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  • Saturday, 24 February, 2024
    News in-depthWar in Ukraine
    Ukraine’s war of survival enters third year

    How Russia’s full-scale invasion is bearing on each nation’s military, economy and politics

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    It’s time for political leaders to balance reducing carbon emissions with maintaining cheap food production

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  • Saturday, 24 February, 2024
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    Cross-party anger after Tory MP says London mayor Sadiq Khan had ‘given our capital city away to his mates’

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  • Friday, 23 February, 2024
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    Measures on eve of second anniversary of Ukraine invasion target war effort and attempts to get round oil cap rules

  • Friday, 23 February, 2024
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  • Friday, 23 February, 2024
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    PM says ‘things are getting better’ as he tries to reassure Tories they are not doomed to election defeat

    Rishi Sunak addresses the Welsh Conservative conference on Friday
  • Friday, 23 February, 2024
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    Ministers set out plans to ease access to UK pension scheme surpluses

    Proposals come after recent period of rising interest left majority of defined benefit plans in the black

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  • Friday, 23 February, 2024
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    The troubling decline in the global fertility rate

    Developed economies need to be better prepared for a drop in younger workers

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  • Friday, 23 February, 2024
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    Warning by government migration adviser comes ahead of sharp rise in salary floors for overseas hires

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  • Friday, 23 February, 2024
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    Controversial law falls short of allowing wholesale cultivation and retail of the drug

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    Innocent citizens will be paying a lot more for a lot less, but in Brum, being down is not the same as being out

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  • Friday, 23 February, 2024
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  • Friday, 23 February, 2024
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    Fertility level falls to 1.49 children per woman in 2022, well below rate needed to maintain a population without immigration

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  • Friday, 23 February, 2024
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