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Published 12 months ago

A new UK policy will kick people off benefits if they don’t try to work

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Published 1 year ago

Government rules for the UK financial sector are being changed

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Published 1 year ago

Volunteering and donation numbers are dropping substantially

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Published 2 years ago

How city planners can make toddlers more independent

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Published 2 years ago

Only three percent of UK nursery workers are male

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Published 2 years ago

What is it like to live in a country with 80 percent inflation?

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Published 2 years ago

What’s going on with the UK’s big ‘levelling up’ plans?

by Economy Team in News
Published 2 years ago

How many hungry people do you need to make a famine?

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Published 2 years ago

The UK is opening a drone superhighway

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Published 2 years ago

How should societies respond to the destruction of monuments?

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Published 2 years ago

Why caring about climate change means caring about Congolese mining

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Published 2 years ago

The UK might get rid of 90,000 civil service jobs

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Published 2 years ago

Will technology make us all much healthier?

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

Non-fungible tokens: what they are and who is buying them

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

Money doesn’t grow on trees, but should it?

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

We could already all drive electric cars if they’d won the infrastructure war

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

Post-pandemic, is workplace power tipping towards employees?

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

The rise of remote work had led to predictions of a digital nomad boom

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Published 3 years ago

Will we all soon be eating lab-grown meat?

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Published 3 years ago

Rocket scientists have a plan to save the Earth from asteroids

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Published 3 years ago

How much should we sacrifice to help the environment?

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Published 3 years ago

Would more foreign workers solve Britain’s current labour shortages?

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Published 3 years ago

Economists want to fight climate change with carbon taxes

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Published 3 years ago

What should the world do with Afghanistan’s embassies?

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Published 3 years ago

The US government wants more state social services… and more taxes

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

The pandemic has made many American prisons even worse

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Published 3 years ago

New blood testing methods could help doctors catch diseases earlier

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Published 3 years ago

Why do Japanese shops change their sweet stocks so often?

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Published 3 years ago

El Salvador has become the first country in the world to accept Bitcoin

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Published 3 years ago

Brits still can’t get GP appointments

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Published 3 years ago

Millions more kids are having to work

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Published 3 years ago

The UK’s biggest trade union just got a new boss

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Published 3 years ago

How are Primark’s clothes so cheap?

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Published 3 years ago

Builders can now use 3D printers to make entire houses

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Published 3 years ago

Could concern about climate change scupper Scottish independence?

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Published 3 years ago

The UK’s about to have, like, tonnes more teenagers

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

Should there be restrictions on accessing public parks?

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 3 years ago

It’s the 70th anniversary of the United Nations’ Refugee Convention

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Published 3 years ago

Robinhood is trying to get more people to play the stockmarket

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Published 3 years ago

Improving health literacy may help solve America’s pandemic problems

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Published 3 years ago

China has banned for-profit tutoring

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Published 3 years ago

Has the pandemic destroyed the middle class?

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

The Tokyo 2020 Olympics isn’t all fun and games

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 3 years ago

A new treatment for Alzheimer’s is expensive and may not even work

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Published 3 years ago

Will welfare cuts fix staff shortages?

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Published 3 years ago

What would happen if our colleagues chose the size of our pay check?

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

Dammed if you do, dammed if you don’t

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 3 years ago

Do the UK’s new travel rules discriminate against the young?

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Published 3 years ago

Over five million EU citizens want to remain in post-Brexit Britain

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

Injuries may be linked to the menstrual cycle. Why don’t we know for sure?

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 3 years ago

Cities aren’t cool enough, and that’s a deadly mistake

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

Immigrants are being locked up under Covid restrictions

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

Class of ’20 wants a refund

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

We’ve got millions more millionaires

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

People are being offered cows, cash and cannabis to get a Covid jab

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

Only half of Americans can read “proficiently”. Why?

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 3 years ago

Governments are teaming up to raise corporate tax

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

What makes a piece of art valuable?

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

The world’s most expensive medicine is now available on the NHS

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Published 3 years ago

Couples in China can now have 3 kids

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Published 3 years ago

How much should charity bosses earn?

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

Should we all start having hours-long work lunches?

by Economy Team in News
Published 3 years ago

Uber offers free rides to vaccine sites

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Published 4 years ago

How might events lure back their audiences post-Covid?

