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    • Friday, 31 March, 2023
      UK trade
      UK strikes agreement to join Asia-Pacific trade bloc

      Sunak hails accession to CPTPP as Britain seizing post-Brexit opportunities despite controversy

    • Wednesday, 29 March, 2023
      Climate change
      UK and EU boost co-operation over new carbon border tax

      Joint pledge to tackle climate signals warming relations between London and Brussels

    • Wednesday, 29 March, 2023
      Brexit
      UK re-entry into EU Horizon programme threatened by cash dispute

      Britain seeks to reduce contributions to €95bn research network seen as vital by country’s scientists

    • Wednesday, 29 March, 2023
      UK trade
      Britain set to join transpacific trade group

      Accession talks expected to be completed in days

    • Tuesday, 28 March, 2023
      UK labour disputes
      UK Treasury to provide extra funding for NHS pay deal

      Hope that any resolution may aid other public sector settlements, but schools dispute still acrimonious

    • Monday, 27 March, 2023
      Labour Party UK
      Humza Yousaf SNP win seen as ‘great opportunity’ for UK Labour party

      Rishi Sunak’s allies believe Kate Forbes would have offered more constructive relations with the UK government

    • Monday, 27 March, 2023
      EU defence
      EU and UK ramp up talks on defence co-operation

      Northern Ireland deal paves way for dialogue on cyber security and counter-terrorism

    • Friday, 24 March, 2023
      UK politics & policy
      UK government expected to offer energy companies windfall tax relief

      Lower fuel prices spur hopes the levy will be reformed as sector is being encouraged to invest in new projects

    • Friday, 24 March, 2023
      UK honours system
      Trussonomics thinker and Vote Leave chief on draft list for honours

      Nominations come even though Liz Truss served only 49 days as prime minister

    • Friday, 24 March, 2023
      Brexit
      Britain and the EU adopt post-Brexit deal on Northern Ireland

      Formal signing ends months of tensions over issue of region’s trading arrangements

    • Thursday, 23 March, 2023
      UK interest rates
      February inflation surprise sealed Bank of England rate rise

      Central bank’s forecast for inflation is softer than in February

    • Thursday, 23 March, 2023
      Brexit
      Sunak eyes fresh talks with EU after rout of Tory Eurosceptics

      Downing Street looks to build on success of Northern Ireland trade deal vote and boost relations with bloc

    • Wednesday, 22 March, 2023
      Rishi Sunak
      Rishi Sunak paid more than £400,000 in tax last year

      Majority of tax paid went to capital gains on the UK prime minister’s blind trust

    • Wednesday, 22 March, 2023
      Brexit
      Sunak wins vote on post-Brexit Northern Ireland deal

      Windsor framework passed by 515 votes to 29 despite revolt by three ex-Conservative leaders

    • Wednesday, 22 March, 2023
      UK inflation
      UK inflation jumps unexpectedly to 10.4% in February

      Economists and Bank of England had forecast a decline from January to 9.9%

    • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
      State pension
      Ministers delay plan to lift UK state pension age to 68 as life expectancy falls

      Tory MPs worried move would spark backlash after retirement tax break for wealthy

    • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
      UK inflation
      Hunt insists Bank of England should keep focus on curbing inflation

      Ensuring prices fall remains UK government’s ‘first priority’, chancellor tells parliamentary committee

    • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
      UK government spending
      UK government lifts ban on official contracts for Bain

      Global management consultancy had been barred in August due to its role in a South Africa corruption scandal

    • Monday, 20 March, 2023
      UK financial regulation
      Labour calls for review of impact of financial sector uncertainty on UK

      Letter to chancellor in wake of turmoil at banks in US and Europe

    • Monday, 20 March, 2023
      Brexit
      DUP to vote against key part of Rishi Sunak’s Brexit deal

      Northern Ireland’s biggest unionist party concerned about Stormont’s ability to reject EU laws

    • Friday, 17 March, 2023
      InterviewLunch with the FT
      Michael Heseltine: ‘The adults are back in charge’

      The Tory grandee on turning 90, ‘levelling up’ Liverpool — and whether Britain will rejoin the EU

    • Friday, 17 March, 2023
      UK Budget
      Hunt drops plans for sovereign wealth funds to pay corporation tax

      Proposals would have removed what some see as an unfair advantage over other institutional investors

    • Thursday, 16 March, 2023
      UK labour disputes
      Pay deal for NHS workers in England paves way to end strikes

      Trade unions representing nurses and other staff agree to recommend offer to members

    • Thursday, 16 March, 2023
      UK Budget
      Labour vows to reverse Jeremy Hunt’s pension tax break for well-off

      Opposition party accuses chancellor of having the wrong priorities amid the cost of living crisis

    • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
      UK Budget
      Hunt’s Budget offers £9bn business tax break and surprise pension boost

      Chancellor also extends free childcare of one- and two-year-olds in fiscal plan to increase workforce

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