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OPINION - The Standard View: Why saying yes to a third runway at Heathrow is the right call

London is the world’s greatest city — it deserves an airport to match that status. Although the capital’s premier hub has come a long way since the days of “Heathrow Hell” a decade or so ago it still falls short of passengers’ and business expectation too often.

Evening Standard

UK stock markets could get a ‘closer look’ in 2025 amid investment drive

The FTSE 100 hit a number of record highs in May after getting off to a strong start to the year.

Evening Standard

How the wheels fell off listed UK plc and what can be done to fix it

City Voices: Gordon Brown has much to answer for when it comes to our stock market

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Hunt knows he must scrap the ‘tourist tax’. But the politics are tricky

City Comment: The OBR might offer the Chancellor a way to present his U-turn as in the interests of UK plc as a whole, not just London

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Sunak and Hunt accused of ‘damaging UK plc’ over NatWest boss’s exit

Concerns raised over anonymous briefings that triggered early-hours resignation of Dame Alison Rose

The Guardian - UK

Warm glow from high street amid frosty conditions

UK plc has had a quartet of huge shocks to deal with —we must hope there’s not another on the way

Evening Standard

UK will be worst performing G7 nation this year as economy shrinks, experts predict

The International Monetary Fund thinks UK plc will shrink 0.3%, and the only other advanced economy in the G7 group expected to decline is Germany’s, by 0.1%

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OPINION - Rishi Sunak is playing a cunning — and morally dubious — double game

Tomorrow, as Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivers his first Budget speech, he will be faced across the Despatch Box by Sir Keir Starmer and shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves. Yet his true opponents will be the ghosts of Conservatism’s recent past: Boris Johnson and the ethical crash that ended his shambolic premiership;…

Evening Standard

High-octane Liz Truss is powered by self-belief. Don’t underestimate her

The greatest asset of politicians is not subtlety or skill but a sense of unstoppability. The day after the latest slugfest TV debate in the Tory leadership race, we can argue about whether Rishi Sunak’s immigrant opportunity story was better than Liz’s gritty northern empathy for underserved children in poor…

Evening Standard

Worship the rich, neglect the poor? Adam Smith’s words still capture how power works

A law introducing state-sanctioned strike breaking is the latest sign that regulation only applies to workers. For business interests, anything goes

The Guardian - UK

We would starve to death if campaigners wrote safety laws, Grenfell inquiry told

Senior civil servant Brian Martin told the inquiry “we’d all starve to death” because of the costs of meeting the regulations on “UK plc”.

The Independent UK

Spring Statement 2022: Chancellor must protect UK Plc from global crisis say East Midlands business leaders

Delaying national insurance rise and a temporary energy price cap for small businesses could provide vital lifeline

Birmingham Post

Dame Diana Johnson pleads for the Humber's chance to level up UK Plc

Impassioned speech to business leaders lapped up by Chamber audience

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