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UK POLITICS & POLICY 4:03pm

US warns UK against EU withdrawal

British Prime Minister David Cameron leaves the EU Headquarters on November 22, 2012 in Brussel

State department official calls for focus on common challenges

Business leaders warn Cameron on EU terms
Transatlantic trade talks near lift-off
Norman Blackwell Britain and Europe

UK POLITICS & POLICY 10:54am

Grayling to outsource probation work

Contracts worth at least £400m a year to be put out to tender

UK POLITICS & POLICY 1:26pm

Cuts push sale of London police stations

Nearly half of capital’s ‘front counters’ will go to save £500m

Max Hastings An overpaid and incompetent police force
Met Police to sell New Scotland Yard

From COMPANIES 5:04pm

Tesco set to unveil senior appointments

Supermarket chain poaches director from House of Fraser

Tesco edges closer to naming UK chief
Analysis Tesco – trouble at home

From COMPANIES 3:31pm

Jessops poised to fall into administration

PwC expected to seek buyer for camera retailer

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Engineering is the real creative industry, says Tony Trapp, founder of marine tech businesses

From MARKETS 4:09pm

FTSE 100 hits best level since 2008

Banks and miners rise as London’s strong start to year continues

From GLOBAL ECONOMY 10:46am

UK trade deficit narrows slightly

Analysts highlight increased risk of renewed dip in GDP

Slideshow Creating drink cans at Rexam
Business seeks focus on emerging markets

A customer browses the grocery aisle at a Sainsbury's supermarket store in Crayford, UK

©Bloomberg From COMPANIES 5:24pm

Sainsbury sales hit by own-brand demand

Growth at supermarket chain slows as customers economise

UK POLITICS & POLICY 8:46pm

Tories turn heat on better-off pensioners

Winter fuel payments targeted after benefit cap passed

UK BUSINESS 12:01am

Employment growth ‘signals skills shortage’

Recruitment body warns over surge in job creation

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Scottish referendum PFEATURES

Even if Scotland became independent the UK could still be liable for it, a report concludes

Interactive Explainers

Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier

Work is under way on the biggest warships ever built for Britain, in a £5.2bn programme

Nick Butler

State-owned oil producer PetroChina has agreed to pay $1.6bn for a 10 per cent stake in a major offshore Australian natural gas project

©Bloomberg The International Energy Agency needs to move with the times and face reality

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british newpapers on a newstand. Leveson

©Getty Leveson failed to learn the lessons of the financial crisis, writes John Kay

Editorial

Police stand guard as demonstrators march in protest over the ast city council's decision to restrict the number of days the British Union Flag can be flown over the city hall in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

©AFP Promoting integration is the only hope for lasting stability in N Ireland

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