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Government brings forward VAT pledge to help ailing newspapers

Exemption for digital titles comes after publishers request further financial aid to deal with pandemic




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Netflix plans to reopen production on shows and films

Sanitiser and masks appear on sets in South Korea, Japan and Iceland after shooting restarts




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Half of online ad spending goes to industry middlemen

Study shines light on ‘near impenetrable’ £100bn market




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HMRC suspends some tax investigations due to pandemic

Tax authority switches focus to supporting businesses and individuals via job retention scheme 




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Coronavirus: Your questions answered as furlough scheme opens

Claer Barrett and Daniel Thomas hear readers’ experiences of accessing job retention scheme 




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Tax tribunal struggling to cope with remote hearings, lawyers say

Disputes backlog in ‘under-resourced’ lower court reached 27,280 last quarter




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Gary Cohn: Crisis is speeding up the end of cash

Pandemic boosts shift towards digital wallets and currencies




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VAT scrapped early on ebooks

Chancellor brings forward measure in response to lockdown




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We need to talk about pensions

Better education about retirement benefits is crucial at any age




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Pensions tax relief: time for the government to bite the bullet

Big reforms are needed to tackle substantial problems well beyond the cost 




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Pensions tax relief: is time running out? 

New chancellor Rishi Sunak would be wise to avoid slashing pension perks 




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Budget 2020: Coronavirus grants pensions Budget immunity 

But why didn’t the chancellor go the whole hog and scrap the tax taper altogether?




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How are your spending habits changing under lockdown? 

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Ebola co-discoverer Peter Piot on how to respond to the coronavirus

The ‘Mick Jagger of microbes’ on a life of fighting disease — and the severity of the current crisis




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Glencore copper mine closure prompts Zambia dispute

African nation vows to block decision it rejects as unjustified and illegal




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Copper find sparks hopes of mining revival in ‘Poldark’ country

Discovery raises prospect of industry’s return 20 years after Cornwall’s last pit closed




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Copper miner SolGold bolsters defences against takeover

London-listed explorer hires Citi for fundraising and advice as rivals eye acquisitions




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Glencore cuts capex as coronavirus forces production curbs

Group has halted work at number of mines due to pandemic




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BBC Olympics wins medal in hype

Commentators have forsworn understatement




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The Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Peter Gilliver review — from A to Z and back again

A fascinatingly detailed history one of the world’s great scholarly projects




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All work and no play? The new ‘uni’ experience

Academics and students on campus life in the era of ‘knowledge corporations’




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£82bn of UK property sales put on hold

Impact of pandemic has halted nearly 400,000 housing transactions




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Chinese buyers consider return to international property markets

Global property portals report big increases in Chinese inquiries




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Will I be hit by CGT rule change on my property sale?

My buyer asked to delay due to Covid-19 and now I understand I need to pay capital gains tax within 30 days of sale




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Property law: can I work from home if it is rented?

Some leases prohibit doing business — plus what to do when coronavirus halts completion of a sale




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Superdrug becomes latest retailer to slash rent payments to landlords

Health and beauty chain cites ‘unprecedented decline’ in footfall




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UK property groups plead for extended business rates holiday

Office providers warn chancellor that companies will go bankrupt without relief




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López Obrador’s virus nonchalance risks deepening Mexico’s woes

President acts as though Latin America’s second-largest economy is immune to pandemic




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Bolsonaro vs Maia: feud at top of Brazil’s politics spills into open

Tensions escalate between president and the speaker of Congress’s lower house over response to coronavirus 




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Venezuela’s new oil minister — a wanted man with suspected Iran links

Tareck El-Aissami has little experience — and a $10m US bounty on his head




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Venezuelans hit hard by cash crisis and hyper-inflation

Maduro’s economic rescue plan offers little hope to people struggling to get by 




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IMF to revise Argentina bailout after drop in peso

President Macri asks for early disbursement of funds as refinancing worries grow




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Brazil’s Bolsonaro rally hits new peak before easing

After reaching intraday record, stocks retreat as new president faces economic challenge




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Peso slides as Argentina seeks more time to pay

Macri tries to shore up confidence amid market worries over prolonged political instability and $101bn owed




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Argentina’s black market money changers expect resurgence in business

Reimposition of currency controls is admission of defeat by president




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Four Mexico states call for new tax deal with López Obrador

Governors seize on criticisms of president over lack of coronavirus stimulus




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Election: Labour manifesto shows party would raise taxes by £80bn a year — as it happened

Jeremy Corbyn unveils party's ‘most radical’ plans in decades, Tories backtrack on national insurance pledge while pressure on public finances increases

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Election: Nigel Farage unveils Brexit party’s manifesto – as it happened

The Brexit party and the Welsh Plaid Cymru reveal their policies; Corbyn and McDonnell defend tax plans; Tories propose stamp duty rise for foreign buyers; while UK figures show more gloomy outlook

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Election: Tony Blair calls for tactical voting to deprive major parties of a majority — as it happened

Former prime minister intervenes with warning that both Tories and Labour ‘pose a risk’ to country, Conservative manifesto in the spotlight, Lib Dems change tune with calls to avert Johnson majority, Sterling rallies as Tories extend lead.

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Election: Labour on the defensive after Chief Rabbi accuses party of failure to deal with anti-Semitism — as it happened

Jeremy Corbyn defends party's processes for dealing with racism after Ephraim Mirvis's criticism. Conservatives put opposition to independence at heart of Scottish campaign. Sterling slips as Labour makes inroads on Tories' polling lead.

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Election: Corbyn claims NHS ‘for sale’ under Tory plan for US trade pact — as it happened

Jeremy Corbyn unveiled 451 pages of leaked documents, which he claimed show details of trade talks between the UK and US. The Labour leader said the discussions included Washington's demand for providing access to the NHS for American healthcare companies.

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Election: IFS hits out at lack of credibility in major parties’ manifesto pledges — as it happened

Neither Labour nor the Conservatives have offered a "credible prospectus" for government in the election, the Institute for Fiscal Studies said this morning, in a damning assessment that highlighted the gulf between different political visions for Britain.

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London terror attack: man shot dead by police after stabbing — as it happened

Live coverage from the FT.

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Election: Parties back campaigning after London Bridge terror attack — as it happened

The Labour and Conservative parties are making a final push on key issues — border security and rail fares — as the election campaign nears the home stretch. Brexit concerns are also bubbling again.

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Election: Sterling climbs above $1.30 for first time since late October — as it happened

Live coverage of the UK election campaign.

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Election: Johnson hosts world leaders at Nato summit — as it happened

Live coverage of the UK election campaign.

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Election: Brexit party MEPs defect and back Conservative party — as it happened

Live coverage of the UK election campaign.

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Election: Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn face off in final TV debate — as it happened

Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn spar in a televised debate just six days before the general election.

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Election: Traders race to protect against potential drop in UK pound — as it happened

Live coverage of UK election campaign.

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Election: Labour minister calls party’s chances ‘dire’ — as it happened

Live coverage of the UK election campaign.

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