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Two things are true in 2026: innovation is advancing at an unprecedented pace, and the cost of deploying new technologies is falling rapidly.

Anyone who has hit the usage limit on an AI subscription knows the problem: intelligence may be digital, but it is not free. At enterprise scale, that limit becomes a question of profitability. If agents consume more tokens than expected, the cost of automation can quickly start to look less attractive than the human labour it was supposed to replace.

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Andy Burnham was invited by King Charles III to form a government on Monday, July 20, becoming Britain's 59th Prime Minister...

Rising energy prices amid renewed tensions in the Middle East, and fiscal policy fears in the UK keep long-term rates under pressure

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21/07/2026

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