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Plans to cap ground rents ‘could bring estimated £8.7bn windfall for landlords’

A report commissioned by the Residential Freehold Association estimates the policy could wipe up to £18.7 billion from ground rent investment values.

Evening Standard

Unemployment rate hits highest outside Covid years for almost a decade

Experts said the weaker-than-expected figures reinforce the case for the Bank of England to cut interest rates next month.

Evening Standard

TV tonight: the return of Sweden’s most popular crime series

A new case to be cracked in hit drama Beck. Plus: the wild wigs in The Count of Monte Cristo need to be seen to be believed. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

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Martin Cruz Smith

Novelist best known for Gorky Park and the series of thrillers that followed featuring the Soviet detective Arkady Renko

The Guardian - UK

Best Nordic Noir books of all time to get your Scandi crime thrills

Chilling mysteries set in isolated, frozen landscapes

Evening Standard

Man found guilty of stealing sheep and killing them in garage

Police say the suspect showed no respect for the welfare of the livestock after abducting them from a nearby farm

The Independent UK

Sticky UK Inflation Stokes Bank Of England Rate-cut Debate

British annual inflation steadied last month, official data showed Wednesday, but prices still rose at double the Bank of England's target rate, adding to uncertainty over the timing of an interest-rate cut.

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‘Good chance’ UK may have fallen into technical recession; S&P 500 hits fresh all-time high – as it happened

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as US stocks hit record high in early trading

The Guardian - UK

Bumper UK pay rises could be a thing of the past as inflation eases

Bank of England could hold interest rates steady despite markets’ expectations of cuts in new year

The Guardian - UK

UK inflation expected to fall to 6.5% in September

Fall from 6.7% in August signals prices are still rising as higher cost of oil feeds through

The Guardian - UK

Bond yields rise after US jobs report smashes forecasts – as it happened

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as US non-farm payroll shows surge in hiring last month

The Guardian - UK

Pound on worst run since March 2020 with UK economy ‘close to stalling’; some Gatwick strikes suspended – as it happened

UK private sector growth slowed to six-month low this month, while DHL workers have cancelled Gatwick strikes and other strikes are suspended

The Guardian - UK

UK GDP: mortgage payers’ worst fears are likely to come true

Cycle of interest rate rises are expected to continue after better than forecast economic data

The Guardian - UK

What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in June

Authors, critics and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the comments

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UK government debt rises above 100% of GDP for first time since 1961

In blow to Rishi Sunak’s plans to cut taxes before general election, net debt reached £2.6tn at of end of May

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Eurozone inflation falls to 6.1%; Brexit a ‘historic economic error’; US private payrolls rise – as it happened

Eurozone inflation eased more than expected last month, as former US Treasury secretary Larry Summers warns Brexit helped to drive up UK inflation

The Guardian - UK

Interest rate rises in doubt as fear of new global crisis rattles central banks

Concern about trouble in finance sector, plus renewed momentum in UK economy, could halt rises City analysts thought were a certainty

The Guardian - UK

It’s grim up nord: charting the rise and rise of Nordic noir

Our obsession with Scandi crime drama shows little sign of slowing down, but how did this gritty detective mystery offshoot come to be?

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The Independent UK

UK economy shrinks 0.3% in three months through October

Britain’s economy shrank in the three months through October, confirming the toll rampant inflation and rising interest rates are having on business and industry

Los Angeles Times

Why Park Chan-wook crafted 'Decision to Leave' so love is more mysterious than murder

A detective falls for a beautiful murder suspect. But that's just the beginning of the experience of "Decision to Leave." In the hands of South Korean master Park Chan-wook ("Oldboy," "The Handmaiden"), that familiar noir premise is just the outermost layer of a cinematic onion — a sweet one nevertheless…

Evening Standard

Are London house prices about to crash? Warnings of ‘year of pain’ amid rising interest rates and inflation

The property market faces a ‘year of pain’, with a new two-year forecast estimating a 10 per cent drop for house prices. But how low will they really go?

Evening Standard

Property slowdown seen as red flag for sector amid mortgage crisis

The monthly pace of house price growth slowed for the first time since July 202

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: drugs, bodies and gang war in Swedish crime drama Beck

Peter Haber returns as newly promoted chief detective Martin Beck. Plus: reliving Freddie Mercury’s disco years in a new documentary. Here’s everything to watch this evening

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