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Chancellor Rachel Reeves to change public finance rules to borrow more for investment
Rachel Reeves will rewrite the government's fiscal rules in next week's budget to allow her to increase borrowing for public investment by around £50bn.
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Government spending plans not enough to stop falling public investment
The chancellor will need to spend an extra £20bn by the end of the parliament to maintain public investment at its present levels.
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Frasers Group demands Boohoo fires CEO and appoints its founder Mike Ashley
Frasers Group, the owner of Sports Direct, House of Fraser and Flannels, has written to Boohoo ordering it to sack its chief executive and appoint Frasers founder Mike Ashley instead.
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Reaction Engines reassures staff about salary payments amid rescue talks
Reaction Engines, the British hypersonic aviation pioneer, has moved to reassure employees that they will be paid this month as talks aimed at rescuing the company continue.
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Ministers to kick off fresh search for £130,000-a-year football referee
The government will begin a fresh search for a chair of the new football watchdog later this week after curtailing an earlier hunt when the legislation required to establish it was stymied by the general election.
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Boeing workers reject latest offer as company says it's losing tens of millions every day
Boeing staff have rejected the latest 35% pay rise, committing to further strikes as the company faces massive losses and delivery delays.
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Labour under pressure to fix local services in budget as councils insist there is no more 'fat to cut'
Folkestone has been drawing in crowds in recent years with regeneration and private developments transforming parts of this port town on the Kent coast.
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UK could see 'end of clubbing' with 10 venues closing a month
Without urgent intervention the UK looks set to see "the end of a clubbing era that has defined generations", according to industry experts.
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Public investment 'badly needed' to prevent UK's national debt rising to risky levels, IMF warns
Public investment in new technologies and the energy transition is "badly needed" to drive growth in the UK and prevent the national debt rising to risky levels, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned.
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Sale and supply of single-use vapes to be banned
The government is to ban the sale and supply of single-use vapes by next summer.