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IPOC launches investigation after woman dies following police pursuit
US vetoes UN Security Council resolution to demand a ceasefire in Gaza
Six French teenagers convicted over Islamic extremist’s murder
Man who raped woman on busy London underground jailed for 9 years
Gaza is at breaking point, UN chief warns
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IPOC launches investigation after woman dies following police pursuit
US vetoes UN Security Council resolution to demand a ceasefire in Gaza
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A European Union flag flies in front of the Houses of Parliament in Westminster. PIC: PA

Brexit wasn’t supposed to deliver business as usual - Yorkshire Post Letters

Abigail Scott Paul reflects on Leeds 2023. Photo by Tom Joy

Leeds 2023 has proved what our brilliant city is capable of: Abigail Scott Paul

The Investment Fraud All Parliamentary Group  has concluded that HMRC is levying tax charges against investment and pension fraud victims, rather than the perpetrators of
the crimes. An HMRC spokesperson said: “We are sympathetic to victims of fraud and we recognise that individuals may have lost money by entering these types of arrangements." (Photo supplied by PA)

HMRC must target scammers and stop hounding victims, says industry leader

Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves

Autumn Statement: Rachel Reeves says workers are ‘worse off’ despite tax cuts

Samantha Cory shares her expert insight

Clean energy drive offers hope for future of manufacturing: Samantha Cory

The Bank of England has made a new announcement on the interest rate. (Credit: Aaron Chown/PA Wire)

Bank of England announces that interest rate will remain at 5.25%

Konrad Pietka offers his insight.

Bright shoots for Chinese economy but UK confidence weakening: Konrad Pietka

A new report has found that Yorkshire and the Humber is the most successful region in the UK at using asset finance to support employment. Picture by James Hardisty.

Yorkshire most successful region at using asset finance to support employment

The UK's economy has grown by 0.2% in August, with car manufacturing leading the economic boost over the past three months. (Credit: Getty Images)

UK economy grew by 0.2% in August as service sector provides boost

Olga Watterich gives her insight.

Why Apprenticeship Levy should be replaced: Olga Watterich

Michael Houlihan is CEO of Generation UK.

How skills bootcamps can help boost productivity - Michael Houlihan

People carrying shopping bags.

UK at heightened risk of recession after key indicator shows market contracting

More wind farms are expected to be built in the UK. Picture: Tom Leese/PA Wire

Onshore wind planning changes must be just start of net zero push: Beckie Hart

James Varley has spent the last decade leading corporate communications for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 organising committee.

Former FIFA World Cup executive launches news platform for rentals industry

Education Secretary Gillian Keegan talks to students who have just received their GCSE results. PIC: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Regional inequalities in education come to the fore - YP Letters

Laure Beaufils is currently the British Ambassador to the Philippines and Palau.

Why what happens in the South China Sea matters to the UK: Laure Beaufils

HMS Queen Elizabeth leaving Portsmouth Harbour in 2018. PIC: Steve Parsons/PA Wire

Why what happens in the South China Sea matters to the UK - Laure Beaufils

Konrad Pietka shares his analysis. Picture: Simon Dewhurst

Chinese growth target for 2023 under major question: Konrad Pietka

Handout photo issued by the Department of Transport of (left to right) Metro Mayor of Liverpool Steve Rotheram, South Yorkshire Mayor Oliver Coppard, Transport Secretary Mark Harper, West Yorkshire mayor Tracy Brabin and Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham, during talks over rail services.

Yorkshire would get £1bn pot of levelling up funded was allocated ‘fairly’

White Roses at the Rose Garden at Temple Newsam, Leeds. PIC: Simon Hulme

Government needs to get serious about tackling regional inequality - The YP says

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (right) with Tata Sons Chairman, Natarajan Chandrasekaran during his visit to Jaguar Land Rover in Warwickshire.

Tata's £4bn plant must be start of supercharging green investment: Beckie Hart
Last week, politicians across Westminster set off back to their constituencies for recess, marking the start of the summer break in the Parliamentary calendar. While they head off with plenty to chew over, the term drew to a close with some good news, as inflation unexpectedly dropped to 7.9 per cent in June.

Jen Siebrits offers her expert insight.

Worst is now behind us as inflation continues gradual decline: Jen Siebrits

Drax Power Station helping to power the Yorkshire and Humber economy and boost jobs

Ad Feature Drax Power Station sparks £358m surge in Yorkshire region economy

Drax power station near Selby, North Yorkshire. Picture: Anna Gowthorpe/PA Wire

How Drax Power Station contributes over £350m a year to Yorkshire's economy

Grant Shapps, Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, is interviewed outside BBC Broadcasting House in London.

Race for net zero could provide £57bn boost to the UK economy: Beckie Hart

Sajid Javid, the former health secretary, called for a royal commission into the NHS, describing it as “frozen in time”.

Ministers urged to take the politics out of the NHS

New analysis claims that 30 Elizabeth Lines could be built for the amount of money that has not been invested in the UK.

Decades of under-investment leaves UK in “growth doom loop”

Inflation rates are starting to fall in America. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Hope of end to US interest rate rises as inflation eases: Stephen Done

Former FBI agent Miguel Clarke is in Leeds today to share his cyber security insights

FBI principles provide key to cyber security: Miguel Clarke

Lorries queue for Port of Dover along the A20 in Kent as the getaway continues for the Easter weekend. Picture date: Friday April 7, 2023.

