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Telegraph future in limbo again as RedBird abandons £500m deal
The future ownership of the Daily Telegraph has been plunged back into crisis after RedBird Capital Partners abandoned its proposed £500m takeover.
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Direct cost of Jaguar Land Rover cyber attack which impacted UK economic growth revealed
The cyber attack on Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), which halted production for nearly six weeks at its sites, cost the company roughly £200m, it has been revealed.
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Budget 2025: Starmer and Reeves ditch plans to raise income tax
Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves have scrapped plans to break their manifesto pledge and raise income tax rates in a massive U-turn less than two weeks from the budget.
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Lloyds clinches £120m deal for digital wallet provider Curve
Britain's biggest high street lender has struck a £120m deal to buy Curve, the digital wallet provider, despite recriminations from shareholders about the distribution of the sale proceeds.
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Budget 2025: The extraordinary impact of a crime on UK growth that Reeves could do without
We'll get to the actual economics in a moment - to the questions of why the economy is flatlining and what it means for Rachel Reeves' forthcoming budget. But before that, let's take a moment to ponder something rather extraordinary.
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Professional services chiefs join chorus of opposition to Reeves tax threat
An influential coalition of leaders from Britain's professional services sector has warned Rachel Reeves that a Budget tax raid on the sector would "stunt growth" in the UK's faltering economy.
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'Staggering' 20-year fall in domestic UK flights - as another form of transport benefits
The number of domestic UK flights has more than halved over the past 20 years, even as global air travel continues to grow.
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Octopus COPs £500m financing boost for electric vehicles arm
The electric vehicle-leasing business which forms part of the same group as Britain's biggest household energy supplier will on Friday announce a £500m extension to its financing war chest.
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Economy grew by 0.1% in third quarter, official figures show
The UK's economic slowdown gathered further momentum during the third quarter of the year with growth of just 0.1%, according to an early official estimate that makes horrific reading for the chancellor.
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Electric vehicle drivers to pay congestion charge in central London
Drivers of electric vehicles (EVs) will have to pay congestion charges in central London early next year - a move described by the AA as a "backward" step.


