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Business News Finance Viewpoint

Has City rediscovered its spark?

Shawbrook’s strong debut hints at a fragile but real IPO revival For the first time in years, London’s financial district has something to.

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Politics Viewpoint

Badenoch’s year of reckoning

Tory leader’s first anniversary exposes a party adrift, not just a politician under pressure By any political measure, Kemi Badenoch should have spent.

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Defence People Viewpoint

Wearing my poppy with pride

Lest We Forget Each November, I wear my poppy not as a decoration but as a declaration. It marks my respect for those.

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Viewpoint World Affairs

Liberal hope rekindled in Europe

Rob Jetten – a shift from populist fury to pragmatic stability It’s rare that a Dutch election captures the imagination of Europe’s political.

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Bromsgrove Finance Politics Viewpoint

 ‘Scrap stamp duty’ – MP

MPs have voted overwhelmingly against scrapping stamp duty – but Bradley Thomas, MP for Bromsgrove, is among those whose vigour to get rid.

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Birmingham Politics Viewpoint

Birmingham Pub Bombings anger

Deadliest terror attack on mainland Britain last century The Birmingham Pub Bombings were the deadliest terrorist attack on mainland Britain in the 20th.

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Justice Politics Viewpoint

Farage lays down ECHR marker

It was democracy in a nutshell: Emotive, important, messy and entertaining. Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK and one of just five MPs.

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Birmingham Business News Viewpoint

Brum business: Hidden reality

Birmingham’s secret business collapse: The truth beneath the bravado Business people are rarely short of good news. Attend any chamber of commerce lunch.

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Life Sciences People Viewpoint

WM plasma donors: Saving lives globally

Life Sciences Week: There’s more to Birmingham than meets the eye Last month’s West Midlands Life Sciences Week fired imaginations all over the.

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Education Jobs People Viewpoint

Graduates not the only losers

The real labour market crisis hits those without skills The story of struggling graduates has dominated headlines this year – tales of young.

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