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Glastonbury-style rush sees attendees pay £3,000 a shot with capacity more than double last year’s event
FT analysis underscores PM’s liability, with treatment lists twice as long as 2010 when the party came to power
Rare intervention with regulator by chancellor who says proposal could go against duty to promote growth
Tories aim for pre-election announcement despite warnings from IMF about UK’s fragile finances
Proposal has angered ministers and City bosses who fear it will drive businesses out of UK
MP for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich says country needs an early election
Buckingham Palace says 75-year-old monarch will take part in limited engagements with schedule subject to doctors’ advice
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UK home secretary says an attempted putsch against PM after a local election drubbing would be a ‘catastrophic idea’
Analysts warn chancellor against public comments on likelihood of lower interest rates
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Mayoral and council hopefuls in UK opt for different colours on campaign material and avoid references to party
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Anti-poverty campaigner was regarded as a free thinker and reformer who did not easily fit the mould of party politics
Irish justice minister says she will push ahead despite Rishi Sunak insisting Britain will not take back asylum seekers
FTSE 100 on track for record high after figures raise hopes of exit from technical recession
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Former UK prime minister hits out at central bank and Treasury for being ‘fatalistic about Britain’s decline’
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Regulator confronts growing concerns within government that move will undermine competitiveness
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