Honest appraisal is needed of Brexit's negative impact: Hilary Benn

(from left) Lord Jim O’Neill, Honorary Chair of Economics at University of Manchester and former Commercial Secretary to the Treasury, Greg Wright of The Yorkshire Post and Professor Clare Bambra, HEN Academic Director, Professor of Public Health at Newcastle University and author of Health for Wealth

'Improving health across the North would provide boost for UK GDP'

Israeli police surround protesters during a demonstration against the government's judicial reform bill, in Tel Aviv on April 15, 2023. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Israeli discontent and unrest threatens economy further: Stephen Done
Israel is currently in the grip of one of the most serious domestic crises in its history, with weekly mass protests and strikes over government plans to overhaul its judicial system seeing hundreds of thousands of people take to the streets across the country.

UK economy records zero growth in February - ONS

Sam Hameed is co-founder and managing director of SPG Resourcing, a technology talent advisory business with offices in both Leeds and Newcastle. It provides interim and permanent resources to a wide range of businesses.

Lifelong learning will help to unlock economic growth - Sam Hameed

Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, Grant Shapps is being urged to take action

Huge increase in UK infrastructure investment needed to reach net zero

Andrew Bailey, Governor of the Bank of England, during the Bank of England Monetary Policy Report Press Conference, at the Bank of England, London

Interest rates rise again as economic stagnation beds in

Lord Jim O’Neill pictured in 2017 launching the first report from the Northern Powerhouse Partnership. PIC: Tony Johnson.

Fiscal autonomy is the next step forward in devolution - The Yorkshire Post says

Lord Jim O’Neill, Vice Chair of Northern Powerhouse Partnership

Northern communities need new powers to ‘take control over their own destiny’

New data from Barclays bank has revealed that consumer card spending grew only 5.9 per cent year-on-year in February, below the latest CPIH inflation rate of 8.8 per cent.

Consumer spending slows as Brits continue cutting back to offset rising prices

Women would "pay more tax for better childcare," according to report

Women would "pay more tax for better childcare," according to report

The entrance to the steelworks plant in Scunthorpe as British Steel is planning to close the coke ovens at one of its plants, with the loss of up to 260 jobs. PIC: PA

Steel should be treated as a strategic industry necessary for our defence - York...

Former Farming Minister George Eustace pictured at the Great Yorkshire Show in 2018.

Brexit and the Australia deal is bad for British farming - YP Letters

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivered a recent set piece speech on boosting economic growth.

Start-ups in Yorkshire need the right environment to thrive - Tim Mills

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM- FEBRUARY 09: Views around the Bank of England on February 09, 2023 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Bank says inflation almost guaranteed to fall rapidly this year

Andrew Bailey, Governor of the Bank of England, during the Bank of England Monetary Policy Report Press Conference, at the Bank of England, London, following the decision to raise interest rates to 4% from 3.5%. Picture date: Thursday February 2, 2023.

‘Too soon’ to declare victory over inflation, bank warns as interest rates rise ...

Dismal weather heralds the arrival of the UK Chancellor’s Autumn Statement as people shop in the centre of Bolton.

UK economy will be the only one to shrink in 2023, warns IMF

A recession is being projected for the UK

Households are in a better position to weather recession than 1990s: Sarah Coles

Businesses in Yorkshire have an optimistic view about their prospects in 2023, new research has found.

Yorkshire businesses bullish about growing success in 2023

Boris Johnson speaking at the the Commonwealth Business Forum at the ICC in Birmingham earlier this year

Hold Tories to account over vast economic failure of Brexit: YP Letters

'Jeremy Hunt's Autumn Statement began with mention of the adverse effects of the Covid pandemic and the war in Ukraine'. PIC: Peter Summers/Getty Images

Chancellor refuses to acknowledge the Brexit elephant in the room - YP Letters

Beckie Hart has her say.

Poor health is increasingly holding back British businesses - Beckie Hart

Beckie Hart has her say.

Business rates cliff-edge in April could stifle growth - Beckie Hart

Amazon says it has created 4,000 jobs in Yorkshire and Humber since 2010

Amazon has created 4,000 jobs in Yorkshire, firm says

The cuts could be among those presented to the Foreign Secretary James Cleverly as part of savings required by the Chancellor to balance the books

"Alarm” over plans to cut spending on international aid

Climate Minister Graham Stuart

The UK is still committed to leading the way on net zero - Graham Stuart

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Pound plummets as the Government seeks to borrow its way to growth

England players sing Sweet Caroline on stage during a fan celebration to commemorate England's historic UEFA Women's EURO 2022 triumph in Trafalgar Square, London. Picture date: Monday August 1, 2022.

UK economy sees ‘feeble’ rebound in July despite Euro 2022 spending boost

Prime Minister Liz Truss speaking in the House of Commons, London, to set out her energy plan to shield households and businesses from soaring energy bills.

Energy announcement offers little short term sugar, and plenty of long-term pain

US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.

Taiwan faces cold reality after furore following Pelosi's visit - Gwynne Dyer

Eleanor Temple says "the outlook is still very uncertain for businesses in Yorkshire".

Businesses show signs of growing pressure as value of debt owed rises to £4.5m

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