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Unemployment dips to pre-crisis low, UK

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Unemployment in the United Kingdom dropped to a pre-crisis low of 5.4% in the three months ending August 2014, according to the Office for...
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UK forecast to produce 2 million cars a year by 2020

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A new forecast predicts that by the year 2020 the UK will break car manufacturing records. Annual car production is forecast to increase to 2...
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UK inflation fell into negative territory in September

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UK inflation fell into negative territory in September. According to the latest official figures, as measured by the Consumer Prices Index, inflation in September dropped...
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UK completes privatisation of the Royal Mail

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The UK government completed the privatisation of the Royal Mail on Tuesday. It raised £591.1 million from selling its final stake in the business...
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Labour MPs furious after fiscal charter U-turn

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Labour’s new leaders initially said they would support the government’s fiscal charter. All seemed fine until MPs were told in a stormy meeting that...
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New tool Sunlight expands tracking of personal data on the Web

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Scientists at Columbia University’s Data Science Institute are to present ‘Sunlight’, a second-generation tool that they say brings transparency to the Web. They will...
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Worldpay went public on LSE, raised £2.5billion

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Worldpay went public on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) this morning, raising around £2.5billion. The company, which provides payment services for mail order and Internet retailers,...
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People travelling further but less frequently, UK

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Over the past fifty years, British people have been travelling further, but less frequently, according to a new study published in the journal Significance. Since...
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Inflation turns negative in UK

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Inflation, or the CPI (Consumer Prices Index), declined by 0.1% in the 12-month period to September 2015, after posting no change (0.0%) in the...
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Boris Johnson on Japan trip to boost trade and investment

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Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, leads a trade mission to Japan to boost trade and investment. Mr. Johnson aims to strengthen ties with...