UK finance minister forced to reverse key income tax hike after backlash – CNBC

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UK unemployment falls to joint lowest rate since 1975 but wages stall – The Guardian

Workers suffered a fall in real pay for the first time in more than two years in January as inflation outpaced wage growth, underlining the fresh squeeze in living standards facing UK households. Total pay including bonuses was up 1.7% compared with January 2016, weaker than the 1.8% headline rate of inflation and the lowest […]

UK Sport ‘went easy’ on British Cycling to keep medal factory intact – The Guardian

Senior figures at the funding body UK Sport told its in-house governance unit to “go easy” on British Cycling because “that’s where the medals come from”, more than two years before Jess Varnish made public allegations of bullying and sexism, the Guardian has been told. Other UK Sport insiders have also come forward to tell […]

Judges quash UK marine Alexander Blackman’s murder conviction – The Guardian

A historic murder conviction against a British marine who shot dead a seriously wounded Taliban prisoner in Afghanistan has been quashed and replaced with one of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. Alexander Blackman became the first member of the UK armed forces in recent history to be convicted of murder while on an […]

Fragmented UK would be bad for debt ratings, says Fitch – CNBC

Fragmented UK would be bad for debt ratings, says Fitch – CNBC

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Brexit: Donald Tusk warns UK against ‘no deal threat’ – BBC News

Brexit: Donald Tusk warns UK against ‘no deal threat’ – BBC News

Image copyright PA Image caption Theresa May met Donald Tusk in Downing Street last year. The EU will “not be intimidated” by threats about the UK leaving with no deal, Donald Tusk has said. He said suggestions the UK would be better off leaving with no deal, rather than with a bad deal, “increasingly take […]

Single market exit: UK construction ‘could lose 175000 EU workers’ – The Guardian

The UK construction industry could lose more than 175,000 EU workers – or 8% of the sector’s workforce – if the country does not retain access to the European single market after Brexit, the government has been told. Such an outcome could put key infrastructure and construction projects at risk at a time when the […]

Three in ten UK bankers worry about consequences of speaking up, survey finds – CNBC

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