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Ryanair says it will reluctantly not charge parents to sit next to children
The airline had typically charged adults a fee of £8 each way to sit with their young children.
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Ryanair adopts ‘free of charge’ family seating policy after watchdog investigation
Chief executive claims CMA has forced airline to adopt ‘less transparent and less consumer-friendly’ approach Ryanair has changed its family seating policy, after Britain’s competition watchdog launched an investigati…
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Oil price falls back to pre-Iran war levels
Signs that traffic through the key Strait of Hormuz shipping route is gradually resuming has helped to push the oil price down.
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Key Fed inflation gauge rises to three-year high in May after gas prices peaked
Consumer prices rose 4.1% in May from a year earlier – a sign rising costs could pose problem for Trump in midterms The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge rose to a new three-year high in May as gas prices pe…
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How you can save money on your energy bill as debts rise
Experts say support is available as total debt and arrears to suppliers hit a new record.
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Make pension tax relief only available to savers prepared to invest in UK, Andy Haldane says
British Chambers of Commerce chief calls for ‘home bias’ on retirement savings to close funding gap for SMEs Pension tax relief worth more than £50bn should only be offered to savers who are prepared to invest in Brit…
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Apple hikes some prices by nearly 20% while Xbox raises console cost
Apple said it had "never seen a component price increase this much, this quickly".
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EasyJet opens talks with Castlelake after rejecting £4.9bn takeover offer
British carrier says it hopes to receive ‘more attractive proposal that better reflects’ its value Business live – latest updates EasyJet has opened talks with Castlelake, despite rejecting a fourth takeover offer wor…
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Reeves urges Burnham to 'stick to what I'm doing' on economy
The chancellor throws her support behind the MP for Makerfield despite reports he could demote her if he becomes PM.
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Whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams sues Meta over attempts to ‘silence’ her
Former employee files complaint accusing company of ‘coercive surveillance’ and first amendment violation The Meta whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams is suing the tech company over its efforts to “silence” her. A 57-pa…
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The legal fight to get equal pay for Germany's disabled workers
A test case is seeking the minimum wage for 300,000 disabled people who currently get paid less.
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Unison chief endorses Ed Miliband for chancellor in a Burnham government
Exclusive: Head of trade union backs energy secretary to replace Rachel Reeves, but two other big unions are opposed UK politics live – latest updates The boss of Britain’s biggest trade union has endorsed Ed Miliband…
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I've spent 30 years in recruitment - this is how to get a job
The recruitment agency boss shares his tips on getting noticed in a tougher jobs market.
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UK to halve tariff-free steel imports to counter glut of cheap Chinese metal
Duty on imports outside new quota will double in move echoing similar changes in EU limits Business live – latest updates The UK government will halve the amount of tariff-free steel imports allowed in an attempt to c…
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Price cuts on family summer days out come into force
The government is reducing VAT from 20% to 5% on attractions and kids' meals as schools begin to break-up.
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Oil price falls to pre-Iran war levels as more tankers exit strait of Hormuz
Stock markets on both sides of Atlantic up as concerns ease over prospect of another inflationary shock Business live – latest updates Oil prices have fallen to pre-Iran war levels as more oil tankers exited the strai…
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IBM hails new 'block of flats' design breakthrough for ultra tiny chips
IBM says it has created the world's first known chip tech below 1 nanometre - but it will be some time before it's ready for production.
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Elon Musk loses trillionaire status as SpaceX and Tesla stock drops
Falling shares push tech mogul back down to billionaire ranks after SpaceX IPO made him world’s first trillionaire Elon Musk was no longer a trillionaire by the time markets closed on Wednesday. Plunging shares in Tes…
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EasyJet rejects fourth takeover offer
The airline is questioning the "deliverability" of the offer.
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It’s not the bond markets Andy Burnham should be afraid of. It’s his own MPs | Aditya Chakrabortty
To stay popular with the public – and his backbenchers – he’ll need to make big changes fast. That means changing the way the government borrows A Labour leader arrives, shirt and smile ironed into place, in his hands…
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Anthropic accuses Chinese rival Alibaba of illicitly extracting AI capabilities
The firm alleged that Alibaba used fraudulent accounts to access data from its Claude AI model.
