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Government nationalises British Steel

Industrials

The government has brought British Steel under state ownership after the steelmaker’s nationalisation passed a public interest test. The Prime Minister said the move “secured the future of British steelmaking”, and follows the introduction of fresh legislation that made it easier for ministers to forcefully nationalise steel companies. Scunthorpe-based British Steel has appointed a revamped […]
FTSE 100 Live: Stocks to drop after Trump tells Iran to ‘behave’ after strikes

Markets

Opinion

Forget Burnham, what will Starmer do next?

Opinion

The end of a premiership means finding an epilogue, so what will Keir Starmer’s be, asks John Oxley Around the summer parties of Westminster, the key conversation is “What will Andy actually do?” The presumptive PM has always been something of a political enigma (or weathervane, depending on your perspective). He has been out of […]
The Debate: Should political donations be capped at £100,000?

Opinion

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Sport

Sport expects true fan Andy Burnham to take a leaf out of John Major’s book

Sport Business

Andy Burnham was Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport for 16 months in Gordon Brown’s cabinet. This was a time in which shirt and tie was the required political dress code for swinging in a children’s playground in Brixton with the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Family, one Ed Balls. Burnham’s […]
Sushidog investor pumps seven-figure sum into golf sim brand ahead of Open

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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