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World news | The Guardian

2 months ago

World news | The Guardian
2 months ago

Cost of living and high streets among top priorities for Makerfield voters, poll shows theguardian.com/politics/2026/… #MakerfieldByelection #Politics #GreaterManchester #NorthOfEngland #UkNews #UkCostOfLivingCrisis #PublicServicesPolicy #AndyBurnham #ReformUk #Labour #HouseOfCommons

Cost of living and high streets among top priorities for Makerfield voters, poll shows

Exclusive: Research showing Andy Burnham holding slim lead finds honesty in politicians and immigration also rank as important

^{Hannah Al-Othman (the Guardian)}

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World news | The Guardian

2 months ago

World news | The Guardian
2 months ago

Gluten-free basics ‘now a luxury’ as price of a small branded loaf nears £4 theguardian.com/business/2026/… #Inflation #Supermarkets #Glutenfree #UkCostOfLivingCrisis #RetailIndustry #ConsumerAffairs #Money #UkNews #Allergies #Food #Business #Society

Gluten-free basics ‘now a luxury’ as price of a small branded loaf nears £4

People with coeliac disease say inflation and shrinking ranges are making food staples unaffordable

^{Zoe Wood (the Guardian)}

#society #uknews #business #consumeraffairs #supermarkets #retailindustry #food #inflation #money #ukcostoflivingcrisis #allergies #glutenfree

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Environment | The Guardian US

2 months ago

Environment | The Guardian US
2 months ago

Ministers in talks over shelving carbon tax on fertiliser to curb food inflation theguardian.com/business/2026/… #Inflation #Farming #UkNews #Food #Business #TaxAndSpending #CarbonTax #Environment #Politics #StraitOfHormuz #UkCostOfLivingCrisis

Ministers in talks over shelving carbon tax on fertiliser to curb food inflation

Ministers in talks with farmers about package of measures, including pause on duty due to come into effect next year

^{Helena Horton (the Guardian)}

#uknews #environment #business #politics #farming #food #inflation #straitofhormuz #ukcostoflivingcrisis #taxandspending #carbontax

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World news | The Guardian

2 months ago

World news | The Guardian
2 months ago

Ministers urged to act as households in Great Britain face energy bill ‘anxiety’ theguardian.com/money/2026/may… #EnergyBills #HouseholdBills #ConsumerAffairs #Money #UkNews #Politics #UkCostOfLivingCrisis #Business #Ofgem

Ministers urged to act as households in Great Britain face energy bill ‘anxiety’

Under government’s price cap typical gas and electricity bills are forecast to rise by £209 from this summer

^{Jillian Ambrose (the Guardian)}

#uknews #business #consumeraffairs #politics #money #householdbills #ukcostoflivingcrisis #energybills #ofgem

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World news | The Guardian

3 months ago

World news | The Guardian
3 months ago

Reeves cuts VAT on summer days out to 5% as part of cost of living support theguardian.com/politics/2026/… #TaxAndSpending #RachelReeves #UkCostOfLivingCrisis #Children #TravelLeisure #HouseholdBills #Oil #FuelDuty #PetrolPrices #Business #Politics #EconomicPolicy #ThemeParks #ConsumerAffairs #Money #Tax #UkNews

Reeves cuts VAT on summer days out to 5% as part of cost of living support

Chancellor says she will raise tax on global oil giants to help meet costs of plans and confirms freeze on fuel duty increases

^{Heather Stewart (the Guardian)}

#petrolprices #uknews #business #consumeraffairs #politics #children #oil #fuelduty #economicpolicy #money #householdbills #rachelreeves #tax #ukcostoflivingcrisis #travelleisure #taxandspending #themeparks

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World news | The Guardian

3 months ago

World news | The Guardian
3 months ago

Greens select nurse and ‘committed local campaigner’ as Makerfield byelection candidate theguardian.com/politics/2026/… #GreenParty #MakerfieldByelection #ZackPolanski #GreaterManchester #Politics #AndyBurnham #ReformUk #Labour #NorthOfEngland #UkNews #UkCostOfLivingCrisis #Byelections #LabourPartyLeadership #LocalPolitics

Greens select nurse and ‘committed local campaigner’ as Makerfield byelection candidate

Chris Kennedy chosen amid reports Greens do not want to be blamed for splitting progressive vote and allowing Reform to win

^{Mark Brown (the Guardian)}

#uknews #politics #labour #reformuk #greenparty #localpolitics #greatermanchester #ukcostoflivingcrisis #zackpolanski #northofengland #labourpartyleadership #andyburnham #byelections #makerfieldbyelection

