@markabroad

BBC business digital and deployment editor. Ex Today programme business editor. Views are my own.

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The Daily Telegraph Nigel Farage by-election gamble branded farce after rival boycott. Wednesday 8 July 2026 A look at #TomorrowsPapersToday
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Exclusive: Labour MPs are urging Andy Burnham to make Pat McFadden chancellor to stop Ed Miliband getting the job. Story 👇 huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/l…

Exclusive: Labour MPs Want Pat McFadden As Chancellor To Block Ed Miliband

Many believe the energy secretary would be "a disaster" if Andy Burnham puts him in No.11.

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Chris Smyth@Smyth_ChrisJun 11
John Healey late entrant in the race to become Andy Burnham's chancellor Of course he'd have to start by handing out a big increase in defence spending...
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No10 manning the barricades tonight as calls from Labour MPs for Keir Starmer to quit grow louder. Downing Street rolling out cabinet loyalists and former Labour general secretaries pledging their loyalty to the PM. Will any big beasts break cover and demand he stand down? Doesn't feel like it at the moment.
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Paul Brand
@PaulBrandITVJan 25
NEW: Chair of the NEC Shabana Mahmood says Andy Burnham is a “fantastic mayor for Greater Manchester” and she “really appreciated” his letter to her yesterday, which was written in a “fair-minded way”. “I play these things with a straight bat.” Her lips are sealed for now.
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Burnham's allies have in the past few weeks been ramping up efforts to clear a path back to Westminster. I'm told they've been ringing round soft-left members of the NEC to check if they have the numbers to let him run for a seat. thetimes.com/uk/politics/art…

Starmer allies to block Andy Burnham’s return to Westminster

Loyalists to the prime minister fear the Manchester mayor will use Andrew Gwynne’s resignation to come back to the Commons and launch his leadership bid

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Robert Peston
@Peston11 Nov 2025
The legal advice to the BBC I am told is that President Trump was not meaningfully damaged by Panorama’s manipulation of his 6 January speech, and that therefore there is no legal necessity to pay him compensation. The BBC board is therefore likely to resist and fight his demand to be “appropriately compensated” out of court, and will risk him carrying through on his threat to seek $1bn in damages by going to court.
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Oh dear. Uk economy shrinks by 0.3% in April. Worst since Oct 2023 and worse than expected...
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Press Association
@PA21 Jun 2024
#Breaking Israeli strikes on tent camps near Rafah have killed at least 25 people and wounded 50, Gaza health officials and rescuers have said
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7 million people dragged into higher tax bands, OBR now says Fiscal drag now due to raise £41.1 billion, twice what Hunt's 4p NI cuts raise
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Noor Nanji@NoorNanji9 Nov 2023
After our investigation into sexual harassment at #McDonalds - more than 160 new allegations emerged. Now MPs will question the company about the claims. More online + across BBC News - with @zoeconway1 @markabroad @esylltcarr bbc.co.uk/news/business-6709…

McDonald's: 'There's disgusting behaviour at my branch'

The claim comes after a BBC investigation exposed a toxic workplace culture at the fast food chain.

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NEW Governor Bailey really meant what he said about the pension funds having to accept that the government bond purchases are over … BBC briefly caught up with him on way out of the speech, and he said there was an “important task now for the funds to ensure they are done”…
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It's not a windfall tax. It's a 'temporary targeted energy profits levy’.
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"Can I tow you back to Russia?" Videos are circulating on social media of people in Ukraine standing up to Russian troops bit.ly/3IwuB2a
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🚨We're hiring journalists for the @BBCNews Live team🚨 It's a new digital team (with big ambitions) at the heart of the newsroom. We're looking for sharp writers to cover the biggest stories in the UK and globally as they unfold. APPLY HERE until 27 Feb: careerssearch.bbc.co.uk/jobs…
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Twin supply shocks face UK, are raising prices immediately… while in best case widespread productivity driven wage rises will take years… risking a spiral in inflation Blog, featuring National Living Wage rates, robot density stats & super deductions: bbc.co.uk/news/business-5881…

Will the government's economic plan work?

The UK is facing economic challenges including rising prices and flat productivity.

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If I was the British government, I would be rather worried about this chart; very, very worried. UK natural gas has now breached the equivalent to $40 per million Btu barrier (~300 pence per therm). In oil terms, it's now trading above $230 per barrel of oil equivalent.
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McDonald has not yet spoken to Starmer yet altho he says he’d made his unhappiness at the policy disagreement clear
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BBC Moscow correspondent Sarah Rainsford expelled from Russia “for the protection of the security of Russia”, officials claim bbc.in/3Dwz6I0

Sarah Rainsford: My last despatch before Russian expulsion

The BBC's Moscow correspondent files her final despatch after more than 20 years reporting in Russia.

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Also wrote this for ⁦@BBCNews⁩ on the impact of covid on career choices. Top advice from Cece Phillips: ‘Life is short, do something you love.’ She swapped a career at one of the biggest advertising agencies to try and make it as a full time artist. bbc.co.uk/news/business-5827…

Covid career changers: ‘Do something you love’

Young people say their career prospects and businesses have taken a financial hit from Covid.

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