I have already noted this morning the imminent shutdown of the US Federal government as a result of Trump and Musk demanding that the US
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One of my colleagues told me that she was hanging up her keyboard for Christmas yesterday. There was nothing unusual, it seems, about Christmas break
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The Bank of England did not cut interest rates yesterday, although three of the nine members of the Monetary Policy Committee wanted to do so
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Democracy is based on the principle of rule by the people – all of whom stand equal in the process. But with the money he’s
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According to the FT: London rents rose at the fastest pace on record in November, according to official data that highlights the intensifying pain for
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There is a theme in this morning’s news. The FT has named Donald Trump as their person of 2024. What is apparent is that 2025
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There is no video, again, this morning. But we are planning to meet to organise a resumption of recording once the impact of the plague
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This chart comes from the Monetary Policy Committee quarterly report to the Bank of England published in early August 2024: It shows that the Bank
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As the Guardian reported yesterday: A property company linked to Guy Hands has agreed to sell 36,000 military homes to the UK’s Ministry of Defence for almost
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