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...Six months after Labour’s 1997 landslide, Tony Blair hosted British artists, musicians and entertainers for a Downing Street soirée....
...“Sunak’s big claim is that he knows how to run the economy, but if the ‘R’ word is being discussed in an election year, that’s very bad for him. We want to fight the election on the economy.”...
...In his witness statement to the inquiry, Lord Lister said on Tuesday: “In September 2020, the R number was rising....
...Sunak stressed it was “important that the conflict did not spread further”, Downing Street said....
...Johnson, in office between 2019 and 2022, also said it had been “unsustainable” for officials to follow Covid guidelines in government offices, when asked about rule-breaking parties in Downing Street at...
...Downing Street declined to comment....
...Downing Street declined to say how much money had been spent on wooing Tata, which had considered an alternative site in Spain, adding that the subsidies would be fully disclosed “in the usual way” later...
...Both speeches dwelled on the case for boosting R&D and innovation. Many economists agreed with his analysis. The question that some voters might ask is, as Goodman puts it: “What’s in it for me?”...
...Today’s top stories The Labour party hailed its overwhelming victory in the Scottish constituency of Rutherglen and Hamilton West as proof that it is heading for Downing Street....
...Set as part of the 2017 industrial strategy, it survived the latter’s untimely demise and has been reiterated by the rotating cast of characters in Downing Street and the business department since....
...The R-word now hanging around Rishi Sunak, which she was quick to exploit....
...All industries need finance, legal support and R&D to thrive....
...The Week Ahead will be downing tools for the next seven days (a Christmas break rather than industrial unrest) but I will be working overtime beforehand to compile the annual (well, I did it for the first...
...Many are uneasy over government plans to scale back the R&D tax credit support that has been widely used by British start-ups, and warn that funding gaps exist when companies reach a certain size....
...Failure to do so can now be blamed firmly on Downing Street, not on Brussels....
...Downing Street has insisted that “households, businesses and industry can be confident they will get the electricity and gas they need”....
...And I think the fact that she’s been chowing down on croissants in the mountains will be something that really gets under his skin in Downing Street....
...We’re investing quite a lot in R&D into aerospace and into clean tech, clean aviation, hydrogen and so forth....
...As for having no skin in the game, there will be no recommendations that I do not participate in — whether buying, selling or downing tools for the summer. We’re in this together....
...But in this case, you know, you can sense the frustration in Number 10 and Number 11 Downing Street about this....
...The Reddit page r/juniordoctorsuk is flooded with angry posts about working conditions, and MedTwitter features tweets about the impact on doctors that are almost too heartbreaking to read....
...The irony, he writes, is that before entering Downing Street Truss “was a political survivor”....
...“There are three R words right now: It’s Russia, it’s recession and it’s [interest] rates,” said Citigroup chief Jane Fraser....
...henry.mance@ft.com Letter in response to this column: Elizabeth R may be shy but is not retiring / From Abeezar I Sarela Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK...
...Police seek ‘person of interest’ in New York subway shooting The New York Police Department named Frank R James, 62, as a “person of interest” after a gunman opened fire on commuters on a Brooklyn subway...
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