UK unemployment hits 5.2%, highest rate for nearly five years

On Friday morning, groups representing roughly 700,000 tech workers within Amazon, Google, and Microsoft, all companies that have their own contracts with the Defence Department, signed an open letter urging the companies they worked for to also “refuse to comply” with the Pentagon’s demands.

A man experiencing homelessness said he hoped the government would focus on increasing accessibility to housing in its upcoming Budget. Josh, 26, who is currently a resident at the night shelter Jimmy’s in Cambridge, said the availability of council housing and “move-on housing” – shared accommodation where people can receive support – was important. Chancellor…

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Josh Martin,Business reporter and Sean Farrington,Business presenter Barry Cronin Taxes on electric vehicles may put drivers off buying them at a time when demand has “lost momentum”, Ford’s UK boss has warned. It comes after the BBC reported Chancellor Rachel Reeves could be considering new levies on EVs in the upcoming Budget. Ford UK’s managing…

A community group is hoping to provide free food to low-income households after noticing an abundance of blackberries growing on bushes. Cambridge Sustainable Food aims to provide blackberry-based recipe boxes to 50 households in the city. Alex Vardill, from the organisation, told BBC Radio Cambridgeshire that the group did not want fruit to go to…