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Black Friday – bargains can’t beat experience?
By Georgina Procter Friday 27 November, is the UK’s tenth Black Friday; the American tradition that was introduced to the UK by Amazon in 2010...
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The Spending Review: Sobering economic news and ‘tough choices’
By Gareth Jones Today, the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, set out the government’s spending review amid some stark and sobering figures on the state of the...
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Can Click and Collect save the high street?
By Andrew Adie Reform of the UK’s mail system could mean that Post Offices no longer have to exclusively handle post and parcels for Royal Mail and...
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I’d take lockdown over gridlock
By Alex Reid Before the second national lockdown I had to go back to my family home in Gloucestershire to attend a funeral. Despite the circumstances...
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Spending Review: Did the "Whatever it takes" Chancellor live up to his nickname?
Fraser Raleigh, former Conservative Special Adviser to the Cabinet Office, gives his view on the Chancellor's Spending Review Today’s Spending Review...
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Letter from Sydney
By Jodie Brough Hard to believe that Christmas is almost upon us here in sunny Australia after an extraordinary year. There is a strong sense that the...
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Housebuilding ain’t broke, so should we fix it?
By Laura Sears The earliest recorded properties built by bricks were found in Jericho, Turkey, and date back to around 5,000BC. Fast-forward over 7...
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Global Britain – today’s Defence budget increase
By Tim Le Couilliard Boris Johnson has today unveiled a £16.5 billion increase in defence spending – the largest increase in budget since the Cold War...
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