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After I’m A Celebrity, Matt Hancock’s Real-Life Trials Are Only Just Beginning
Matt Hancock, Westminster’s reality-TV MP, may have only just returned from the cringe-inducing bushtucker trials of the Australian jungle, but…
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Democrats move to make South Carolina, not Iowa, first primary voting state
Democrats voted Friday to remove Iowa as the leadoff state on the presidential nominating calendar and replace it with South…
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November unemployment fell for Hispanic workers and Black women, while holding steady overall
A Now Hiring sign at a Dunkin’ restaurant on September 21, 2021 in Hallandale, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images…
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Here’s where the jobs are for November 2022 — in one chart
The U.S. job market beat expectations again in November, adding 263,000 payrolls led by the service sector. Leisure and hospitality…
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The unbearable uselessness of crypto
Andrés Velasco, a former presidential candidate and finance minister of Chile, is dean of the School of Public Policy at…
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Senate passes bill to prevent rail strike, rejects measure providing paid sick leave
The U.S. Senate on Thursday voted 80-15 in favor of a bill that would prevent a rail strike by imposing…
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Appeals court ends special-master review of Trump documents, in win for Justice Department
WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court on Thursday ended an independent review of documents seized from former President Donald Trump’s…
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Lands’ End stock dives after surprise loss and revenue decline, as gross margin contracts and inventories jump Shares of Lands’…
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There are 50 million people in modern slavery – the City ‘can and should do more’
The City must step up to tackle modern slavery, according to leading campaigners, amid warnings the UK government is failing to prevent a…
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U.S.-Backed Researchers Use AI to Probe for Weaknesses in Drug Supply Chains
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has approved research that will use artificial intelligence to delve into drug supply chains…
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Apollo poaches new chief pensions strategist from state government
Connecticut state treasurer Shawn Wooden is joining Apollo Global Management as a partner and chief public pension strategist to help…
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Foreign Office Accused Of ‘Insulting’ Sexual Violence Survivors Over Conference Invite
The foreign office has been accused of insulting survivors of sexual violence by inviting a former ally of Slobodan Milosevic…
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Senate passes landmark bill protecting same-sex, interracial marriages
WASHINGTON — The Senate passed bipartisan legislation Tuesday to protect same-sex marriages, an extraordinary sign of shifting national politics on the issue…
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IMF head joins chorus calling on China to adapt COVID strategy as officials pledge to boost vaccinations among elderly
The head of the International Monetary Fund on Tuesday joined the chorus of people urging China to adopt a more…
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‘A rail shutdown would devastate our economy’: Biden urges Congress to head off potential strike
OMAHA, Neb. — President Joe Biden on Monday asked Congress to intervene and block a railroad strike before next month’s…
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China’s zero-COVID strategy makes no sense and its homegrown vaccines are not ‘particularly effective,’ says Fauci
Widespread protests across China over the government’s zero-COVID policy dominated pandemic headlines Monday, with Anthony Fauci, President Joe Biden’s chief…
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Asset managers face divided regulation over ESG investing
The political divide over the role that environmental, social and governance factors should play in state pension investments stands to…
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Brexiteer Owen Paterson Claims He Has ‘No Choice’ But To Sue Government In European Court
Prominent Brexiteer Owen Paterson has claimed he has “no choice” but to sue the government in the European courts over…
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Tory Rising Star Dehenna Davison Says She Will Quit At The Next General Election
Dehenna Davison has become the latest Tory MP to announce they will not be standing at the next general election.…
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Bahamas bear the brunt of FTX’s brutal collapse
NASSAU, Bahamas — Last year, an FTX executive walked into a bank office here and put $4.5m of the company’s…
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Labour Unveils Plans To Boost Black Representation In Wake Of Forde Report
Labour is unveiling plans to boost Black members’ participation in the party following a series of rows, HuffPost UK understands.…
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Question Time Audience Applaud Suggestion To Boot Matt Hancock ‘Out Of Politics Tomorrow’
Matt Hancock came up again on this week’s BBC Question Time, as his time in the I’m A Celebrity…Get Me…
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Michael Gove Warns That ‘Tens Of Thousands’ Of UK Homes Are Not Safe To Live In
Michael Gove has admitted that “at least” tens of thousands of homes in the UK are unsafe to live in.…
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Hackers Temporarily Take Down European Parliament Website
The European Parliament’s website was briefly disabled by a denial-of-service cyberattack on Wednesday, hours after lawmakers passed a resolution labeling…
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UK government mulls changes to MiFID II equity research rules among package of measures to boost City
The government is planning to announce a package of measures to boost the City and its provision of finance to…
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FTX Hires Ex-Regulators to Investigate Firm’s Collapse
Cryptocurrency exchange FTX, whose recent collapse has led to questions about lacking regulatory oversight, has hired a fitting team to…
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Toxic combo of poor regulation and UK government’s reckless budget triggered pension blow-up, witnesses say in inquiry
A toxic combination of leverage, poor regulation and a reckless UK government budget drove the extraordinary blow-up of the pension…
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Speaker Lindsay Hoyle Raps Rishi Sunak For Giving Long Answers In Rowdy PMQs
Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle rapped Rishi Sunak after he failed to give short answers during a rowdy session of prime…
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COP27 was criticised, but what did it get right?
