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New Whitehall machinery pulls parts of the Cabinet Office into No 10 and No 10 North in Manchester.

A 221.6p-a-share cash offer and a 46.8% premium force Mitie into the private-equity shuffle, with reputational ripple effects.

Unemployment stays at 4.9% while vacancies nearly halve versus 2022, signaling a fragile, conflict-shaped hiring pause.

Even as diplomats push de-escalation, Iran says it is in “full-scale war” after more US aerial action.