Visa and Mastercard Captured the Digital Wallet – FCA Probes Competition Act 1998 too late
The Financial Conduct Authority has drawn a line in the sand. On 6 May 2026, the regulator confirmed it is formally investigating Mastercard, PayPal and Visa under the…
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Russian Elites Snap Up Over 9 Percent of London’s Prime Property Since 2022, Research Finds
New data on London’s property market has raised fresh alarms over a surge in purchases of homes valued above £1 million, with more than 30% of transactions involving…
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Britain’s More Sick Years, Less Time to Live Well
A recent analysis from the Health Foundation has revealed a sharp drop in healthy life expectancy across Britain – that is, the number of years people live without…
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Britain’s jobs engine has seized – and young people are paying the price
The British labour market is not in a slow decline. It is in a full-blown crisis. That is not hyperbole; it is the conclusion of the latest data…
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Our Special Relationship with the US is like Special Olympics – in more than one way
The Special Relationship is facing one of its most serious tests in decades after Donald Trump issued an explicit ultimatum to the British government: scrap the tax on…
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Inflation Back Down to Target by April, Promised Bank of England in Display of Unfounded Optimism
Britain’s inflation problem has just got its second wind, and the numbers out this morning make for grim reading. The Consumer Prices Index jumped to 3.3% in March,…
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“Flirting with recession” – that’s how they put it
Britain is staring down the barrel of a jobs bloodbath, with unemployment poised to smash through the two million mark for the first time since the mid-2010s, all…
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