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Heathrow airport to unveil vast investment ahead of new runway plan

Heathrow airport is set to announce a multibillion-pound investment as it prepares its proposal for a new runway.

In a speech on Wednesday, Chief Executive Thomas...

Wed, 12/02/2025 - 06:46


UK government pledges another £350 million for affordable homes

Ministers in the UK have pledged another £350 million to help build affordable and social rent homes, as Angela Rayner has said that the government...

Wed, 12/02/2025 - 06:42


HSBC online and mobile banking working again after service outage

HSBC Holdings PLC’s online and mobile banking services are running again after they were hit by an outage.

Users reported being unable to log in to...

Tue, 11/02/2025 - 20:28


‘Highest level’ of security given to UK wind farms, amid China worries

Wind farms in the UK are subject to the ‘highest levels of national security’, Downing Street has stressed, amid reports ministers could sign off on...

Tue, 11/02/2025 - 13:33


UK appears not to have signed leaders’ declaration at AI summit

The UK appears not to have signed a leaders’ declaration at the climax of the AI Action Summit in Paris.

There had been reports that the...

Tue, 11/02/2025 - 13:28


BoE policymaker Mann says job losses will ‘restrain’ inflation rise

Price and wage rises across the UK economy will be hampered despite an expected spike in inflation this year because of a job market downturn,...

Tue, 11/02/2025 - 10:59


MPs quiz bank bosses over scale of IT failures after Barclays outage

A group of MPs has asked the bosses of nine banks to reveal the scale of recent IT failures and compensation payouts, after an outage...

Mon, 10/02/2025 - 12:28


UK to ‘wait and see’ if Trump provides clarity on steel tariff threat

The UK will have to ‘wait and see’ if Donald Trump provides more clarity on his threat to impose tariffs on all steel and aluminium...

Mon, 10/02/2025 - 08:18


Call for UK regions to bid to become AI growth zones

Regions across the UK have been encouraged to put themselves forward to become new economic centres for AI development, as the government opened bidding for...

Mon, 10/02/2025 - 06:56


Starmer and Dutch PM agree ‘further co-operation’ on illegal migration

The UK prime minister and his Dutch counterpart have agreed ‘further co-operation’ on tackling illegal migration, as well as discussing support for Ukraine.

Keir Starmer met...

Fri, 07/02/2025 - 07:01


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