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    • Friday, 29 September, 2023
      Bank of England warns lenders over loan loss estimates

      Action needed to tackle ‘elevated’ risk in models used to determine loan charges, says regulator

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    • Friday, 29 September, 2023
      UK money supply contracts as higher interest rates weigh on lending

      Annual growth in amount of money in the economy has turned negative for the first time since at least 2010

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    • Friday, 29 September, 2023
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      UK water company Severn Trent to raise £1bn to tackle pollution

      Customers’ bills to rise almost 37% by end of decade under new five-year spending plan

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    • Friday, 29 September, 2023
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      UK economy makes stronger recovery from pandemic than previously estimated

      Revised data from ONS shows Britain is not worst G7 performer

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    • Friday, 29 September, 2023
      UK agriculture
      UK rural land risks being forested over in corporate ‘greenwashing’

      Minister warns of farmland turned over to tree planting and other carbon offset schemes

    • Friday, 29 September, 2023
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      How UK inheritance tax compares internationally

      Conservatives reported to be considering scrapping estates levy

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    • Friday, 29 September, 2023
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      How to make Isas even nicer

      The chancellor is ‘open to ideas’ about reforming tax-free accounts, so what could investors expect?

    • Friday, 29 September, 2023
      Moira O'Neill
      Investing for income in the ‘new normal’

      Cash savings rates are attractive, but may not pay off in the long term

    • Friday, 29 September, 2023
      UK energy
      UK streamlines planning for £20bn plan to bring power from Morocco

      Xlinks project seeks 25-year contract with government to guarantee a fixed electricity price

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    • Friday, 29 September, 2023
      Camilla Palladino
      Sunak’s electricity network plans aim to break the gridlock

      The current approach to designing, approving and building the UK’s grid is too fragmented

    • Thursday, 28 September, 2023
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      UK ringfencing: circular thinking only pays lip service to deregulation Premium content

      Modest easing of requirement is just a nod to pressure to deregulate the UK’s stagnating markets

      The UK treasury has issued proposals to modestly ease ringfencing
    • Thursday, 28 September, 2023
      Nuclear energy
      Will Britons accept burying nuclear waste in their backyard?

      People in Lincolnshire are divided about the case for an underground disposal facility for radioactive material

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    • Thursday, 28 September, 2023
      Northern Ireland
      UK fined by European Court of Justice in precedent-setting case

      Higher than expected penalty by EU court highlights how bloc’s rules still apply due to N Ireland’s single market ties

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    • Thursday, 28 September, 2023
      Bank of England
      Bank of England plans permanent lending facility for non-banks

      UK central bank says facility is needed as risks from financial institutions such as insurers and pension funds rise

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    • Thursday, 28 September, 2023
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      Housebuilding in England jumps as developers seek to avoid new energy rules

      Project starts increased by 75% in second quarter

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      England’s drinking water watchdog seeks powers to directly impose fines

      There has been a sharp rise in cases concerning water quality, the regulator has warned

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    • Thursday, 28 September, 2023
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      Will Heathrow’s third runway finally go ahead?

      A new chief executive and a boom in travel could resurrect the stalled project. But rising costs and environmental concerns stand in the way

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    • Thursday, 28 September, 2023
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      Steel traders raise alarm over imports by Tata Steel UK

      Companies warn they are unable to import benchmark steel product cheaply under current import quota scheme

    • Wednesday, 27 September, 2023
      UK house prices
      UK home sellers increase discounts to secure deals, Zoopla data shows

      Reductions rose in September to 4.2% of original asking price, the highest level since early 2019

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    • Wednesday, 27 September, 2023
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      Liverpool has more stable jobs than other regions, research says

      But employees in north and Midlands struggling more than those in south to find fair pay and predictable hours

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    • Wednesday, 27 September, 2023
      UK energy
      National Gas explores paying UK households to turn down heating

      Energy network operator to run a trial to reduce gas demand if shortages loom

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    • Wednesday, 27 September, 2023
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      Party officials shift focus to making independent schools pay VAT and business rates in event they win power

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    • Wednesday, 27 September, 2023
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      Oilfield approval reignites debate over UK’s green transition

      Also in this newsletter: Trump troubles, HS2 hullabaloo, flying taxis

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    • Wednesday, 27 September, 2023
      Pensions
      UK savers continue to raid pensions as inflation takes its toll

      £4bn withdrawn between April and June this year

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    • Wednesday, 27 September, 2023
      UK energy
      UK regulators approve plans for new Rosebank North Sea oilfield

      Move condemned as ‘reckless’ by climate change campaigners

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