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Rate setters will be watching for signs of pay growth feeding inflation
Hunt urged to increase funding for care of three- and four-year-olds to help make up shortfall
Health professionals warn about over-reliance on ‘unethical’ hiring from overseas
Rosier picture of jobs market comes on top of upgrades to GDP but statistics agency urges caution
Claimants previously assessed as too sick for a job worried they could be told to work from home
Average pay now growing faster than inflation, reinforcing Bank of England’s concerns
...The FT’s economics correspondent Delphine Strauss has been looking behind the numbers to find out more about these workers’ experiences and she joins us now. Hi, Delphine. Delphine Strauss Hi, Lucy....
Internal appointment will lead UK central bank’s work on financial stability
Rising salaries could prolong the country’s bout of high inflation, warn economists
Chancellor agrees steps with regulators in response to high food inflation and the cost of living crisis
Initiative aims to curb rampant food price inflation but has split Tory party and angered supermarkets
...Additional reporting by Laura Onita and Madeleine Speed in London and Silin Chen in New York Letter in response to this article: What is the true cost of the latest travel boom?...
...Now try this This week, I mostly listened to Laura Misch’s wonderful new record Sample the Sky while writing my column....
...By the 1970s, Bumbry started to move on from the mezzo-soprano parts that had defined her early career, taking dramatic soprano parts, including the title roles in Strauss’ Salome, Verdi’s Aida and Puccini...
...Pat Cullen, general secretary of the RCN, told the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg that the union would “absolutely not” pause strike action at the government’s request, after its members rejected a settlement...
...“I certainly will not be found wanting in my negotiation,” she told the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg. “I won’t dig in if he doesn’t dig in.”...
...Kwarteng told the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg: “We’ve only been here [in government] 19 days. I want to see, over the next year, people retain more of their income.”...
...And we hear from Laura Beales of Tally Workspace and WeWork’s Ebbie Wisecarver. Office Therapy The problem: I lead a team providing internal analytics to the rest of our organisation....
...Among the highlights this week: Ian Hogarth’s thought-provoking essay on the risks of God-like AI, Zehra Munir’s very funny fantasy dinner, and Laura Onita on the challenges facing John Lewis....
...Ainsley, Glimmerglass’s 2023 programme looks safe but solid — La bohème, Gounod’s Romeo and Juliet, Handel’s Rinaldo and Bernstein’s Candide, plus the premiere of a new opera for young people, Ben Morris and Laura...
Benefit recipients will have to look outside their previous line of work after four weeks or face sanctions
...There has also been a steady rise in pupils qualifying for free school meals, according to Laura Ciftci, headteacher at the Jerounds Primary Academy....
...“Not saying anything is saying something,” said Laura Gitman, chief operating officer of BSR, a group which advises businesses on their social responsibilities....
...Additional reporting by Delphine Strauss...
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