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Labour eyes £1bn VAT raid on airport charges in stealth blow to family holidays thumbnail
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Labour eyes £1bn VAT raid on airport charges in stealth blow to family holidays

British families planning a getaway this summer could find the cost of flying creeping up again, after it emerged that Treasury officials are...

April borrowing surges to £24.3bn as debt interest bill breaks month record thumbnail
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April borrowing surges to £24.3bn as debt interest bill breaks month record

Higher gilt yields and a £10.3bn debt servicing bill have wiped further fiscal headroom from Rachel Reeves’s plans, leaving the Chancellor with little...

Morrisons to shut 100 convenience stores as supermarket blames Labour’s ‘policy choices’ for rising costs thumbnail
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Morrisons to shut 100 convenience stores as supermarket blames Labour’s ‘policy choices’ for rising costs

Morrisons is preparing to pull down the shutters on 100 loss-making convenience stores in a move that places hundreds of shop-floor jobs in...

AI is being used to resurrect the voices of dead pilots thumbnail
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AI is being used to resurrect the voices of dead pilots

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SpaceX launches Starship V3 for the first time, but loses booster on return thumbnail
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SpaceX launches Starship V3 for the first time, but loses booster on return

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Blue Origin cleared to fly New Glenn mega-rocket after April mishap thumbnail
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Blue Origin cleared to fly New Glenn mega-rocket after April mishap

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Peec, one of Berlin’s rising startups, more than doubled annualized revenue in months to $10M, sources say thumbnail
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Peec, one of Berlin’s rising startups, more than doubled annualized revenue in months to $10M, sources say

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Elon Musk has given up on solar power (on Earth) thumbnail
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Elon Musk has given up on solar power (on Earth)

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Social Security checks might get bigger than expected next year. But there’s bad news, too thumbnail
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Social Security checks might get bigger than expected next year. But there’s bad news, too

The Social Security cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for next year could reach 3.9%, according to a new report. The latest monthly prediction from The...

IRS is ‘forever barred’ from examining Trump. What to know about the immunity deal that’s shocking experts thumbnail
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IRS is ‘forever barred’ from examining Trump. What to know about the immunity deal that’s shocking experts

Remember Donald Trump’s response in the 2016 presidential debate, when Hillary Clinton blasted him for paying virtually no federal taxes? “That makes me...