and: what is co-living?

    Motor finance compensation in doutbt, Thatcher aide on 'No. 10 North' and: what is co-living?

  • Why Andy Burnham Could Spell Disaster for the UK Economy

    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

    Sky buys chunk of ITV, what the City makes of Burnham, and $8m World Cup tickets

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Sport

  • Are financial rules fuelling the Premier League’s record transfer spending?

    Sport Business

    Premier League football’s financial regulations may have been designed to control transfer spending but they actually incentivise it, argues Danny Hill. Premier League clubs spent a record £3.46bn this summer. Around 38 per cent of deals were between Premier League clubs, up from 30 per cent last year, according to Reuters.  The obvious explanations are […]

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  • Why the smart money should be on rugby sevens

    Sport Business
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  • Good Good CEO departs after defiant response to ‘misogynistic’ Callaway ad storm

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  • Fifa World Cup ticket ‘misbehaviour’ warning to MPs over UK’s Sporting Events Bill

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  • Greater fool theory helps to explain Premier League’s record £3.5bn transfer window

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  • Formula 1 chiefs cool speculation of 12th team on grid

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  • Fulham owner Khan sees his £1bn stadium construction project take next steps

    Sport Business
  • Arsenal owner Kroenke takes total US franchise spend this summer to £23bn

    Sport Business

Life&Style

  • My stressful night at London’s ultra luxe £1k a night hotel where I found glass in my food

    Life&Style
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  • What’s On This September In London

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  • Regit and City AM join forces to drive automotive engagement

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  • Two of my favourite hotels for celebrating English wine

    Life&Style
  • Vraic: The Michelin-starred restaurant putting Guernsey on the map

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  • Lost Village festival review: is this posher than Wilderness?

    Life&Style
  • Jaguar reveals the Type 01’s screen-free interior

    Life&Style
  • Scotch Malt Whisky Society’s Caskmaster 2026 championship comes to London

    Whisky
  • Inside Cristiano Ronaldo’s £20m car collection

    Life&Style

The Punter

  • Give Emit some Love in the Ebor

    Sport

    EUROPE’s richest handicap, the Ebor (3.35pm), headlines Saturday’s card from York. We’re already in a good position in this fiercely competitive contest, having taken an ante-post position on EMIT at 25/1 a few weeks ago. Joseph O’Brien’s four-year-old looks set to go off as one of the favourites for this, with a current best price […]

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  • Tony worth Ten Bob in the City of York

    Sport
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  • Rayevka can carry Nunthorpe back to France

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