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Amazon raises starting pay to $20 an hour and adds Whole Foods discount
Wage increase brings Amazon’s US minimum pay in line with Costco and includes new grocery discount benefit
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Pension peril: is it time to unpick the triple lock? | Letters
Letters: Readers are divided on whether the triple lock should stay or go
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Burnham warns of ‘difficult decisions’ in budget as inflation rises to 3.1%
PM rejects claim he leads a ‘tax-and-spend’ government, as Bank of England prepares for interest rates decision
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Amazon to launch Ring ‘neighbourhood watch’ app in UK amid US privacy fears
Doorbell firm aims to replace WhatsApp or Facebook groups with platform where people can post about safety or lost pets
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Reform-linked thinktank ‘to call for big tax cuts for the rich’
Centre for a Better Britain will urge abolishing inheritance tax and phasing out capital gains tax, report says
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Trump EPA’s arguments for letting power plants spew unlimited pollution ‘dead wrong’
Claims that dismantling pollution rules will lower energy bills and have little climate impact are far from convincing
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European Union invites Canada to become first ever ‘associate member’
Commission president says EU must ‘urgently reimagine our partnerships’ as she makes unprecedented offer
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Mirror publisher to cut 220 editorial jobs as readers turn to AI summaries
Reach, which also owns Express, makes decision because of ‘mammoth shift’ in how audiences seek out content
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Datacenter rush will create ‘tsunami’ of discarded electronics, report says
Global push will triple toxic e-waste annually in 25 years, filling enough shipping containers to circle globe six times
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Allowing AI firms to collude to ‘pace the frontier’ is a dangerous proposition
Tech CEOs banding together is an old ruse recycled from corporate America to get a pass from antitrust laws
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‘If you’re building Frankenstein, stop’: JD Vance dismisses calls for AI regulation
US vice-president’s comments come as former Anthropic researcher revisits recent claim AI could destroy humanity
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Sunderland gets its Kicks: Nissan to invest £170m to build new hybrid SUV
Latest attempt to secure future of Britain’s biggest car factory may be subject to UK weakening EV sales mandate
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The US government is failing Americans on AI | Shakeel Hashim
Trump and Republicans want companies to regulate themselves. It’s a dereliction of duty that will make AI less safe
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Trump’s $5,000 pledge to voters is a shameless bribe | Steven Greenhouse
Not only would the plan do vast economic damage – it assumes that Americans are easily bamboozled
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Ladbrokes owner prepares to cut 400 jobs weeks after profit boost
Entain, which also owns Coral and BetMGM, starts consultation process over customer care roles
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‘We need to get it right’: union gusto for Burnham will face make-or-break tests
TUC conference rings with praise for new No 10 team, but battles loom over workers’ rights and north sea drilling
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Michelin-starred Seoul restaurant fined for serving dessert topped with ants
Prosecutors sought jail term for chief executive of Evett after insects not approved for consumption were on menu
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UK rents accelerate as London house prices fall, and inflation rises to 3.1% – as it happened
Soaring motor fuel costs have pushed UK inflation to a five-month high in August
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‘Pacing’ won’t eliminate the risk of AI doom. Here’s what could | David Krueger
The stark reality is this: we don’t know how to maintain control of these systems. But there are actions we can take
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Big-money donations poison British politics. We can stop the mega-rich buying access and influence | Gordon Brown
I’ve seen how imbalances in campaign spending can distort democracy. The multi-million-pound gifts to Reform must act as a final wake-up call, says former UK prime minister Gordon Brown
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Company behind failed Surrey oilfield project sells site at massive loss
New owners apply for permission to extract oil in Surrey despite landmark ruling from supreme court in 2024
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Don’t back down on pledge to put water firms under public control, Burnham told
Move would mean some input on companies’ spending and holding bosses to account over bills and sewage discharges
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McLaren to build SUVs geared towards Formula One fans with children
Model comes as part of £500m UK investment by firm’s new Abu Dhabi owner that will also fund new factory
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Slave-trade wealth was embedded in Britain’s financial system, research finds
Dozens of Bank of England directors and founding subscribers invested in trafficking of enslaved Africans
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