Bin strikes continue: Union rejects offer
Disclaimer: We don’t want to write about rats and bins in Brum but, sadly, until the longstanding industrial dispute ends, it’s all anyone.
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Dictators vs. Gen Z
Across the globe, from Asia to Africa and beyond, authoritarian leaders – be they traditional dictators or modern-day strongmen – are facing an.
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‘Make U-turns Great Again’
The overtly protectionist aim of Donald Trump’s “liberation day” tariffs was to drive jobs, industry and wealth back to America in line with.
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British Steel: Energy rethink required
After months of dithering, Keir Starmer’s government blinked. They pulled Britain back from the brink of an industrial betrayal – one that would.
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Futuristic cargo wagons
West Midlands innovators are working to create low-speed electric parcel-delivery vehicles which could one day replace petrol and diesel vans. The “Last Mile.
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Wealth drain hurting UK
Some 74,000 non-doms paid the UK government £8.9 billion in taxes in 2022/23. Changes in inheritance tax and capping business and agricultural relief.
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Repairing Brum’s reputation
[Note: Our man Josh Moreton wrote this before our interview with Sir Andy Street and our piece on the Birmingham Blues’ promotion to.
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Street: ‘Must negotiate down US car tariff’
The UK Government must negotiate down the US’s punitive 25% tariff on car exports from the UK, Sir Andy Street said today. “I.
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Trump: no tariffs on smartphones
And so it continues. First it was the bond markets which forced him to change his tune. Now the titans of tech have.
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Stars join VE Day 80th
Some of the UK’s most celebrated actors will join forces this May to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day with a powerful.