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  • Standard Life snaps up Aegon UK for £2bn to create savings giant

    Investing

    Standard Life has snapped up the UK’s largest investment platform Aegon UK in a £2bn deal. The FTSE 100 giant – previously known as Phoenix Group – said the deal would create the UK’s top retirement savings and income business with near 16m customers and £480bn in assets under administration. Standard Life expects an annual […]

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  • FTSE 100 Live: Stocks set for jittery open as Trump eyes ‘grand bargain’ with Iran

    Markets
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  • ‘Complex risks’: Jamie Dimon strikes cautious tone as JP Morgan profit beats target

    Banking
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  • ‘Entirely avoidable’: Build-to-rent housebuilding slows as London planning wait doubles

    Property
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  • IMF slaps UK with biggest growth downgrade of any G7 country 

    Economics
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  • Tesco nears crucial update as Iran war threatens food inflation

    Retail
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  • Quantum and AI drive UK startup funding to $7.8bn in 2026

    Tech
    Oxford University spinouts showcasing innovation and entrepreneurship in a business setting
  • Morgan Stanley and Goldman Space X IPO plan to curb post-float selloff

    Tech
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  • The mysterious media moguls behind London’s pink slime propaganda machine

    Life&Style
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  • Axel Springer’s Telegraph takeover given government green light

    Media
    Hosking has been working with the owner of the New York Sun to gain control of the Telegraph for months.
  • New EU entry system hits Brits — But what are your rights?

    Transport & Infrastructure
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  • From Jaffa Cakes to National Insurance: How to fix Britain’s mad tax system – according to the experts

    Tax
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  • Wall Street bankers’ bonuses leapfrog City in ‘less impressive’ year

    Banking
    Private Credit
  • Tax fears mount: Most Brits unhappy with Labour over energy price rise 

    Politics
    Keir Starmer is one of the most unpopular politicians in the UK, new polling has shown.
  • ‘Vandalism’: Reeves and Starmer slammed over defence spending

    Politics
    Rachel Reeves will look to offer entrepreneurs tax breaks in her battle to keep her headroom intact.
  • Can vapes save Imperial Brands?

    Business
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  • BP toasts to ‘exceptional’ oil trading after Iran volatility

    Energy
    BP said it expects gas marketing and trading to be "weak" in the first three months of 2025.

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  • Britain’s most AI-exposed sectors foot biggest tax bill

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  • Look East to understand how AI is shaping the future

    Opinion
    UK innovation summit highlights research excellence as key economic differentiator at pre-budget event
  • ‘I fired the board that fired me’: TGI Fridays boss on restaurant turnaround

    Hospitality
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Opinion

  • The Debate: Should cultural landmarks have equal pricing for benefits claimants?

    Opinion

    As discounted tickets for those on benefits kicks off a Twitter storm over ‘fairness’, we hear both sides of the argument in the Debate.

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  • London’s unlikeliest tech hub? The Ideal Home Show

    Opinion
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  • Historians won’t care about Starmer’s international diplomacy

    Opinion
  • The FCA’s new targeted support regime risks further confusion for consumers

    Opinion
  • IMF downgrade Reeves is gaslighting voters on energy crisis

    Opinion
  • The OECD is right about the £100k dead zone where work doesn’t pay

    Opinion
  • Labour’s international law credo is costing us

    Opinion
  • Britain is far poorer than people think

    Opinion

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Sport

  • Manchester United’s £10m boost; £5k Masters gnomes and Southgate TikTok

    Sport Business

    Manchester United are set for a £10m boost from kit sponsor Adidas if, as now seems likely, they qualify for the Champions League. The club sit third in the Premier League with a seven-point cushion over sixth-placed Chelsea, despite Monday’s shock defeat by struggling Leeds United. Uefa confirmed last week that the top five Premier […]

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  • Trump-linked crypto firm Nexo in Fifa World Cup deal with Messi’s Argentina

    Sport Business
  • Darts drives Matchroom profit as promoter warns of gambling law impact

    Sport Business
  • Neville rivals Lineker media empire after The Overlap buys out YouTuber Goldbridge

    Sport Business
  • Tottenham Hotspur hospitality: Trendsetting innovation in action

    Sport Business
  • Leeds United investor buys stake in Spanish giants Atletico Madrid

    Sport Business
  • Champions Cup hits attendance lows as Leinster crowds slump at Aviva Stadium

    Sport Business

Life&Style

  • A Doll’s House at the Almeida: Thrilling, steamy and ambitious

    Life&Style

    A Doll’s House | Almeida | ★★★★☆ As Oscar Wilde probably never said, “Everything in the world is about sex, except sex. Sex is about power.” I can’t think of a pithier summary of this propulsive, steamy, ambitious retelling of Ibsen’s most enduring play, A Doll’s House. In this thoroughly modern version by Anya Reiss, […]

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  • The Last Supper: Michael Socha on his mum’s Sunday roast

    Life&Style
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  • The mysterious media moguls behind London’s pink slime propaganda machine

    Life&Style
  • The Crime Lord: Peter Capaldi on the manosphere, London and rocking out with his band as he approaches 70

    Life&Style
  • Aziz Ansari talks cooking and writing over dinner at Hoppers

    Life&Style
  • Why I love hotel restaurants – and two of my favourites

    Life&Style
  • The very best wine pairings for steak and fine cuts of meat

    Life&Style
  • What’s on in April

    Partner

The Punter

  • Ooh Betty a Cracking bet in Scottish Champion

    Sport

    AFTER last weekend’s Grand National, attention over jumps switches to Ayr for the Scottish track’s biggest day of the season this Saturday, featuring the Scottish Grand National and Scottish Champion Hurdle. Last season, the race for the Trainers’ Championship between Willie Mullins and Dan Skelton saw Ayr become a key battleground, and while that’s not […]

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  • Burke to Converge on Newbury with winning double

    Sport
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  • Galaxy and Fun can be Fantastic for Shum

    Sport
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