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World news | The Guardian

3 months ago

World news | The Guardian
3 months ago

Rich already being taxed properly, says minister, as Streeting calls for ‘wealth tax that works’– UK politics live theguardian.com/politics/live/… #Politics #UkNews #RachelReeves #Labour #UkCostOfLivingCrisis #LabourPartyLeadership #KeirStarmer #Conservatives #ReformUk #GreenParty

Rich already being taxed properly, says minister, as Streeting calls for ‘wealth tax that works’– UK politics live

Treasury’s Lucy Rigby says Rachel Reeves introduced measures in her first budget as Streeting calls for capital gains rates to be aligned with income tax

^{Andrew Sparrow (the Guardian)}

#uknews #politics #keirstarmer #labour #conservatives #reformuk #greenparty #rachelreeves #ukcostoflivingcrisis #labourpartyleadership

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World news | The Guardian

3 months ago

World news | The Guardian
3 months ago

Call for food price caps ‘completely preposterous’, says M&S boss theguardian.com/business/2026/… #MarksSpencer #RetailIndustry #FoodDrinkIndustry #Business #UkNews #Supermarkets #UkCostOfLivingCrisis #Ocado

Call for food price caps ‘completely preposterous’, says M&S boss

Stuart Machin argues government should reduce tax and regulatory burden on supermarkets instead

^{Sarah Butler (the Guardian)}

#uknews #business #fooddrinkindustry #supermarkets #retailindustry #ukcostoflivingcrisis #marksspencer #ocado

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World news | The Guardian

3 months ago

World news | The Guardian
3 months ago

UK supermarkets urged to consider voluntary price caps on essential foods theguardian.com/business/2026/… #Supermarkets #RetailIndustry #Business #FoodDrinkIndustry #UkCostOfLivingCrisis #Scotland #ScottishNationalPartySnp #Politics #UkNews

UK supermarkets urged to consider voluntary price caps on essential foods

Retail sources rebuff government proposal as ‘unjustified’ and likely to push costs up across board

^{Sarah Butler (the Guardian)}

#uknews #business #fooddrinkindustry #politics #supermarkets #retailindustry #ukcostoflivingcrisis #scotland #scottishnationalpartysnp

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World news | The Guardian

3 months ago

World news | The Guardian
3 months ago

Reeves poised to cancel planned fuel duty rise to help with cost of living theguardian.com/politics/2026/… #FuelDuty #TaxAndSpending #EconomicPolicy #RachelReeves #Labour #UkCostOfLivingCrisis #PetrolPrices #Motoring #Politics #Business #Money #UkNews

Reeves poised to cancel planned fuel duty rise to help with cost of living

Chancellor has been under pressure to extend 5p temporary cut at an estimated cost to government of £2.4bn a year

^{Kiran Stacey (the Guardian)}

#petrolprices #uknews #business #politics #labour #fuelduty #economicpolicy #money #motoring #rachelreeves #ukcostoflivingcrisis #taxandspending

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World news | The Guardian

3 months ago

World news | The Guardian
3 months ago

Rural Britain is becoming ‘food desert’ for lower-income families, study finds theguardian.com/society/2026/m… #FoodPoverty #UkCostOfLivingCrisis #Inequality #RuralAffairs #FoodBanks #Poverty #England #Scotland #UkNews #Society

Rural Britain is becoming ‘food desert’ for lower-income families, study finds

Closure of local shops and poor public transport leaves households struggling to access healthy and affordable food

^{Patrick Butler (the Guardian)}

#society #uknews #england #poverty #ukcostoflivingcrisis #scotland #inequality #ruralaffairs #foodpoverty #foodbanks

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World news | The Guardian

3 months ago

World news | The Guardian
3 months ago

Rising prices are Britons’ biggest money worry as inflation stays high, survey finds theguardian.com/business/2026/… #Economics #Inflation #UkCostOfLivingCrisis #Business #Savings #Money #UkNews

Rising prices are Britons’ biggest money worry as inflation stays high, survey finds

Households ‘increasingly gloomy’ about finances amid fears of interest rate rises due to higher fuel prices

^{Tom Knowles (the Guardian)}

#uknews #business #economics #inflation #money #ukcostoflivingcrisis #savings

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World news | The Guardian

3 months ago

World news | The Guardian
3 months ago

Record numbers of UK renters crowdfunding to cover bills theguardian.com/society/2026/m… #SocialExclusion #Crowdfunding #RentingProperty #Society #Money #UkNews #Property #Technology #HouseholdBills #FamilyFinances #ConsumerAffairs #UkCostOfLivingCrisis #Business #Poverty #Housing #Disability #SharedOwnership #WorldNews #Communities #MentalHealth

