All the day’s economic and financial news, as Tokyo’s stock market starts 2018 with a bang, and Debenhams issues a profits warningLatest: US companies created 250,000 new jobs last monthEurozone recovery gathers paceIntroduction: Optimism sends Tokyo shares rallyingShock profits warning from DebenhamsLondon house prices fell last year 1.49pm GMT Job Read more
Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happenTony Blair’s Brexit article and Today interview – Summary 1.48pm GMT Jeremy Corbyn has responded to Theresa May’s comments on the NHS (see 1.13pm) by saying Tory underfunding has caused the NHS crisis. He posted this on Twitter.It is not good Read more
Wigmore Hall, LondonThe German quartet were marvellously engaging in this all-Haydn programme featuring some of the composer’s most striking worksOriginally hailing from Cologne, the Schumann Quartet consists of three brothers – violinists Erik and Ken, and cellist Mark Schumann – and the Estonian-born violist Liisa Randalu. They recently held a Read more
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