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Jessica Frank-Keyes

Jessica Frank-Keyes

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Why hasn’t the UK signed more trade deals?

On leaving the EU, the UK lost access to the European Union’s trade deals with countries including Israel, Mexico and South Korea.  But the UK has...

21.02.2024 6

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Why does Britain suck at building major infrastructure? 

Poorly defined objectives, an overzealous planning system and disjointed supply chains are all reasons why the UK lags behind its peers on building...

08.02.2024 10

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Fried chicken and Parker pens: A day at Labour’s business bonanza

Keir Starmer at Labour’s business conference. Photo: PA “I think this is the only job where you can get some positive press just by eating a few...

02.02.2024 3

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Brexit is a ‘model for Germany’, says far right AfD leader while party surges in polls

Alice Weidel, co-leader of Alternative for Germany (AfD). Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg via Getty Images Brexit is a “model for...

22.01.2024 4

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Running down the clock: Why 2024 is set to be a long year in politics

Both party leaders made the election timing a feature of their first week of the new term. Photo: PA Happy new – and election – year. Usually at...

17.01.2024 4

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Jeremy Hunt signs ‘groundbreaking’ financial services agreement with Switzerland

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has signed what he called a “groundbreaking” deal with Switzerland on financial services. Photo: PA Chancellor Jeremy Hunt...

23.12.2023 7

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COP28: Rishi Sunak unveils 'massive' £11bn deal for UK's Dogger Bank wind farm

A “massive” deal has been struck between energy firms RWE and Masdar to invest up to £11bn in the UK’s Dogger Bank wind farm, Rishi Sunak has...

02.12.2023 9

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'Largest business tax cut in modern British history': Hunt makes full expensing permanent

Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt delivers his autumn statement in the House of Commons in London. Picture date: Wednesday November 22, 2023. PA...

23.11.2023 5

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CBI’s annual conference had a distinct lack of CEOs – can it win them back?

The CBI’s chief executive Rain Newton-Smith, in conversation with Kamal Ahmed, from The News Movement. Photo: PA If you run an organisation of any...

20.11.2023 3

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Inheritance tax reportedly could be slashed by Sunak and Hunt at Autumn Statement

Plans to slash inheritance tax at the Autumn Statement are reportedly being drawn up by No10 and the Treasury. Plans to slash inheritance tax at the...

17.11.2023 7

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‘Tough on crime’: Will Sunak’s law and order focus deliver at the polls?

The government has denied plans to lock up killers, rapists and grooming gangs for longer are simply a bid for votes ahead of the next general...

07.11.2023 3

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X owner Elon Musk tells PM Rishi Sunak AI will eventually mean ‘no job is needed’

Elon Musk has told Rishi Sunak he believes artificial intelligence (AI) is “the most disruptive force in history” and that eventually “there...

04.11.2023 10

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Government to 'announce plans to phase out leasehold' in King’s Speech

Plans to phase out leasehold homes will be announced in the King’s Speech, per a report. Plans to phase out leasehold homes will be outlined in the...

30.10.2023 9

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‘What Brexit was about’: How Tories in the conference hall saw Sunak's speech

Rishi Sunak was praised by Tory delegates for an “amazing” conference speech which saw him cancel the Manchester leg of HS2. Photo: PA Rishi...

05.10.2023 9

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Hunt announces civil service hiring freeze as he aims to shrink the state

Jeremy Hunt has announced plans to “tighten the law” on debanking in the wake of the row between NatWest and the former UKIP leader Nigel Farage....

03.10.2023 2

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Hunt's mooted ISA reforms offer 'a beacon of hope' to struggling firms, business groups say

Business groups have welcomed suggestions the Treasury could reform rules around individual savings accounts (ISAs) in a bid to supercharge British...

25.09.2023 4

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