Filed from the London desk — including multi-city pieces that also ran elsewhere.
Business · 16 October 2026
Poundland’s owners have dropped a trio of restructuring specialists onto the board as the discount retailer hovers on the brink of a sale or filing for administration.
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Business · 16 October 2026
Chancellor John Healey’s first budget, due on 28 October, will introduce a new levy on UK banks to help offset the public‑finance hit from the Middle‑East conflict.
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World · 16 October 2026
Faber & Faber has withdrawn Sally Rooney’s titles from UK retailers, saying it cannot forward UK earnings to the author after her outspoken support for Palestine Action.
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Finance · 16 October 2026
Anthropic is courting investors ahead of its stock market debut, while some backers worry about the hefty spend on AI infrastructure.
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Business · 15 October 2026
A quiet three‑month uptick of 0.7% in UK growth, announced just before Chancellor Healey’s maiden budget, has City traders scrambling to decide whether the spike was a genuine rebound or simply the result of a well�…
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Finance · 15 October 2026
Investors are fleeing AI‑linked equities amid worries that US inflation and potential rate hikes could turn AI‑related debt into a market‑dragging black hole, hitting chip makers and investors such as Samsung and S…
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Finance · 15 October 2026
Official ONS figures show the UK economy expanded, overturning forecasts that it would contract.
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Finance · 15 October 2026
A strong US CPI reading and growing concerns over AI‑related trade have pushed tech stocks lower. Traders now await the UK August GDP data to see if the market can catch its breath.
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Finance · 15 October 2026
The U.S. consumer price index jumped 3.7% in September, delivering a fresh blow to Republicans just weeks before the midterm elections. The rise fuels cost‑of‑living concerns and could make inflation the hottest issu…
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