T here has been a lot of criticism of COP27, just as there was for COP26 in Glasgow and each…
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Ex-Minister Blasts Tory MPs For ‘Pulling Up The Ladder’ Following Housing Rebellion
A Conservative former cabinet minister has warned that the Tory vote in London is collapsing over the failure to build…
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Ex-Conservative Party treasurer Malik Karim on Truss’ tenure: ‘I’d be lying to you if I told you it wasn’t a challenge’
Navigating the uncertainty of Liz Truss’s tenure as prime minister was a “challenge” for former Conservative Party treasurer Malik Karim,…
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Tory Who Told MPs To ‘Shut Up’ Failed To Declare 17 Properties In Commons Clash
A Tory MP who told three female Labour frontbenchers to “shut up” failed to declare that he owns 17 properties…
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China announces first COVID deaths in months and unveils restrictions in Beijing and Guangzhou
China’s zero-COVID strategy was back in the headlines on Monday, after the country announced its first COVID deaths in nearly…
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Autumn Statement: City workers hit with new taxes as Hunt takes aim at dividends and capital gains
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has upped the tax burden on City workers through changes to dividend and capital gains treatment in…
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Autumn Statement: Rachel Reeves slams government for protecting banker and private equity bonuses
Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves has hit out at chancellor Jeremy Hunt for protecting the bonuses of bankers and private equity…
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Mohamed El-Erian warns UK to walk back budget or ‘unleash bond vigilantes’
The UK should wind back from its promises to cut tax, renowned economist Mohamed El-Erian has warned. Referring to another market…
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Brexit did hurt the City’s exports – the numbers don’t lie
David Wighton is a columnist for Financial News Part of the reason that arguments about the economic impact of Brexit…
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Why London and the EU still need a financial services deal
Andreas Dombret is a former executive at the German central bank and a global senior adviser with Oliver Wyman Europe’s financial…
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U.K. Government Seeks Further Easing of Data Protection Rules
BRUSSELS—The U.K. government is considering revisions to a data-protection bill it proposed in July that would relax rules businesses must…
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Nancy Pelosi steps down as leader of House Democrats after two decades
Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday said she will no longer serve as the top Democrat in the U.S. House of…
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Xavier Rolet: Clearing is the ‘litmus test’ for London’s global crown
The former chief executive of the London Stock Exchange Group Xavier Rolet said London’s ability to hold on to clearing services…
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Rachel Reeves Blasts Tory ‘Pickpockets’ After Hunt’s Autumn Statement
Rachel Reeves has accused the Tory chancellor of “pickpocketing” the public in his autumn statement. Labour’s shadow chancellor said Jeremy…
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Autumn Statement 2022: Jeremy Hunt Hammers The Rich To Help Fill £55 Billion Black Hole
High earners will have to pay more tax under Jeremy Hunt’s plan to fill a £55 billion hole in the…
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British spy boss says Beijing’s moves to control tech, digital currency and markets threatens global security
Beijing’s efforts to exert control over technology both internationally and within China’s borders threaten future global security and freedom, the…
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Autumn Statement: What to expect from the chancellor
The new chancellor of the exchequer Jeremy Hunt will address UK parliament on 17 November with an Autumn Budget announcement…
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BoE ‘will need to extend’ gilt support, says ex-pensions minister
Former Conservative pensions minister Baroness Ros Altmann says it is “highly likely” the Bank of England will need to continue…
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Bill protecting same-sex and interracial marriages clears key Senate hurdle
WASHINGTON — Legislation to protect same-sex and interracial marriages crossed a major Senate hurdle Wednesday, putting Congress on track to…
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At COP27 climate summit, Brazil’s Lula says Amazon deforestation to stop
Six weeks before taking power, Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Wednesday told a packed crowd at the…
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Opinion: No, an indictment wouldn’t end Trump’s run for the presidency – he could even campaign or serve from a jail cell
Donald Trump announced his 2024 run for the presidency on Nov. 15. In his address he railed against what he perceived…
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Binance policy head tells MPs: ‘We didn’t cause FTX crisis’
Binance has told MPs that chief executive Changpeng ‘CZ’ Zhao was not responsible for the crisis that engulfed FTX —…
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