Job vacancies at five-year low as smaller firms scale back recruitment
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Oil prices rise as US-Iran ceasefire ends; UK wage growth slows amid cost of living squeeze – business live
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Student bank accounts: don’t be swayed by the freebies, freshers told
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Homeowner feared energy grant scheme was a scam
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'It was either feed my animals or feed myself'
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Burnham is choosing jobs over climate security. That’s a big risk | Gaby Hinsliff
The PM’s net zero pragmatism may please some voters, but as parts of the country go up in flames, it’s an increasingly h...
India’s College Boom Is Leaving Graduates in Debt and Without Jobs
Families are betting their savings on private universities as a path to a better life. A shortage of well-paying work is...
Credit card issuer Synchrony announces partnership with OpenAI
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Disabled people in England to get 24-hour free bus travel
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US-Canada trade talks 'intense' as new tariff deadline looms
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To joke or not to joke?: How to write a good out-of-office message
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Lakers governor Jeanie Buss says siblings cannot sell family’s stake to Bob Iger, Joshua Kushner
Los Angeles Lakers governor Jeanie Buss is opposing the potential sale of her family's stake in the NBA team, contr...