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07:35 UK 30-year borrowing costs hit 6%, highest since 1998, as government bond sell-off intensifies – business live
07:26 First home buyers with big loans among those most at risk of falling into negative equity, RBA warns
07:08 Energy bills are rising by £60 a year – here’s what you can do about it
07:07 Employers should teach primary-age children about work, says Milburn
07:04 Africa’s richest man launches Kenya oil refinery despite land protests
06:59 UK house price growth halves amid rising mortgage interest rates
05:24 Fuel prices leave people asking ‘what can we do?’
05:23 ‘We’re still cold paying £300 a month energy bills’
05:00 Healey urged to offer energy support in budget as bills rise 4%
05:00 The zero-bills home: how one family is beating the energy price hikes
04:26 Doctors and allied health professionals walk off job en masse amid pay disputes
04:03 AI boom could trigger market shocks, Bank of England boss warns
02:06 Businesses fear visa changes to backpacker visas will make staffing harder
02:00 Billionaire Sheiks and ‘sham’ contracts: the Manchester City scandal – podcast
02:00 RBA relaxed about housing downturn, deeply worried by AI and bonds
01:59 Buzzard iron ore mine dispute leaves workers in limbo
07:35 UK 30-year borrowing costs hit 6%, highest since 1998, as government bond sell-off intensifies – business live
07:26 First home buyers with big loans among those most at risk of falling into negative equity, RBA warns
07:08 Energy bills are rising by £60 a year – here’s what you can do about it
07:07 Employers should teach primary-age children about work, says Milburn
07:04 Africa’s richest man launches Kenya oil refinery despite land protests
06:59 UK house price growth halves amid rising mortgage interest rates
05:24 Fuel prices leave people asking ‘what can we do?’
05:23 ‘We’re still cold paying £300 a month energy bills’
05:00 Healey urged to offer energy support in budget as bills rise 4%
05:00 The zero-bills home: how one family is beating the energy price hikes
04:26 Doctors and allied health professionals walk off job en masse amid pay disputes
04:03 AI boom could trigger market shocks, Bank of England boss warns
02:06 Businesses fear visa changes to backpacker visas will make staffing harder
02:00 Billionaire Sheiks and ‘sham’ contracts: the Manchester City scandal – podcast
02:00 RBA relaxed about housing downturn, deeply worried by AI and bonds
01:59 Buzzard iron ore mine dispute leaves workers in limbo

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