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The Guardian view on trapped leaseholders: Labour must keep its promise to set them free | Editorial
Editorial: The government pledged to end an unfair system. Ministers must give homeowners power over costs, rather than another place to complain
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Nigel Farage questioned by standards commissioner over £5m gift
Reform UK leader was interviewed for half an hour last month over money from crypto billionaire
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Retailers are making returns harder. A carpet seller taught me why that’s a mistake | Gene Marks
A standard business practice offsets future costs by funding a reserve for returns – but many small businesses don’t do it
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Are my gen X peers the influencers the world has been waiting for? | Emma Beddington
Their careers are peaking, they’re rich in money and time – and young people think they’re cool. But maybe it’s not as simple as that, writes Emma Beddington
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The AI industry is booming. Women are getting left behind
Women hold just a fraction of new AI jobs but are overrepresented in roles with high risk of AI disruption
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The demands of Welsh devolution are simple: just give us what Scotland has | Will Hayward
Andy Burnham is a Westminster leader whom Welsh nationalists could finally work with - but only if he stands up to the devo-sceptics in UK Labour, says Guardian columnist Will Hayward
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A cargo ship, 20 crew, and a huge stash of cocaine: the seafarer imprisoned for smuggling – on no evidence
After Turkish police found drugs on board the Phoenician M, the ship’s chief mate, Ali Albokhari, was sentenced to 30 years in prison. His wife is still fighting to free him
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Burnham’s plans for social care and its workers are admirable but changes must come quickly | Heather Stewart
Money is needed now for a system that has left families including mine struggling their way unsupported and forgotten
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‘The violence is off the scale’: staff and passengers at risk as assaults on trains in Great Britain soar to record high
Cases of abuse, spitting, head-butting and sexual harassment, have spiked as transport police numbers have dwindled
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Costa’s coffee shops return to profit with iced drinks and matcha on the menu
Costa Ltd reports operating profit of £20m in year to 31 December 2025 after losses of £13.5m in 2024
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Thousands of Glasgow council workers face pay cuts in one of UK’s biggest fire-and-rehire plans
Unison union refuses to ballot members on offer that would make 11% of council employees worse off
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Own a smartphone? Then you’re paying the ‘app tax’. It’s a racket and it’s time the UK faced Apple and Google down | Chi Onwurah
A deep-seated duopoly allows the tech giants to exploit the public and developers. But the regulator has powers to stop this abuse – it should use them, says Labour MP Chi Onwurah
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Lack of inspections at fish slaughterhouses a ‘disgrace’, says Animal Equality UK
Charity calls for faster progress on humane slaughter laws for farmed fish in England and Wales
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‘They call every week’: the phishing attacks targeting past victims
Scammers reuse personal details harvested from fake Esta websites – and texts and calls can keep arriving for months
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Ministers explore how to stop regional leaders misusing planned new spending powers
Labour wants to make sure mayors and council chiefs in England can be held to account for extra revenues devolved to them
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UK car industry faces ‘difficult trade-off’ between Chinese and EU markets
Britain under pressure to put tariffs on cheap Chinese vehicle imports ahead of protectionist trade measures
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‘We are in a kind of war’: row over viral Amsterdam chip shop lands in court
Neighbours say crowds drawn to Fabel Friet are clogging the picturesque canal street and attracting litter, gulls and rats
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OpenAI safety leader quits, warning AI company’s culture is ‘broken’
David Robinson joins other insiders in urging industry to take more care over rapidly developing technology
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Burnham must remember: more regulation is not the best way to improve public services | Phillip Inman
In the NHS as in the private sector, the measure of success should be customer satisfaction and not just box-ticking
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California’s new laws target workers’ biggest fear of AI taking their jobs
The state, which is home to many AI companies, is one of the first to roll out workplace regulations targeting the technology
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Soaring diesel prices take their toll on US farmers in midwest corn belt
Fuel costs are biting for crop growers, trucking firms and a host of other industries as Iran war stokes record prices
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Nitrite-free bacon sales boom in UK amid fears over curing chemicals
Shoppers are switching from traditional product despite little evidence alternative is safer
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UAE may halt UK investments after Manchester City guilty verdict
Premier League’s actions would ‘have an influence on the bilateral state relationship’, Emirati officials said
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