Visa grants to live in UK drop while asylum applications hit record high
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UK asylum claims hit highest level since 1979
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Home sales drop sharply as prices hit an all-time high for January
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Share of jobs paid below UK living wage rises at record rate
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Irish citizenship applications from Britain hit post-Brexit peak
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Bitcoin drops under $90,000, hitting November lows
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Asylum seeker hotels set to take almost half UK’s reduced aid budget
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U.S. stocks are near record highs. Why are investors so worried?
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‘We try to put applicants off’: couple chosen as live-in caretakers on uninhabited Irish island
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