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Starmer’s defence pledges will trigger a tax bombshell

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaks during a visit to BAE Systems in Govan, Glasgow, to launch the Strategic Defence Review. Picture date:...

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Christian May

Google is getting AI wrong

Google owner Alphabet drops AI pledge in favour of national security Google’s AI strategy, though technically impressive, lacks the cohesive...

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Paul Armstrong

Don’t rely on the FCA to stamp out toxic workplace culture

More foreign companies are buying British ones. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images) City bosses shouldn’t wait for the FCA to stamp out toxic...

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Lucy Mcnulty

Don’t forget the arts when it comes to R&D spending

(Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) The UK’s creative economy is worth more than our life sciences, aerospace and automotive industries combined,...

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Hetan Shah

London Tech Week is a chance to take the lead on AI

Division of robot faces using network frames and semiconductors. Rapid advancements in AI – if matched by agile government policy, infrastructure...

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Leon Butler

Repeat after me: Working from home is NOT an ideology

(Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) When work from home becomes a question of culture, not practicality, we have completely lost the point, writes...

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Eliot Wilson

The City of London must embrace its friendship with Saudi Arabia

Prime Minister Keir Starmer meets Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud at the Royal Court on December 9, 2024 in in Riyadh, Saudi...

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Alastair King

Reform’s plans to scrap next zero would cost investors and push up taxes

Nigel Farage speaking at a press conference on 27th May, where he unveiled new Reform UK policies. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) Far from...

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Sam Hall

Burberry’s decline shows British brands can’t trade on heritage alone

(Photo by Ian Gavan/Getty Images) The decline of Burberry should be a cautionary tale for British luxury brands relying on heritage, writes...

31.05.2025 8

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Manfredi Ricca

AI will spell the end of photography

NEW YORK, NY – NOVEMBER 05: Art by Rankin. Mickey: The True Original Exhibition celebrates 90 years of Mickey Mouse’s influence on art and pop...

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Andy Blackmore

Starmer’s EU deal risks stifling the UK’s thriving gene editing sector

(Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) Aligning with EU on genetically modified food and agricultural products will create a regulatory cliffedge for...

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Matthew Bowles

The post-Buffett era is an opportunity for UK small caps

Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Undervalued, small UK companies are ripe for Warren Buffett-style investing, says Edmund Hill-Smith...

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Edmund Hill-Smith

Churchill myths and bad history are no reason to defend the ECHR

Prime Minister Winston Churchill outside 10 Downing Street, gesturing his famous ‘V for Victory’ hand signal, London, June 1943. (Photo by H F...

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Yuan Yi Zhu

Can banning ‘bare beating’ force people to wear headphones on the tube?

Passenger on the London Underground with phone ‘Headphone dodgers’ who listen to music on the tube with the sound up are easy to hate but ‘bare...

30.05.2025 7

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James Ford

How capitalism will conquer space

CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA – SEPTEMBER 09: SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn Falcon 9 rocket sits on Launch Complex 39A of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center as it is...

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Rainer Zitelmann

Reform will make the UK a crypto powerhouse

According to the FCA, around 7m people in the UK now hold crypto (Photo illustration by Edward Smith/Getty Images) Reform will make the UK a...

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Zia Yusuf