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Strengthening workplace protections in UK could bring benefits for both sides | Richard Partington

Sixty years ago when Harold Wilson spoke of harnessing the “white heat” of technology to remake Britain, he warned there was no room for...

Germany faces a rude economic awakening

Germany’s Mittelstand of medium-sized family owned businesses, many of them heavily geared...

Putin seizes $100m from Google to fund Russia’s war machine

Russian authorities have seized more than $100m (£76m) from Google to fund...

Britain could be a sci-tech superpower – if the Treasury stopped holding it back | Will Hutton

Just how bad is the economy? The chancellor, Rachel Reeves, warns that hard choices on tax, spending and borrowing need to be made on...

Labour is choosing ideology over what’s good for the economy

During the election campaign, Labour promised it “won’t raise taxation on working...

What could Asda and Morrisons move away from self-checkout mean?

Getty ImagesBut Fazilet Hadi, head of policy at Disability Rights UK, said customers should not have to ask for a staffed till to be...

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov arrested at French airport

Telegram chief executive Pavel Durov has been arrested by French police at an airport north of Paris.Mr Durov was detained after his private jet...

Truss calls for probe into Bank of England as bond crash ‘not my government’s fault’

The Bank of England began raising rates in December 2021 and market...

Government plans to improve UK workers’ rights ‘lack crucial details’, says top thinktank

The Labour government’s highly publicised plans to improve workers’ rights and end years of stagnating wages, insecure jobs and in-work poverty are full of...

‘This is the future’: why turbines that float could be the new wave in British wind power

Head 10 miles out from the coast of Aberdeen in Scotland and a cluster of five giant wind turbines spin at a height of...

‘I wouldn’t wish this on anyone’: the food delivery riders living in ‘caravan shantytowns’ in Bristol

Two lines of dirt-encrusted, ramshackle caravans stretch along both sides of a road close to the motorway that winds its way into the heart...

How the e-scooter boom turned to bust after a British backlash

However, the sector has since turned to bust amid a public backlash...

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