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...A further 26,800 had contracted hepatitis C, of whom about 1,820 had died from causes related to the infection....
Citadel Securities attacks Devin Nunes after letter to Nasdaq raises concerns over naked short selling
...Lucy Fisher George. George Parker I’m gonna sell Robert Jenrick, the former cabinet minister, former immigration minister....
...George Parker Yes, I agree....
...George Parker In public spending. Stephen Bush In public spending, right?...
...Contaminated blood left tens of thousands of people — many suffering from haemophilia, a rare blood disorder — infected with HIV and hepatitis C in the 1970s and 1980s....
...The government has also been accused of dragging its feet over that scandal — in which tens of thousands of people were infected with HIV and hepatitis C through tainted blood transfusions — but is expected...
...George Parker It’s a secret consensus....
...The French government is pushing British ministers to provide loan guarantees for Hinkley Point C to try to ease EDF’s financing costs on Britain’s new flagship nuclear power station as its price tag has...
...And with me here in studio are Political fix regulars: the FT’s political editor, George Parker. Hi, George. George ParkerHello, Lucy. Lucy Fisher And columnist Robert Shrimsley....
...George Parker Just one other observation, William....
...A further 26,800 became seriously ill, while 2,400-5,000 people were infected with hepatitis C....
...And the FT’s political editor, George Parker. George ParkerHello, Lucy. Lucy FisherHi, George. Also here is the FT’s Rafe Uddin....
...With values rooted in small ‘c’ conservatism, it has attacked the BBC, Extinction Rebellion, the National Trust leadership, and so-called “woke” policing....
...In one case an entire paragraph, about the relationship between the writer H.G. Wells and the economist Beatrice Webb, is very similar to one written in Webb’s Wikipedia page....
...But first, I’m joined in the studio by my FT colleague George Parker. Hello, George. George ParkerHi, Lucy. Lucy FisherAnd also on the pod today is the FT’s Stephen Bush. Hello, Stephen....
...Labour said the meeting, which took place at M&G’s offices in the City, discussed issues including the potential for new financing mechanisms for infrastructure to deliver “viable investment models”....
...And in the studio with me are my FT colleagues George Parker. Hello, George. George ParkerHi there, Lucy. Lucy FisherAnd the FT’s Rafe Uddin. Hi, Rafe. Rafe UddinHi, Lucy....
...Lucy Fisher Also here are Political Fix regular George Parker. Hi, George. George Parker Hi there, Lucy. Lucy Fisher And the FT’s economics commentator, Chris Giles. Hi, Chris....
...George, how serious is this rebellion for Keir Starmer? George Parker Well, at sheer scale, it’s serious....
...(George Parker’s story on the prime minister’s thinking and the early battle lines for the election is here.) Is he right? I don’t know. I think it’s unlikely....
UK can exert leadership in setting ‘guardrails’ for new technology, Sunak to tell Biden in Washington meeting
...Since 2010 only one large nuclear power station has begun construction, at Hinkley Point C in Somerset, led by France’s EDF with investment from CGN of China....
Also in this newsletter, Labour gains a low-key megadonor keen on helping it fight the next election
...L&G did not respond. The chancellor will reassure the City that he wants to work with pensions companies rather than telling them what to do....
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