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    The true impact of strikes in Britain revealed – £6bn and counting

    Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email The government has been warned about the crippling impact of the ongoing industrial unrest as analysis suggests recent strikes have caused a £6bn hit to the economy. The damage however […] More

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    Poorest see the system as ‘rigged’ Penny Mordaunt warns

    Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Many Britons feel things “don’t work” while the poorest see the system as “rigged” against them a cabinet minister has warned in a scathing assessment of the state of the […] More

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    Davos organizers: Musk wasn't invited despite what he says

    Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email The World Economic Forum says billionaire Elon Musk wasn’t on the guest list for the annual meeting of business executives, global leaders and cultural trend-setters in Davos, Switzerland — despite […] More

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    Brexit is doomed, says Boris Johnson’s favourite paper

    Sign up to our free Brexit and beyond email for the latest headlines on what Brexit is meaning for the UK Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight The Conservatives have made such a “hash” of Brexit that the project is probably “unsalvageable”, according to Boris Johnson’s favourite newspaper. An editorial column […] More

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    Brexit has created shortage of 330,000 workers in UK, say economists

    Sign up to our free Brexit and beyond email for the latest headlines on what Brexit is meaning for the UK Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight Post-Brexit immigration rules have led to a shortfall of around 330,000 workers in the UK and had helped fuel inflation, according to top economists. […] More

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    16-year-olds old enough to decide on gender ID change, education secretary suggests

    Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Education secretary Gillian Keegan has suggested that she personally believes 16-year-old children are old enough to decide to change their gender identify. It comes as Rishi Sunak’s government said it […] More

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    Billions lost in tax after HMRC staff shifted to work on Brexit and Covid fraud

    Sign up to our free Brexit and beyond email for the latest headlines on what Brexit is meaning for the UK Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight Billions of pounds in tax have been lost because thousands of HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) tax officials were shifted to work on Brexit and Covid schemes. Treasury […] More