24 September 2026

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UK news headlines

Minerva loses £3.6m tax fight

Burnham: New EU industry rules would damage UK

Ban non-compete clauses to ‘boost fastest growing companies’

KPMG: Jobs market shows signs of stabilisation

OpenAI and Anthropic AI rules ‘not fit for future’

Four out of five top companies have never had a female CEO

AI is forcing the Big Four to rethink graduate training

HMRC needs strict AI limits 'before lives are ruined'

International news headlines

EU ministers discuss windfall tax as oil prices surge

Evergrande founder given life sentence

SEC audit rule rollback puts $400m in fees at risk

Australia PM: OpenAI hacked Medicare portal

Ghana government aims to regulate AI without stifling innovation

Boardroom battle at Tata intensifies

Warren Buffett steps down after six decades at Berkshire

Trump wants AI to be called 'super intelligence'. Will it work?

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