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Birmingham’s cuts are the price of political failure
Innocent citizens will be paying a lot more for a lot less, but in Brum, being down is not the same as being out
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Junior doctors in England willing to consider lower pay rise this year, says union
Suggestion that striking NHS staff would not pursue original demand for 35% increase comes ahead of a five-day strike
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China’s playbook no longer involves a big stimulus bazooka
Beijing is adjusting to a more parsimonious future — but are its people?
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BP employee’s husband admits insider trading after overhearing deal calls
SEC says man took advantage of working from home to make $1.76mn from shares in company being taken over by oil major
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Birth rate drops to new low in England and Wales
Fertility level falls to 1.49 children per woman in 2022, well below rate needed to maintain a population without immigration
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Biden issues new sanctions on Russia in response to Navalny death
Measures come on the eve of two-year anniversary of full-scale invasion of Ukraine
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European gas price falls to pre-energy crisis level
Regional benchmark trades at lowest rate since Russia began curtailing supplies to Europe in 2021
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The old empires of cocoa, coffee and tea are fragile
Climate change and attacks on ships in the Red Sea are disrupting supplies of drinks from the global south
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