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Companies are having to deal with more ransom-demanding hackers

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Who should pay for the Prime Minister to furnish his flat?

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

UK deploys navy ships because France wants more British fish

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Published 4 years ago

Football fans boot off over plans for a European Super League

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Published 4 years ago

Is it fair that countries have vaccine surpluses when others face shortages?

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

You can’t have my cake and eat it, M&S tells Aldi

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Published 4 years ago

Could the UK cut crime by reducing poverty and inequality?

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Great, now there’s a wine shortage

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Turns out, inflation is higher for poorer people than richer ones

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Published 4 years ago

Half of Brits aren’t self-isolating when exposed to Covid. Why?

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Covid-19 has created a happiness generation gap

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 4 years ago

Banks are mothballing more and more high street branches

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

One in three Deliveroo workers earn less than minimum wage

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

The pandemic has made us puppy-mad

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

One in three Brits may soon be facing economic hardship

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Who should we give vaccines to first?

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 4 years ago

The UK got its Brexit deal. Now what?

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Wanted for hire: 6 million new nurses

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

What was up with London’s school shutdown showdown?

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 4 years ago

US stock exchange says it’s full of too many straight white men

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Are Tier 2 pub rules classist?

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

24/7 shopping reintroduced for Xmas

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Brexit may stop Brits owning second homes abroad and people are upset

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

UK government says Covid-19 means they have to spend less on foreign aid

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Football’s fan ban has been lifted. But who should get the first tickets?

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Coronavirus may clog up Santa’s supply chains

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Published 4 years ago

You may soon have to pay to drive in the UK

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

TikTok teens are fighting capitalism with shoplifting

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Finally, we may have a Covid vaccine

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Disability activists say shops should do more to win the ‘purple pound’

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

How do we decide what should be exempt from Covid restrictions?

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Published 4 years ago

European governments are taking over AirBnBs and giving them to locals

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Welsh supermarkets stop selling tampons, baby clothes and other “non-essentials”

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Billionaires have become much richer during the pandemic

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Should the government provide school dinners during holidays?

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 4 years ago

UK gov pirouettes away from ad suggesting ballerinas switch careers

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Could UK banks soon introduce negative interest rates?

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Covid-19 and Netflix have teamed up to finish off cinemas for good

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Brits are becoming fed up of Covid restrictions

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

1 in 4 US women are considering stepping back from their job

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Companies are developing ‘immunity passport’ apps

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Snack tax, 10pm curfew and other weird Covid pub rules

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Having a job helps you sleep at night

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Workplaces may have to drug test staff

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Rich countries are buying up all the coronavirus vaccines

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 4 years ago

Should we send the bill for wildfires to those who accidentally start them?

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Covid-19 is more divisive than Brexit

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 4 years ago

US scientists are running low on lab monkeys to test their vaccines on

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Unemployment is going up. Is a four-day working week the answer?

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Young people are facing a mental health crisis

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Employees used to love the idea of WFH. Do they still?

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Thousands of Brits have lost their job… and it’s about to get much worse

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

After cancelling exams, UK gov decided to lower some A-Level results

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Could Covid-19 end private schools?

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Some countries will pay you to go on holiday there

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Scientists promise to find out why Covid-19 kills more BAME people

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 4 years ago

Lose weight, save lives, protect the NHS?

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

School’s (not) out for summer

by Economy Team in News
Published 4 years ago

Police, doctors and teachers are getting a pay rise

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

The UK may be about to have the worst recession in 300 years

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Trump cuts funding for World Health Organisation. During a pandemic.

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Sweden is tackling coronavirus with no lockdown. Will it work?

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Is furlough worse for high earners?

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Reopen schools, say some scientists

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

92% of Britons want footballers to take a pay cut. Why aren’t they?

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Do people need to check their #GardenPrivilege?

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Coronavirus is destroying the underground economy

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

UK police are now dishing out £30 fines to people who aren’t socially distancing

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Could lockdown cause more deaths than the coronavirus?

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

ClassPass is apparently hated by gyms

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Hong Kong gave all its residents £1k

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Is it ever okay to destroy someone’s stuff as a form of protest?

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

UK plans to bar all low-skilled, low-paid non-English-speaking migrants

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Who here has ever been a victim of an AirBnB scam?

