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UK unemployment rises to highest in nearly four years

ONS figures also reveal slide in job vacancies amid rise in employer national insurance contributions

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Thames Water CEO says crisis ‘decades in the making’; US inflation hits four-year low – as it happened

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as MPs quiz Thames Water

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: The areas where the most new homes are being built across the UK

Only one area recorded a downturn in the number of new homes

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Tuesday briefing: The 20 years of failure that led to Starmer’s ‘island of strangers’

In today’s newsletter: Keir Starmer promises a suite of new measures will lower net migration – but a survey of immigration plans in the past suggests otherwise

The Guardian - UK

Nine ways to cut the cost of hen or stag dos and still have a ball

The average weekend jaunt costs £779 a person in the UK, rising to £1,208 if going abroad. But sendoffs don’t have to be that dear

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I went to a ‘longevity doctor’ to find out how to biohack my health and live forever

FIRST PERSON: Such practices may be associated with unhinged billionaires throwing money at dreams of immortality, but the ‘longevity’ wellness trend isn’t just for the 0.1 per cent. Helen Coffey gets checked out by the UK’s leading guru to unlock the secrets of a long life

The Independent UK

Urgent Call for Major Law Change to Expose the Truth Behind Channel and Asylum Deaths

MP Nadia Whittome has called for a new law that would force the Home Office to reveal the number of deaths in the asylum system, including those who perish

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36% annual jump in new home registrations in first quarter of 2025 – NHBC

The figures indicate ‘growing confidence in the market,’ the National House Building Council said.

Evening Standard

UK faces legal challenge over asylum seekers’ deportations to Bulgaria

Deportees may face inhumane treatment and torture, say lawyers contesting Labour’s migration policy

The Guardian - UK

Musk’s X ‘amplified Islamophobia, hate speech and disinformation’ in grooming gangs debate, damning report says

Report points to another social media trend: sexual violence was being weaponised, with entire communities blamed for individual crimes

The Independent UK

Welsh thatching and ship figurehead carving added to UK crafts red list

Number of traditional skills considered critically endangered jumps to 72 but other crafts are making a comeback

The Guardian - UK

Tory energy spokesman claims UN climate experts are ‘biased’

Exclusive: Andrew Bowie says Kemi Badenoch could pull UK out of Paris climate agreement

The Guardian - UK

UK Faces Flood of 'Hundreds of Millions' More Migrants – Here’s What Could Stop It

Former International Development Secretary Sir Andrew Mitchell has issued a stark warning that unless a major intervention is launched to transform North Africa.

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Ukraine war briefing: Next stop Istanbul after Trump scatters ceasefire choreography

Zelenskyy schedules Turkey trip, challenging Putin to attend, with US president saying he might go too; UN body blames Russia for MH17. What we know on day 1,175

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Rachel Reeves Faces Nightmare as ‘Wealthy Workers’ Flee the UK Over Tax Hikes

Concerns are rising over the UK’s shifting tax policies as some of the country’s wealthiest individuals consider leaving due to new tax changes.

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Labour to defend aid cuts, claiming UK’s days as ‘a global charity’ are over

Development minister will tell MPs that Britain will share ‘incredible expertise’ instead of funding

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Warm weather and Easter weekend boosted UK spending in April, says Barclays

Consumers shrugged off anxiety over effect of US tariffs as card spending grew by 4.5% year on year

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Pension funds ‘to unlock up to £50bn’ of investment, with half for UK firms

Aviva, Legal & General, M&G and others agree to sign new ‘Mansion House accord’ with government

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The Guardian - UK

Reeves’s Mansion House accord on pension funds is long on virtue-signalling

There are so many conditions attached to the ‘pledge’ to invest in the UK that its claims should be taken with a large helping of salt

Evening Standard

Starmer faces criticism over immigration plans

The proposals sparked concern from employers, particularly in the care sector.

Evening Standard

UK Government no longer ‘global charity’, aid minister to tell MPs

Baroness Jenny Chapman will say the UK will focus on partnering with developing countries rather than providing money.

The Independent UK

Islamic State fighters who returned to UK must face justice, says committee

The militant group once held large swathes of land in Syria and Iraq.

Evening Standard

Warm weather and late Easter boost retail sales by 7%

Figures for March and April combined – to smooth out any distortion caused by the late Easter – show sales were 4.3% higher than a year ago.

Evening Standard

Pension providers ‘to boost saver outcomes and UK growth’ under new initiative

Pension assets in the scope of the new agreement total £252 billion.

Evening Standard

More than half of MSPs urge Chancellor to back major carbon capture project

Some 71 MSPs and 10 MPs from across the political spectrum warned Rachel Reeves that delaying Acorn will ‘jeopardise’ Scotland’s industrial sector.

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