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    UK economy
    Bank governor wades into row over Reeves’ focus on fiscal rule forecasts

    Andrew Bailey says OBR projections – which the chancellor uses to calculate headroom – shouldn’t be ‘over-interpreted’
  • A postal worker delivers mail at a Post Office branch in central London, 2024.

    Post Office Horizon scandal
    Government did not want to ‘harass’ Post Office victims by chasing up claims

  • Friends using mobile phone during a tennis match on the TV.

    Screens
    Adults in Great Britain now spending more time on mobiles than watching TV

    Daily average for watching all types of screen is now almost 7.5 hours, annual survey for IPA finds
    • Two women studying the house price signs in an estate agents window

      Property
      Interest-only mortgage could make comeback as regulator revisits rules

    • Car industry
      China's Chery Auto ‘actively considering’ building UK factory

    • US economy
      Federal Reserve chair defends holding interest rates after fresh Trump attacks

    • Auto industry
      US investigates Tesla’s Robotaxi launch after videos show erratically driving cars

    • Retail
      Co-op to stop sourcing goods from Israel, Iran and 15 other countries

    • Environment
      UK can reach net zero by 2050, climate report finds

    • Politics
      Tory peer Liam Booth-Smith takes job at AI firm he encountered at No 10

    • Climate
      Courts pushing back on corporate carbon offsetting claims, LSE report finds

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Opinion & analysis

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    How Lisbon made itself irresistible to tourists – and became the least affordable city in Europe

    Agustín Cocola-Gant
  • Protesters in Whitehall hold placards opposed to benefit cuts for people with disabilities as thousands of people march in central London against government cuts.

    Editorial
    The Guardian view on disability benefits: Labour’s rebels are right – these reforms will lead to misery

  • Keir Starmer

    Politics
    Widespread Labour dissent over welfare bill is sign things are going very badly for Starmer

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    TechScape
    Tech in the Iran-Israel conflict: internet blackout, crypto burning and home camera spying

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Spotlight

  • The Illustration shows a world globe, with planes flying in random routes and hot spots over the world.

    Air transport
    Flying in the new age of conflict – the hotspots diverting flights and leaving pilots blind

    Amid conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine, airlines have been forced to divert around warzones while managing new threats to their systems

Multimedia

  • Donald Trump after addressing media on the White House lawn on 23 April 2025. Photograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA

    The Audio Long Read
    ‘Outdated and unjust’: can we reform global capitalism?

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    In pictures
    A vertical forest growing in the Netherlands

    A new tower brings apartments, office space and tens of thousands of plants to the heart of Utrecht
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    One in three student loan borrowers risk default as delinquency rates soar

  • Energy smart meter

    UK energy meter switch-off delayed amid fears over heating and higher bills

    • Police warn of SMS scams as ‘blaster’ is used to send thousands of texts

    • Telling employee their work is messy is not harassment, London tribunal rules

    • ‘Just reach out to us’: the Nationwide team helping vulnerable customers

    • Funeral scams: ‘It’s hard to imagine a more callous form of fraud’

    • Investing apps: which offer the most for beginners?

    • Get a fan and shut curtains: how to keep your home cool in a heatwave

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