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

The coronavirus is wrecking China’s economy

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 5 years ago

Alongside the wildfires, Australia is having to deal with piles of koala blankets

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Many health officials think current back pain treatments are a waste of money

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 5 years ago

Minimum wages may reduce suicide rates

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 5 years ago

Coca-Cola won’t ditch plastic bottles because customers like them

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry want to quit as royals and some UK taxpayers are mad about it

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Flybe has been bailed out by the UK government

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Greggs made loads of money in 2019. So it gave £7 million to its staff.

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

GPs make £100k a year. Half of them still want to quit.

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Instead of Veganuary, should we instead start eating more bugs?

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

UK government wants to hire “weirdos” (their words, not ours)

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

The World Trade Organisation has basically stopped working

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Why (some) economists hate Christmas gifts

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Americans are circumnavigating the health system by trading medication online

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

We’re all more similar than we think

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Would you kill a rhino for $60,000? How about $600? $60?

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

What if internet access was a public service like the NHS?

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Odds of being a billionaire? About as likely as getting struck by lightning.

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Tories claim Labour wants to increase your tax bill by £2,400

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Published 5 years ago

We could all probably take every Friday off and be just as good at our jobs

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Big Tech says they’ll help solve the housing crisis in their local area

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Austerity is out, government spending is in

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

This app is designed to stop you craving chocolate

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Should we bother trying to stop shark attacks?

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 5 years ago

H&M’s boss says stopping shopping will have “terrible social consequences”

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Published 5 years ago

Shops are making it harder to get refunds

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Ecuadorians riot until they get their fuel subsidies back

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 5 years ago

Commuters attacked Extinction Rebellion protesters who were stopping them going to work

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 5 years ago

New Zealand says it’ll increase the number of refugees it takes to 1,500 a year

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Published 5 years ago

Wanted: a plus one (for the holidays only)

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Why does football have a racism problem?

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

‘Ban snacks; save kids’ says UK’s top health advisor

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Published 5 years ago

A new law would mean French women don’t need no man to have a baby

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

What if the government’s advisors were a group of randomly-chosen citizens?

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

There’s a growing call to ban or restrict vaping

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 5 years ago

Should the UK introduce a frequent flyer tax?

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Vegans aren’t happy about the government’s free milk program

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Personality tests reveal nothing about you

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

What happens to your holiday when your travel agent goes bust?

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

More Millennials are going bankrupt. Should we blame Instagram, credit cards or society?

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Can we treat the Climate Strike like a regular strike?

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Published 5 years ago

A UK lifeboat charity stops kids drowning abroad and some people are mad about it

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Published 5 years ago

Sports betting is becoming big in Africa and smartphones may be why

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Can you keep teachers in schools by paying them more?

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Is rush hour responsible for the gender pay gap?

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Vegan influencers are ditching veganism

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Will drones at airports really help slow climate change?

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Brazil got mad when offered £18m to help put out the Amazon fires

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

National days: bit of fun or corporate plot?

by Economy Team in Entertainment
Published 5 years ago

Here’s why Trump wants to buy Greenland

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Published 5 years ago

You can retire early by saving 3/4 of your pay. But isn’t that only an option for the rich?

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

95% of parents think school uniforms cost too much

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Published 5 years ago

Emoji is now a global ‘language’. ?????

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Drugs are killing more Brits than ever before. Who’s responsible?

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

A trend towards having kids later in life is good news for the fertility industry

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Millennials may be reading horoscopes to deal with economic insecurity

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Fake reviews persuade us to buy £23bn worth of stuff

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Published 5 years ago

Dinosaur bones are now a hot commodity

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Published 5 years ago

Doctors are being financially punished for working overtime

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Published 5 years ago

Poland scraps income tax for young adults

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Published 5 years ago

40 degree heatwaves will be the norm in Britain by 2040

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Published 5 years ago

Universities are told off for making it too easy for students to get a place

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Berlin is freezing everybody’s rent for 5 years

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Is fare-dodging really all that bad?

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

More diversity could help cure Alzheimer’s

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Published 5 years ago

Labour members campaign to ban private schools

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Published 5 years ago

Holidays during school breaks are 3x more expensive

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

Is it wrong to close off London parks for events?

