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Low growth and rising prices

Another cut in interest rates, and the surprise here was that more consideration was given to a bumper half a percentage point cut in rates today, as the UK’s economic stagnation is forecast to extend into the first part of this year. If everything was equal, the assumption would be that the weak economy would […]

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Hospitals awaiting rebuilds face sewage leaks and delayed ops

BBC Flooding in the basement is one of many incidents at the Princess Alexandra Hospital The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Essex has been plagued by problems with its ageing buildings and equipment in recent years. It has regular difficulties with floods and sewage leaks across its site, which dates back to the 1960s. There have […]

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Treasury Sought to Freeze Foreign Aid Payments, Emails Show

In the days after President Trump took office, as Elon Musk’s team began pressing for access to the Treasury Department’s payments system, officials repeatedly said that their goal was to undertake a general review of the system. They said they would observe, but not stop money from going out the door. But emails reviewed by […]

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Hospitals experience busiest week of winter so far

Getty Images Hospitals in England have just had their busiest week of this winter so far. More than 98,000 patients, on average, were in hospital beds each day last week – the highest level this winter – with 96% of adult beds occupied. It comes as Norovirus cases continue to climb – with nearly 1,000 […]

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