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Another FTSE firm is under attack from a US raider. Demand top dollar | Nils Pratley
The warehouse landlord Segro has a bright future, not least with datacentres, so there’s no reason to roll over Segro rejects £12.6bn offer from US rival Here we go (yet) again: another opportunistic takeover bid from…
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Ferrari marketing boss quits just weeks after EV launch backlash
The design of the luxury carmaker's first all-electric vehicle, the Luce, was heavily criticised.
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Big tech spent millions on a single US congressional race. It won’t be the last time
Pro- and anti-AI groups spent $24m on a congressional contest in New York, but it’s unclear to what end When the Democratic primary for New York ’s 12th congressional district was called on Tuesday night, the result c…
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Find out which university degrees could earn you most across your lifetime
New data suggests which university degrees have the highest and lowest financial returns over a lifetime.
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‘Walking a tightrope’: Burnham’s borrowing plans clash with fiscal realities
The man tipped for No 10 could also come under immediate pressure if his chancellor is deemed by bond markets to be too left-wing Andy Burnham would enter Downing Street already “boxed in” by financial markets if he s…
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Food kit warehouse closure puts 290 jobs at risk
Food company Gousto says it is closing its warehouse in Spalding, Lincolnshire.
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Keir Starmer couldn’t beat the curse of Brexit – a politics poisoned by nationalism | Rafael Behr
The outgoing prime minister’s efforts to mobilise a healthier kind of patriotism fell flat. Andy Burnham may stand a better chance Britain is not ungovernable, but the chalice of high office has been spiked with unusu…
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The heatwave workers 'like cats on a hot tin roof'
Many workers are downing tools early, but there is no legal limit to how hot a workplace can be.
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I was wary of driverless cars and their tech overlords – but they could give me a different future | Gabriel Stewart
For those of us who can’t drive due to disabilities, the drawbacks of these vehicles are vastly outweighed by the possibilities they offer The robotaxis are coming! The robotaxis are coming! Well, actually, they’re al…
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GTA 6 - all you need to know about Rockstar's blockbuster game
Rockstar's sixth game in the franchise is set to be the biggest game release of the year.
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I stand by what I said 10 years ago. We were right to leave the European Union | Larry Elliott
The Brexit vote showed that class still matters in British politics – and the changes needed are ones the EU would never have allowed Read more from the Brexit Vote: 10 Years On series On the morning after the vote fo…
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Baroness Mone among individuals sued to recover PPE Medpro millions
The Baroness and her husband Doug Barrowman are among individuals being sued in a bid to recover some of the money owed to the government by the business.
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Farage breaks cover at last but finds the £5m question hasn’t gone away | John Crace
A testy Reform UK leader tried to bat off questions about why a gigantic gift to him had anything to do with the public Happy days. Ten glorious years. Maybe it was the chance to bask in the unmitigated triumphs of th…
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Texas family sues Tesla over fatal crash into home
A woman in her 70s was killed after a Tesla crashed directly into the family’s home.
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US supreme court blocks thousands of lawsuits over Roundup maker’s pesticide warning labels
The case, Monsanto v Durnell, specifically dealt with claims that the company failed to warn users of product risks US politics live – latest updates The US supreme court has found in favor of the former Monsanto comp…
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Elon Musk loses trillionaire status as global tech rout hits SpaceX
Elon Musk lost his trillionaire status on Tuesday after a brutal global tech rout erased billions from his wealth.
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Datacentres are growing target of global climate-related legal cases, report finds
LSE analysis highlights litigation linked to energy sources, water consumption and air pollution The proliferation of datacentres and AI is increasingly at the forefront of environmental litigation around the world, f…
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The economic challenges facing the next prime minister
Though the person in charge of the country will change, the fiscal issues remain the same.
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Great Britain’s grid operator pays £10m for extra power to avoid supply crunch tonight
Neso expected to pay millions to secure enough electricity to meet demand as households turn on fans and air conditioning Great Britain’s grid operator is expected to pay millions to fire up gas power plants to avoid…
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Who could be the UK's next chancellor?