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Published 5 years ago

A campaign group tried to shut down strip clubs by secretly filming employees

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Published 5 years ago

Taxpayers spend £2.4m on Harry & Meghan’s new digs

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Published 5 years ago

Work is good for you – if you do it just one day a week

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Published 5 years ago

Magic mushrooms may be a medical marvel

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Published 5 years ago

Chernobyl is becoming a top holiday trip

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Published 5 years ago

High streets in the UK now have more businesses but fewer shops

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Published 5 years ago

Some Arab countries are getting worried about food waste during Ramadan

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Published 5 years ago

Did Trump just say he wants to buy the NHS?

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Published 5 years ago

Pub owners hate it when you drink tap water

by Economy Team in News
Published 5 years ago

The rise of the raspberry-picking robots

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Published 5 years ago

Here’s why we like men’s art more than women’s

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Published 6 years ago

Now you can pay to mute your Uber driver

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Published 6 years ago

Reality TV shows are being criticised for damaging their contestants’ mental health

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 6 years ago

Would you eat an iguana?

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Published 6 years ago

Alabama bans abortion

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 6 years ago

Want to be happy? Be a retired, married, healthy homeowner.

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

New antibiotics aren’t being made. That could cause 10 million deaths by 2050.

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 6 years ago

Festival tents are contributing to climate change

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Published 6 years ago

People are having less sex. Blame society.

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

The NHS is running out of nurses

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Published 6 years ago

People are mad that M&S Percy Pigs are now veggie

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Published 6 years ago

Should all kids get free school dinners?

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Published 6 years ago

The UK could have net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050

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Published 6 years ago

Charitable donations to rebuild Notre Dame are being criticised for prioritising buildings over people

by Economy Team in Issues
Published 6 years ago

Credit scores are going international

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Would banning tips improve hospitality work?

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Home Secretary wants UK to stop disclosing all criminal records to employers

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

Climate change protestors try to bring London to a standstill

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Published 6 years ago

Trump thinks Cuban MLB players fund “brutal” communism

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Published 6 years ago

The Northern Powerhouse doesn’t look very powerful atm

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Published 6 years ago

Making divorce easier makes it cheaper, too

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Published 6 years ago

UK gov won’t give benefits to people who “deliberately” use up their savings

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Published 6 years ago

Is Brunei passing homophobic law to boost investment?

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Published 6 years ago

Working pensioners are being stuck with a big tax bill

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Published 6 years ago

China’s rating people on how ‘good’ a citizen they are

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Published 6 years ago

WOW Air has gone bust

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Published 6 years ago

New parents can’t afford nappies, prams or baby clothes

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Published 6 years ago

Apple is launching a Netflix rival

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Published 6 years ago

Here’s how to make tax collection fun

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Published 6 years ago

Grow-your-own coffee cups could save the planet

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Published 6 years ago

Some rich people illegally bribed their kids into Ivy League schools

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Published 6 years ago

1/5 Brits don’t have basic digital skills

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Published 6 years ago

One big hurricane could ruin world economy

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Published 6 years ago

UK council tax bills are going up by £80-ish

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Published 6 years ago

Too much free time makes us unhappy

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Published 6 years ago

Should vaccinations for kids be compulsory?

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Published 6 years ago

10% of British adults have never had a paid job

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Published 6 years ago

Venezuela is mad the USA tried to give food to its hungry people

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Published 6 years ago

ISIS members can’t be British, says UK gov

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Published 6 years ago

UK towns are getting rid of all their free ATMs

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Published 6 years ago

Latest news headlines: What’s going on with climate change, transgender rights and Trump’s wall?

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Published 6 years ago

Latest news headlines: What’s going on with Chinese New Year, Gigi Hadid and that Insta-famous egg?

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Published 6 years ago

Latest news headlines: what’s going on with ‘The Greatest Dancer’, free funerals and goat rights?

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Published 6 years ago

Latest news headlines: what’s going on with Brexit, the economy, and Trump’s government?

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Published 6 years ago

What’s going to happen after the Brexit vote?

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What has the Brexit vote done to the UK economy?

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Published 6 years ago

The UK’s renegotiating its Brexit deal

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Published 6 years ago

Would you eat a spicy GM tomato that helps you lose weight?

