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Are we facing an AI jobs apocalypse?

Is AI coming for your job? Police in Cornwall are on the hunt for a masked vandal seen on CCTV spraying “AI will take our jobs” across multiple...

yesterday 10

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Tech

Pubs face ruin because Labour simply does not understand business

Angela Rayner, Rachel Reeves and Sir Sadiq Khan. Jonathan Brady/PA Wire Whether it’s your after work favourite or your home local – whether you...

yesterday 9

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Video

Labour MP Callum Anderson: Securing Starmer’s visit to London Stock Exchange took months

Each week, we dig into the memory bank of the City’s great and good. Today, Callum Anderson, Labour MP and former adviser to the London Stock...

yesterday 2

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Anna Moloney

It’s time for Starmer to choose: is he a lawyer or a leader?

The international, rules-and-rights-based order is crumbling in the face of Trump’s brute force. This leaves career human rights lawyer Keir...

yesterday 2

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Alys Denby

Got an oyster card? Then you’d better get used to paying more for less

The Mayor of London, Sir Sadiq Khan, has this morning announced a £1.4m cash injection for community sport across the capital. If freezing rail...

yesterday 2

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James Ford

AI will end the ‘fish disco’ thinking that’s strangling Britain

Image generated by ChatGPT The bottleneck to progress isn’t engineering, it’s an absurd inability to consider trade-offs that has led to decisions...

yesterday 2

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Samuel Albanie

Why business owners are telling the next generation to give up on Britain

These measures aim to give founders alternatives to selling early or seeking for Despite the government’s lofty pledges to be the “start-up hub of...

previous day 6

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Matthew Elliott

US military won’t invade Greenland, but Wall Street Warriors might

A US military invasion of Greenland would be self-defeating, but both sides have a great deal to gain from harmonious financial and industrial...

previous day 6

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James Gray

The Debate: Should we bring back Saturday jobs?

Employment tsar Alan Milburn says the decline of the Saturday job has left young people ill-prepared for work, but is it true? We put two experts...

previous day 6

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Anna Moloney

Robotaxis are coming – how will London respond?

Image generated by Chat GPT The planned launch of autonomous ride services, starting with Uber in 2026, marks a major shift for London’s streets,...

previous day 5

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Paul Armstrong

Slow Berne: The UK-Switzerland financial services agreement is a quiet Brexit victory

The Berne Financial Services Agreement is a mature, alignment and recognition deal that replaces regulatory empire building with mutual...

previous day 5

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Tim Focas

Starmer risks killing the great British pub

Pubs are suffering under a mountain of state-imposed burdens Everyone has a favourite pub. It might be one you go back to on holiday or it could...

previous day 30

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Christian May

I’m an AI expert, so how did I get gaslit by ChatGPT?

Accountants warn AI tax advice is now costing UK firms real money If Lewis Liu, AI founder and safety expert, was left questioning himself then...

tuesday 10

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Politics

Banning junk food ads is a big, fat mistake

Byron Burgers has been saved by a well known Gen Z investor An absurd ban on advertising “unhealthy” food is nanny state overreach on steroids,...

tuesday 10

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Oliver Dean

Starmer promised to ‘rewire the state’ so why is the civil service bigger?

Civil service headcount has reached a 20-year high, bigger than it was during Brexit or Covid. Yet more proof that this Prime Minister’s only...

tuesday 6

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Eliot Wilson

No prosperity without national security

National security is the cornerstone on which all successful economies are built. It is the protective layer around both our society and our...

tuesday 5

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Brandon Lewis

2026 will be all about hard power

Trump's raid on Venezuela offers lessons for friends and foes The season of peace on earth and good will to all men did not last long, and while...

tuesday 2

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Politics

Business rates reform must even playing field between high street and online

Bricks and mortar businesses are being unfairly punished by outdated business rates in need of reform, writes Ros Morgan Promised business rate...

tuesday 6

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Ros Morgan

London’s future will be determined by choices, not rhetoric

The UK services sector suffered another jobs decline in December. 2026 will be the year the City moves from post-Brexit design to delivery, says...

tuesday 4

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Chris Hayward

Venezuela proves farce of political forecasting

If history teaches us anything, it’s that political forecasters almost always get it wrong. Just look at Venezuela, writes Paul Ormerod Following...

tuesday 1

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Paul Ormerod

The ultimate Sunday Scaries: How to cope with the January return to work

Gemini-generated image of January 4th 2026. Forget Blue Monday, the Sunday before going back to work after the Christmas break may be the scariest...

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Anna Moloney