The prime minister's resignation has fired the starting gun on the race to be in charge of the UK's finances.
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BT pension scheme lost £300m on Thames Water stake
Loss came after decision to write off 8.7% equity stake in water company moving closer towards nationalisation The BT pension scheme lost £300m after writing off its holding in Thames Water , the UK’s largest water co…
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Trump accuses big oil firms of price-gouging drivers
The US president named Shell, ExxonMobil, BP and Chevron when talking to reporters about a probe into fuel prices.
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Bedford crash occurred after train passed red signal, investigators believe
Interim report says other train it hit had halted on line because warning system wrongly caused it to brake The train whose driver died in the Bedford rail crash passed a danger signal without stopping – while the tra…
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Council tax debt rises to £9bn but here's how you can get help
New figures show billions of pounds is owed to councils but the government has plans to reform the system.
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UK warehouse landlord Segro rejects £12.6bn takeover offer from US rival
FTSE 100 firm says Prologis all-share proposal turned down as it falls long way short of its own views on value Nils Pratley: Another FTSE firm stalked by a US raider The UK warehouse landlord Segro is at the centre o…
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Train passed red signal before fatal crash - report
A preliminary report from the Independent Rail Accident Investigation Branch is published.
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Can a $290m film studio on a former cow paddock lure Hollywood to Perth?
Australia is drawing record levels of international screen production – and Western Australia is betting millions that Perth Film Studios can bring some of it west Tom Avison is just back from Los Angeles when I meet…
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Ten years on, Brexit's economic impact is becoming clearer
A decade ago, many economists argued the UK would sustain longer-term economic damage by leaving the EU. So what did happen?
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The great tinification: how Britain fell in love with canned cocktails
Forty years since Marks & Spencer started selling cans of gin and tonic, every supermarket and corner shop is full of ready-mixed mojitos, margaritas and negronis. Why are these so acceptable, given the moral panic ov…
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Why are there holiday delay warnings over the EU's new border system?
The EU's much-delayed Entry/Exit System will change the way UK passengers travel to 29 countries.
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A decade after the Brexit vote, Europe has moved on even if Britain hasn’t
In this week’s newsletter: As the EU consolidates, the UK faces renewed debate over the long‑term shape of its relationship with the continent • Don’t get This Is Europe delivered to your inbox? Sign up here The mo…
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Burnham likely to replace Reeves if he becomes PM
Rachel Reeves would be offered a more junior cabinet role, the BBC understands.
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What is China’s SpaceSail, and could it rival Elon Musk’s Starlink?
The company has just a few hundred satellites in low Earth orbit but has state backing and is already reportedly negotiating with dozens of countries Elon Musk’s Starlink has long dominated the satellite internet indu…
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Do you know your 'sweat score'? The rise of hydration tech
Hydration tracking gadgets are flooding the market but is it too much information?
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‘A total, utter nightmare’: small businesses on Brexit, 10 years on
Cheesemakers, farmers, exporters and wine merchants say red tape, lack of vision and rising costs mean they have stopped trading, sold up or retired early Out of pocket, out of business, retired early. These are the t…
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Is Germany looking again at coal-powered electricity?
It had planned to abandon the fuel, but the higher cost of natural gas may make it think again.
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‘You can’t make billions without hurting people’: Cory Doctorow on Elon Musk, the AI bubble and bosses’ cruel fantasies
The writer who coined the word ‘enshittification’ tells us why AI will never deliver what it promises – and why it still appeals so much to those in power A “centaur”, in automation theory, is a person assisted by a m…
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The artificial ice pyramids saving India's mountain villages
Himalayan villages are creating artificial glaciers to guarantee water for their crops in the spring.
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‘The soul’s been ripped out of it’: Birmingham community housing scheme on brink over costs dispute
Row over ‘landmark’ development in Stirchley has left people homeless and put businesses at risk, say locals A housing development in Birmingham, touted as a model for community-owned housing in the UK, is at “serious…
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