US firm: NHS estate bid
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR), the private equity firm, is bidding to take over Assura plc, the UK-based healthcare real estate investment.
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Electricity in the UK
Britons pay more than they should for their energy due to the UK’s dependence on gas-fired power stations. That is the finding of.
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Britain: Warfooting
Military movements signal escalation The UK is creeping ever closer to a state of quasi-war readiness – a subtle but unmistakable shift in.
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£205m Typhoon upgrade
Next-generation capability The Government has announced £204.6m in funding for a major upgrade to the RAF’s Eurofighter Typhoon fleet. The investment will support.
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WM investment boom
Opposition warns of ‘spiralling spending’ The Government’s 2025 Spending Review has set the tone for the next phase of Britain’s economic policy –.
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Blind to brutality
The moral fog of protest By all reasonable standards of human decency, there should be no doubt: Israel, for all its faults, remains.
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HS2 contractor fraud claims
Tax authorities brought in HS2 Ltd has referred one of its subcontractors to HM Revenue and Customs following serious allegations of payroll fraud.
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Macron recognises Palestine
The French-Israeli relationship has always been fraught ever since the Vichy government in the second world war deported 76,000 French Jews to their.
Culture
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Pride ‘pink-washing’
It’s June. Pride Month. A time of the year when companies come crawling out of the woodwork, splashing a colourful rainbow onto their.
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MI6’s first female chief
Historic leadership change at SIS Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) has appointed Blaise Metreweli as its next chief, making her the first woman.