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Published 6 years ago

British shops sold less Christmas stuff than they have for ten years

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Published 6 years ago

Could more grammar schools mean more BME students going to top unis?

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Published 6 years ago

There’s a new cryptocurrency designed specially for kids

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Published 6 years ago

A million families will lose their child benefits by 2020

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Published 6 years ago

Drug dealers are marketing their products as “vegan” and “ethically sourced”.

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Published 6 years ago

Chicken nuggets no longer the thing Twitter users care about most

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Super rich people are going on gap years

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Published 6 years ago

This academic thinks we should lower the voting age to 6

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Published 6 years ago

You’re more likely to die on January 6th than on any other day of the year

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Published 6 years ago

Big business bosses have already earned as much as you will for the whole of 2019

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Published 6 years ago

UK gov refuses to let couple ‘sell’ their house for £10

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Published 6 years ago

Drug-dealing teens escape jail thanks to their grasp of grammar

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Published 6 years ago

Global warming might bring bluefin tuna back to Britain

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Published 6 years ago

80% of UK manufacturers can’t find skilled staff

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Published 6 years ago

2019 is gonna be all about the ‘pet economy’

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Published 6 years ago

China says it’ll use force if needed to take back Taiwan

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Published 6 years ago

UK train fares just got 3% more expensive

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Published 6 years ago

Christmas 2018: Economy Roundup

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Published 6 years ago

Hungarians have been asked to work an extra 400 hours a year.

by Economy Team in News
Published 6 years ago

The BBC might make elderly Brits pay to watch TV

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Published 6 years ago

‘Don’t plan any holidays after Brexit Day’, UK gov (denies) saying

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Published 6 years ago

Want to know the economics of Xmas Jumper Day?

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Published 6 years ago

UK bans gender stereotypes on TV ads

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Published 6 years ago

Shall we just start calling her Theresa Mayday?

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Published 6 years ago

Barclays has made a bank card that stops you spending money down the pub

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Published 6 years ago

Americans want their workplaces to pay them to never call in sick

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Published 6 years ago

Brits want a second Brexit referendum… and would vote to Remain in the EU

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Published 6 years ago

More playtime could reduce poverty and inequality

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Published 6 years ago

The French are rioting over rising fuel tax

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Published 6 years ago

IKEA and Walmart say they’re gonna save the world

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Published 6 years ago

Womb transplants might mean men can soon have babies

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Published 6 years ago

Some (white) instagrammers are appaz pretending to be black to get more followers

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Published 6 years ago

A cinema is charging Londoners 40 quid a ticket

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Published 6 years ago

The UK Transport Secretary has been blamed for train delays

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Published 6 years ago

Japan is giving away free houses

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MPs say UK gov broke parliament’s rules with its Brexit deal

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Spitalfields in London wants to have its own council

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Japanese companies told to pay compensation to former forced workers

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Ford says it can predict car crashes before they happen

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Every UK child is going to be taught coding

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London’s getting a bunch of new skyscrapers

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Feminism might literally save women’s lives

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Department for Transport wants to reduce cyclist accidents by bribing drivers

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Extinction Rebellion is blocking London roads to stop climate change

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1 in 200 Brits are homeless

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People have some opinions on the fees migrants pay to send money to their families

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AirBnB has got entangled in the conflict between Israel and Palestine

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Now Spain is threatening to scupper any Brexit deal

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Should schools ban designer coats?

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A Brexit negotiator suggested Britain stay in the EU till 2022

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New software stops journalists ignoring women

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Men have longer commutes than women. #EverydaySexism?

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Brits may now need a €60 visa to visit EU

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Are fewer fast food joints a sign poor Americans are getting poorer?

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Chinese shoppers just spent $30 billion celebrating being single

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UK firms want to put microchips in their staff

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Businesses are trying to find people to sit in empty offices

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Thames Water has put up Londoners’ bills to give more money to investors

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Should we be able to ‘self-identify’ as any age we want?

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Democrats win House of Representatives in US midterm elections

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Scouts try to go gender neutral… and get sued

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Taxpayers *don’t* have to pay for Treasury cat

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Should police prosecute men who laughed at Grenfell fire?

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British women now have to wait as long as men to retire

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WTF was Fiscal Phil actually on about?

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Phil’s Budget Speech: Hot or Not?

