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General Election 2019: Leicestershire candidates trade blows over business plans
General election
This is what prospective MPs from four of the main parties said about backing British business
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'Conservatives will close North-South divide', Minister says
General election
Business Secretary Andrea Leadsom says Tories are committed to regions, despite report highlighting huge inequalities in the º£½ÇÊÓƵ
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What do the 2019 General Election party manifestos promise the business community?
General election
Pledges on green jobs, cutting regulation and reforming business rates feature in party manifestos: but who is pledging what?
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Tories' Liz Truss vows to take back control of fishing waters
South West
International trade minister meets fishing fleet in Plymouth but can't promise more protection vessels will be built
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Businesses face most crucial election in a lifetime - but the choice for voters has never been so bleak
General election
Liverpool correspondent Tom Houghton on why it's vital SMEs' interests are listened to at this election - but he's really not excited for December 13
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Labour 'will move part of Treasury to the North' to shift economic gravity away from London
Labour Party
Shadow Chancellor set for landmark speech in the North West today
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Business leaders welcome winter election and urge politicians to end prolonged economic uncertainty
Politics
The º£½ÇÊÓƵ is set to go to the polls on December 12 after MPs backed Boris Johnson’s call for an election.
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Cardiff Airport given £21m loan by the Welsh Government
Armed Forces
Economy minister Ken Skates says the loan will  repaid in full with interest
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Feasibility study to take place into possible extension of Nottingham's tram line
East Midlands
£100,000 will be spent on the study
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How a waterfront overhead railway in Liverpool could look - and where it would stop
North West
The conceptual designs link Everton FC's new Bramley-Moore Dock stadium and Ten Streets with Dingle and Festival Gardens in the south of the city
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Number of businesses in the East Midlands grew last year, despite continuing Brexit uncertainty
Brexit
But it could be threatened by the consequences of a no-deal Brexit
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Speed up devolution to help regions like the North East, CBI says
Economy
Report from the CBI calls for the Government to address "regional imbalances" in infrastructure spending
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Brexit: We ask North West business leaders what needs to happen now
Brexit
As part of BusinessLive's 'Brexit Month', we round up what the region's business leaders believe needs to happen next
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These are the members of a commission tasked with finding solutions to ease congestion on the M4
Transport
The Welsh Conservatives have criticised the lack of progress
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Claim no-deal Brexit is intended to help currency speculators and hedge funds
Brexit
"Shouldn't the minister who is responsible for overseeing the risk to our economy stand up to the Prime Minister and tell him how inappropriate it is for any candidate for prime ministerial office or any party to accept funds from individuals speculating on the potentially enormous risk to our economy from no-deal Brexit?"
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Britain to present EU with new Brexit plan within days
Brexit
"We have made some pretty big moves, we are waiting to see whether our European friends will help us and whether we can find the right landing zone."
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Businesses cannot be protected from no-deal Brexit, says CBI
Barclays
"Stockpiling, relocating operations and supply chains out of the º£½ÇÊÓƵ are draining funds which could be used for increasing wages and investment."
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First payday for Thomas Cook staff since collapse
Conservative Party
Cabin manager Blakey Jones, who has worked for Thomas Cook in Bristol for six years, said staff were unaware of the troubles plaguing the firm until last week
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Nottinghamshire town centre missed out on funding 'because of political reasons'
East Midlands
Towns are receiving up to £25 million
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Greater Manchester business survey reveals significant slowdown amid Brexit worries
Chamber of Commerce
The survey of over 500 businesses in GM reveals a fall in both domestic and overseas demand for all three sector groups; construction, services and manufacturing, in Q3.
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What went wrong with Thomas Cook? Why the high street travel giant collapsed
Thomas Cook
Thomas Cook's collapse has led to thousands of people losing their jobs and 150,000 people stranded abroad. But what caused the firm to collapse?
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Union leaders say Thomas Cook workers 'stabbed in the back'
Conservative Party
"The hopes of all Thomas Cook employees that their airline could survive has been brutally quashed this morning as they wake up to find they have no job."
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Almost 1,600 objections to 440-acre industrial park and rail freight terminal in Leicestershire
East Midlands
14-warehouse Hinckley industrial estate – including a 1.5m sq ft unit – would operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week
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Why controversial HS2 review may mean a big win for Manchester, Liverpool and Leeds
North West
Scrapping HS2 could actually mean a greater chance of Northern Powerhouse Rail - the project connecting cities from Liverpool to Hull - becoming a reality
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