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ONS figures also reveal slide in job vacancies amid rise in employer national insurance contributionsBusiness live – latest updatesThe unemployment rate in the UK has risen to its highest level in almost four years, according

Prime minister’s ‘island of strangers’ speech was likened to rhetoric of Enoch PowellKeir Starmer has defended his plans to curb net migration after an angry backlash from MPs, businesses and industry to a speech in

Fourth most important food crop in peril as Latin America and Caribbean suffer from slow-onset climate disasterThe climate crisis is threatening the future of the world’s most popular fruit, as almost two-thirds of banana-growing areas

White paper proposes ban on recruitment from abroad despite care sector relying heavily on foreign workersUnions and care providers have accused the government of putting services at risk after it confirmed plans to shut down

Under pressure from Reform and from the former PM, Keir Starmer is facing a series of tests of his resolve on green policyPopulist politicians are striking a chord with the public in their attack on