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Labour should ditch triple-lock pensions promise, says OECD
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The Guardian · World

Labour should ditch triple-lock pensions promise, says OECD

Organisation’s experts say pledge puts pressure on UK public finances and ‘adds significant fiscal risks’Labour should ditch the triple-lock pensions promise to help tackle the UK’s straitened public finances, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development has urged.In its latest survey o...

Heather Stewart
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Thames Water says it has enough funding to survive until end of year
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The Guardian · World

Thames Water says it has enough funding to survive until end of year

Annual results show struggling firm’s net debt has risen to £18.5bn, up from £16.8bn a year earlierBusiness live – latest updatesThames Water has said it has sufficient funding to survive until the end of the year, as it scrambles to recapitalise to avoid nationalisation.The UK’s largest water compa...

Joanna Partridge
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Andy Burnham urged to overhaul ‘timid and limited’ elections bill
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The Guardian · World

Andy Burnham urged to overhaul ‘timid and limited’ elections bill

Ex-minister who helped write draft calls for bolder action on voting reform, crypto donations and social mediaThe government was “timid” and “incremental” when deciding what to include in its elections bill, a former minister who helped write it has said, as she urged the incoming prime minister, An...

Kiran Stacey Policy editor
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