From @cityam
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Banking stocks are back: Natwest leads FTSE 100 in 2024 as lenders beat expectations
Just three months after Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey called their weak share prices a “puzzle”, the UK's biggest banks have buoyed investors with impressive returns.
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Let's be honest, there are no easy answers to worklessness
The government is right to be focused on getting people off welfare dependency and into work, but we shouldn’t be too optimistic about its chances of success, says Matthew Lesh In 1906, William Beveridge declared that those who cannot work should be maintained by public support. The condition, however, would be the “complete and permanent []
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Stickers and democracy sausages – time to give polling day some pizzazz
Low turnout in elections is bad for democracy. If we want more people to vote, why not make polling day more of a party? Asks John Oxley It’s polling day in London, and chances are that you’re not going to vote. Well, admittedly, as a reader of opinion columns you are probably among the more []
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The making of a mayor: What powers do they actually have?
In England and across the world, mayors have wildly disparate powers. So how do they stack up? Lucy Kenningham explains
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Gen z aren't lazy – they just know that work doesn't pay
Generation z are shunning the corporate ladder because they recognise we live in an asset-driven economy that penalises work
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Proposed snooping powers are an incursion into our most basic rights
Slippery slopes are so named for a reason. One step might feel okay; a second, trouble-free. But suddenly momentum builds, and there’s no stopping you. The metaphor could not be more appropriate for the snooping powers that government is soon to take for itself – powers that represent a most aggressive incursion into basic privacy []
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FTSE 100 today: London shares poised to rise after US Fed maintains status quo; eyes on Apple and StanChart earnings
Asian markets opened cautiously on Thursday after the US Federal Reserve signalled a delay in interest rate cuts, dragging Wall Street lower. Oil prices surged in anticipation of US reserve replenishment, and the yen strengthened amid intervention speculation. Qualcomm's stock surged on strong earnings. Focus now turns to earnings reports from Apple and StanChart.
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Premier League hits six major UK internet providers including Sky with legal challenge
The Premier League has issued new legal proceedings in an English court against several internet service providers which includes Sky and BT.
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Fed leaves interest rates on hold again as worries about inflation resurface
The Fed voted to leave interest rates on hold for the sixth consecutive meeting but policymakers flagged a "lack of further progress" on inflation.
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Brompton boss tells Susan Hall to get on her bike and enjoy the Embankment
The boss of Brompton Bicycles has told Susan Hall to head to the Thames Embankment to see the success of London's cycling scene herself.
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Aston Villa boss Emery suggests English sides hit in Europe by Premier League
Aston Villa manager Unai Emery has suggested the competitive nature of the Premier League has had an impact on English club’s ability to challenge in Europe. Out of eight English teams who have featured in Europe this season – four in the Champions League, three in the Europa League and one in the Europa Conference []
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Race for City Hall: Polls narrow on final day as Sadiq Khan’s lead over Susan Hall shrinks to just 10 points
The Labour candidate for London mayor - who is campaigning for a record third term at City Hall - came in on 42 per cent, just 10 points ahead of his Conservative rival Susan Hall.