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IMF warns Bank of England against cutting interest rates

Economics

The Bank of England must keep interest rates on hold for as long as risks from the Iran war persist, the International Monetary Fund has said. In its annual temperature check of Britain’s economic outlook, the fund warned rate setters to keep monetary policy “sufficiently restrictive” to avoid sparking a painful bout of inflation that […]
FTSE 100 Live: Stocks rise despite IEA warning of ‘critical’ oil issue

Markets

Opinion

Starmer’s final act will expose firms to more bogus equality claims

Opinion

In his final days, Keir Starmer has opened the door to employees being able to challenge pay differences between entirely different jobs if predominantly staffed by people of different races, and a tribunal determines those – entirely different jobs – to be of ‘equal value’. says Tom Harwood As Keir Starmer bows out after two […]
CFIT CEO: There’s still not enough diversity in the City

Opinion

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

Sport

What can the Rugby World Cup learn from US nailing of Fifa World Cup?

Sport Business

With a United States Rugby World Cup just five years away, Ollie Phillips asks what can the sport learn from the Fifa World Cup. Sitting here in the UK looking across the Atlantic to a World Cup mainly staged in the United States, it is difficult not to get just a little bit excited about […]
World Cup demand pushes price of private jet charters up 30 per cent

Sport Business

The Punter

Clyde and Honour look keys to crack Hackwood

Sport

WHILE this Saturday brings a slightly more low-key racing programme than of late, there’s still plenty of competitive action to look forward to. Newbury’s Group Three Hackwood Stakes (3.02pm) is a race that has a good ante-post shape to it, with the market leaders looking vulnerable in my eyes. Marvelman and Kind Of Blue set […]
Appleby sprinter has Annaf in hand for Stewards’ Cup

Sport
Thunder and Crimson can flash home at season finale

Sport

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