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Channel 4 has opened a new HQ in Leeds

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America continues sanctioning the shit out of Iran

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Should fireworks boxes show violent injuries and warnings?

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UK Budget 2018: Highlights

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How will the UK Budget 2018 change your life?

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NHS refuses to give IVF to women over 34

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New technology knows when we’re lying

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Women have declared war on make-up

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The Catholic Church made its own version of Pokemon Go

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Getting up earlier won’t (always) make you more productive

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UK police risk becoming “irrelevant”. Uh oh.

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Brexit may sink the Titanic.

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Yeah, you can’t sell things that cause cancer, judge tells firm

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Trump is “very unhappy” with America’s central bank.

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Premier Inn is selling tiny hotel rooms for £19

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The UK’s legal aid organisation is going to court… to defend itself

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Brits are getting fatter. Are takeaway joints to blame?

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Saudi Arabia discovers crime doesn’t pay

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Stop smoking, it’s bad for you, says big cigarette company

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The poorer we feel, the more meat we eat

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Got some dirty money you want to hide? Come to London.

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Some bloke cut up his Banksy art to try and double its value

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UK might stay in the EU a bit longer than planned

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More high-street shops are closing: let’s all blame Amazon

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Stephen Hawking could be on the next £50 note, if it exists…

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Californian companies are being fined if they don’t hire senior women

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Brits don’t care about saving for retirement. Uh-oh.

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CEO who tried to share profits with workers is called a socialist and asked to leave

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Trump’s presidency has built up a big, beautiful… budget deficit

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Royal Mail staff say their bosses are cheating them out of money

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Thousands of Glaswegian women are striking over gender discrimination in council wages

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Disagreement on borders in Northern Ireland has probs ended any hope of a Brexit deal

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Equal opportunity statements don’t make companies more diverse

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Brazil’s trade in soybeans is causing drama

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Could Universal Credit cause the Tories’ downfall?

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Britain’s about to have the hottest October in years

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Pubs say beer tax means pints are becoming an “unaffordable luxury”

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40% of young people couldn’t afford the cheapest home in their area

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The UK’s government is (almost) the poorest in the world

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England’s just got its first mental health government minister

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It’ll take more than a Nobel Prize to stop climate change, say activists

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Cannabis investors’ high might be in for a come down

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China thinks dead people are bad for the economy

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This zoo spent tens of thousands on an enclosure and filled it with fake penguins

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Amazon ups its minimum wage

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You know that big financial crisis we just had? Prepare for round two.

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Theresa May just said austerity is “over”

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‘Wait, only showing job adverts to men is sexism?’ asks Facebook.

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Costa Coffee criticised avocados. Millennials declared war.

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The President of the United States has been accused of being a tax cheat

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The government says there will be fewer low-skilled migrants after Brexit

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Bad economies = good for bees?

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Cigarette boss says regulating e-cigarettes would be like banning condoms

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The Tories say they need more diverse MPs

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Restaurants may be banned from taking away staff’s tips

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Help to Buy isn’t helping people to buy. Awks.

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Should the NHS pay for diet drinks?

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Asylum seeker aren’t welcome in the north of England, apparently

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‘Vampire’ bank Goldman Sachs wants you to save money in its new account

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Oh great, now Millennials are going to die earlier too

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Foreigners want to open businesses in North Korea

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Is the lack of right-wing comedians an example of market failure?

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Should banks pay back all victims of online fraud?

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Thomas Cook says British sunshine hurts business

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Weet-Bix tries to ban Weetabix to stop customers getting confused

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WeightWatchers are rebranding as a wellness company

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American companies are buying craploads of British businesses

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Labour want a general election before Brexit

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Women are better investors than men

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High-skilled good, low-skilled bad, says new UK migration report

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Britain’s Tory government is spending £2 billion on social housing

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Apple has given Ireland €14.3 billion. Ireland doesn’t want it.

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China and America’s trade war just got even bigger

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We should all stop what we’re doing and focus on fixing poverty in Africa

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Want to save the world? Play the stockmarket.

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Jaguar Land Rover staff are being paid a full-time wage for a three-day workweek

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Tesco is turning some of its stores into super-cheap supermarkets

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Crossrail has been delayed till 2019

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Asia just got hit by a super typhoon (yes, that’s the technical term)

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Unilever wants to leave Britain (but maybe not because of Brexit)

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Um, did the Archbishop of Canterbury just blame the devil for zero hour contracts?

