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The grass isn’t always greener
Having conducted a thorough review of its listing options, Glencore, the Anglo-Swiss commodity miner and trader, has sensibly chosen to retain its...
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From Wikipedia to AI summaries: Who controls the truth?
In 2025, Google’s AI Overviews have become a key feature of online search, offering users instant, summarised answers to their queries. These...
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AI: The new climate crisis we’re not talking about
AI used to be the domain of overcaffeinated futurists and Silicon Valley slide decks, a glossy mirage hovering somewhere between Elon Musk’s Twitter...
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An autumn of discontent for PM and Chancellor… and taxpayers
If the Prime Minister and Chancellor were hoping for a period of respite during the Summer Recess, yesterday’s forecast from the respected think tank...
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Degrees of risk: The policy shifts impacting student housing
You wouldn’t necessarily think it based on some of the headlines we see – for example, a 14% rise in US student applications to UK universities (UCAS)...
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Heathrow’s DCO journey restarts
Last Friday, Heathrow Airport submitted its £49 billion “shovel‑ready ” expansion proposal . This includes a third north‑west runway, a T5X terminal...
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Scrapping statutory public notices could pay for innovation in community engagement
The Chancellor called time on statutory local newspaper notices for the licensed trade last week, telling The Mail on Sunday that they present an...
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His Majesty’s official opposition – the Labour backbenches?
Back in June 2024, before the general election, Robert Shrimsley, chief political editor of the Financial Times, stated that “in a landslide Keir...
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