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  The self-governed island has been stockpiling “critical supplies” for years in an attempt to prepare for a potential blockade or attack from China as it fears “intimidation or coercion” from Beijing. ​The self-governed island has been stockpiling “critical supplies” for years in an attempt to prepare for a potential blockade or attack from China as it fears “intimidation or coercion” from Beijing. 

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  Vladimir Putin has sent a thinly disguised threat to Ukraine allies of a danger to global infrastructure as the Kremlin accuses Ukraine of sabotaging its Nord Stream pipeline. ​Vladimir Putin has sent a thinly disguised threat to Ukraine allies of a danger to global infrastructure as the Kremlin accuses Ukraine of sabotaging its Nord Stream pipeline. 

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  As per the new guide, employees are encouraged to use gender-neutral language “where possible”, including saying “staffed” rather than “manned”, “everyone” instead of “ladies and gentlemen”, and “they” over “he/she”. ​As per the new guide, employees are encouraged to use gender-neutral language “where possible”, including saying “staffed” rather than “manned”, “everyone” instead of “ladies and gentlemen”, and “they” over “he/she”. 

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  Refugees Welcome: Non-Ukrainian nationals who escaped the same invasion have been cut out of the schemes offering sanctuary. Now they find themselves alone with nowhere to turn, reports May Bulman Refugees Welcome: Non-Ukrainian nationals who escaped the same invasion have been cut out of the schemes offering sanctuary. Now they find themselves alone with nowhere to turn, reports May Bulman 

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RICS report says rise in repossessions will add to supply while soaring interest rates price buyers out of market Homeowners will struggle to make mortgage repayments and repossessions will rise next year as soaring interest rates and falling prices mark the end of the UK’s 13-year housing market boom, according to a sobering report from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). The number of inquiries from potential homebuyers fell for a fifth month in a row in September, while sales fell to the lowest level since May 2020 when the housing market all but ground to a halt during…

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Below-inflation rise would save exchequer tenth of £40bn to be given out through tax cuts, says thinktank If the government raises benefits in line with earnings rather than inflation next year, it would drastically cut the incomes of poorer working-age families, while saving less than a tenth of the cost of recent tax cuts, a leading economic thinktank has calculated. Such a change, which would mean a significant real-terms cut given that wages are rising at 5.5% with inflation close to 10%, could see the effective income of some families reduced by up to £1,000 a year, the Resolution Foundation…

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