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Universal Credit (the government’s benefit system) is really rubbish, says Corbyn

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The 2008 financial crisis cost you £800 a year

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California’s dreaming of going carbon neutral

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The National Audit Office just told off the government for its police cuts

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Labour wants businesses to share profits with their employees

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Three-day weekends might actually become a thing

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Thinking of buying a house? It’s going to cost you (even more)

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America wonders if letting people sell deadly painkillers was the best idea

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The UK might be more productive than everyone thought

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Trade unions say May’s Brexit deal should TUC off

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Greece ditches austerity

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Cryptocurrencies lost $20 billion of value overnight

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Attempt at bike-sharing in Manchester goes tits up

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Brits are spending more than they earn. Uh-oh.

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Will paying people more money improve the economy?

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Amazon is now worth $1 trillion

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The government has capped energy bills

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The EU has rejected Theresa May’s Brexit deal. Now what?

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Should Mark Carney be rehired as governor of the Bank of England?

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After two deadly accidents, Italy wants to renationalise its roads

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Painting created by AI is on sale for $10k

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EU migrants no longer want to live in UK

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RyanAir considers solving pilot strike by firing pilots

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P&G want to *own* FML, NBD, LOL, and WTF. WTF?!

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What we know about a no-deal Brexit

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Perhaps we should start prepping for a no-deal… just in case, says government

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Corbyn wants to tax tech firms to fund investigative journalism

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Do we really need pennies?

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The government deficit is lower than it’s been in a long time. Is this good news?

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Trump’s said he thinks China is a “currency manipulator” again

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Liam Fox wants the UK to be an ‘exporting superpower’

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No need to worry about conserving oil, Trump administration says

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Venezuela is getting a new currency

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Rail fares could be lower if we calculated inflation differently

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No more hiding in New Zealand for foreign billionaires

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The real reason university applications are dropping isn’t the fees

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Kids lose out from long summer holidays, new research shows

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Minimum wage coming in for New York app-based drivers

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Pound falls as people get scared this ‘no deal’ thing could actually happen

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Kelloggs, KFC, and TfL are paying the price of the junk food advert ban

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Trump’s escalating the trade war with China again

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Elon Musk might turn Tesla into a private company

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US sanctions on Iran are officially back

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We’re producing so much energy that prices are going below zero

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60-40 chance at a ‘no deal’ Brexit, trade secretary says

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Amazon is earning more money and paying less tax. How did that happen?

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Apple is the first publicly listed company to hit the trillion dollar mark

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The Bank of England has raised interest rates – here’s why

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WhatsApp introducing fees on business services

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Former Obama advisor hired to sort out ‘big data’ for us

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France is introducing on-the-spot fines for sexual harassment

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‘Mortgage prisoners’ will be given access to lower rates

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Ethical consumer & cocaine user? Doesn’t add up, Met police chief says

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It’s just not cool to work in a factory anymore

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Lidl is building affordable homes above its stores

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Two bathtubs of water per household per day are wasted through leakage

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The EU proposes member states receive €6,000 for each migrant taken in

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Teens should get their noses out of books and get a job instead, Esther McVey says

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Facebook’s share price drops by 20 percent

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Banks might need to have a ‘basic savings rate’

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Why we might not have enough food after a no-deal Brexit

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Jeremy Corbyn’s ‘Build It In Britain’ plan

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Venezuela’s inflation rate could hit a MILLION percent

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London cab drivers are considering a billion pound lawsuit against Uber

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Public sector wage cap may finally be scrapped today

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Are people getting richer, or have they just stopped saving?

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Theresa May wants us all to start prepping for a ‘no-deal’ Brexit

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Trump is “not thrilled” about interest rate rise

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Google is in trouble with the EU again, this time over Android

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More of us in jobs, less of us getting pay rises

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Hard Brexiteers win out on final version of EU agreement

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WeWork has banned meat from its offices

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Robots are going to… make you a new job

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Theresa May promises British investment into aerospace post-Brexit

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New ‘corporate code of conduct’ for businesses announced

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The US isn’t budging on Iran sanctions

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Trump says May’s Brexit proposal would “probably kill” her chances at a US trade deal

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