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  Society

  Journalists win right to come to Britain after media appeal

  Raab agrees to visa waivers for group of 200 but British Council staff still in limbo

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  Business

  EU visa plea to solve haulier shortage rejected

  Government tells employers to invest in domestic workforce

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  Society

  Chinese spies target UK in visa plot

  Chinese spies are posing as refugees in an attempt to enter Britain through a resettlement scheme designed for Hongkongers, The Times can reveal.

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  Business

  Bids Heat Up For British Listed Firms

  Blackstone Group Inc., Carlyle Group Inc. and other buyout firms are bidding for U.K. publicly listed companies at a faster rate than they have in years. The reason: Post-Brexit Britain is one of the few markets where investors think big assets are going for cheap.

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  Society

  Migrants housed in hotels ‘free to escape quarantine’ because of lax security efforts

  MIGRANTS staying in hotels paid for by the taxpayer are not having their quarantine enforced, it has emerged.

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  Society

  Romanian Revolution

  Romanian workers, once demonised, stuck with Britain through Covid and are now helping to keep the economy afloat.

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  Society

  Five-year work visas for war refugees to fill job shortages

  Refugees fleeing war who have the skills to fill job shortages in the UK will be offered five-year visas under a plan to be announced next week.

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  Society

  Biden donor in line for keys to ambassador’s luxury mansion

  The search for a candidate to move into the American ambassador’s residence in Regent’s Park appeared to be over last night as President Biden’s choice became clear.

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  Society

  The UK Feeling Void Left By Workers From EU

  Agnieszka Bleka has had to work hard in past years to find compa­nies that need workers, spending much of her day reaching out to local busi­nesses in the northern English city of Preston, where she is based.

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  Culture

  Paintings tell secret stories of England’s African diaspora

  Six paintings that tell fascinating, not widely known stories of people from the African diaspora in England’s history, including the Roman emperor who strengthened Hadrian’s Wall and Queen Victoria’s god daughter, have been unveiled by English Heritage.