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Adam Boulton: Pressure on Starmer to pick a cabinet secretary to guide him after bad start
Sir Keir Starmer's government has not yet been in place for 100 days. By all accounts, things are not going well.
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Budget 2024: How fiscal rules are impeding long-term investments - and what Rachel Reeves can do about it
Before we get onto the budget and what Rachel Reeves might do to fiddle her fiscal rules and give herself a little more room to spend, I want you to ponder, for a moment, a recent report from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR).
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Government pledges £22bn for carbon capture and storage technology in net zero drive
The government has pledged nearly £22bn to fund projects that capture greenhouse gases from polluting plants and store them underground, as it races to reach strict climate targets.
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Ministers plot Whitehall shake-up in inward investment drive
Ministers are plotting a shake-up of Britain's drive to attract inward investment days before a summit they will claim demonstrates the country is "open for business".
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Sinn Fein vice president apologises after references given for ex-employee under investigation for child sex offences
Northern Ireland's first minister Michelle O'Neill has apologised after two Sinn Fein officials provided the British Heart Foundation (BHF) with references for a former employee who was under investigation for child sex offences.