Record numbers of UK renters crowdfunding to cover bills

Rent donations on GoFundMe up 60% since 2022, with 100,000 donors helping people keep a roof over their heads

^{Jessica Murray (the Guardian)}

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World news | The Guardian

3 months ago

World news | The Guardian
3 months ago

Reeves says ‘if economy ain’t broke, don’t fix it’ - as fight to keep her job goes on theguardian.com/business/2026/… #EconomicGrowthGdp #EconomicPolicy #Economics #UkCostOfLivingCrisis #GovernmentBorrowing #Politics #Business #Bonds #UkNews #Gilts #Labour #KeirStarmer #ResolutionFoundation #TaxAndSpending #GlobalEconomy #EnergyBills #PetrolPrices #HouseholdBills #Money #Motoring #ConsumerAffairs #ConsumerSpending

Reeves says ‘if economy ain’t broke, don’t fix it’ - as fight to keep her job goes on

Whoever wins the Labour leadership tussle, the chancellor’s prospects for staying inpost have risen given the surprise GDP boost

^{Richard Partington (the Guardian)}

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World news | The Guardian

3 months ago

World news | The Guardian
3 months ago

UK households cut back spending at fastest rate in 18 months, Barclays says theguardian.com/business/2026/… #ConsumerSpending #Economics #Business #UkCostOfLivingCrisis #UkNews #Barclays #Banking #CreditCards

UK households cut back spending at fastest rate in 18 months, Barclays says

Dip in credit card spending in April, particularly on travel, suggests Britons preparing for harder times amid Iran war fallout

^{Tom Knowles (the Guardian)}

#uknews #business #banking #economics #consumerspending #ukcostoflivingcrisis #barclays #creditcards

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World news | The Guardian

3 months ago

World news | The Guardian
3 months ago

Thinktank calls for ‘double lock’ England private rent cap to ease living costs theguardian.com/business/2026/… #UkCostOfLivingCrisis #UsisraelWarOnIran #RentingProperty #RachelReeves #Housing #Property #UkNews #England #Labour

Thinktank calls for ‘double lock’ England private rent cap to ease living costs

Influential IPPR proposes capping rents at whichever is lower of consumer price inflation or wage growth

^{Kiran Stacey (the Guardian)}

#uknews #england #usisraelwaroniran #labour #rachelreeves #housing #ukcostoflivingcrisis #property #rentingproperty

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World news | The Guardian

3 months ago

World news | The Guardian
3 months ago

Heathrow passenger numbers dip as demand for international travel ebbs amid Iran war fallout theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/m… #HeathrowAirport #AirTransport #Business #Transport #UkNews #WorldNews #AirlineIndustry #UsisraelWarOnIran #Oil #Commodities #UkCostOfLivingCrisis

Heathrow passenger numbers dip as demand for international travel ebbs amid Iran war fallout

Airport reports 5% decline but transit passenger business rises as fliers use hub to avoid Middle East airports

^{Lauren Almeida (the Guardian)}

#uknews #worldnews #business #usisraelwaroniran #airtransport #oil #commodities #airlineindustry #transport #ukcostoflivingcrisis #heathrowairport

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World news | The Guardian

3 months ago

World news | The Guardian
3 months ago

UK households bracing for new cost of living crisis, report finds theguardian.com/business/2026/… #UkCostOfLivingCrisis #ConsumerSpending #ConsumerAffairs #Business #Economics #Money #UkNews #HouseholdBills #FamilyFinances #Inflation #SupplyChainCrisis #Pwc

UK households bracing for new cost of living crisis, report finds

PwC survey reports fast fall in consumer confidence with people worried about Iran war’s impact on economy and personal finances

^{Tom Knowles (the Guardian)}

#uknews #business #consumeraffairs #economics #inflation #money #familyfinances #householdbills #consumerspending #ukcostoflivingcrisis #supplychaincrisis #pwc

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World news | The Guardian

3 months ago

World news | The Guardian
3 months ago

Worried Britons ‘prepping’ for major disruption with stash of tins and cash, survey shows theguardian.com/business/2026/… #Business #Infrastructure #EmergencyPlanning #Society #ExtremeWeather #UkCostOfLivingCrisis #WorldNews #Sterling #BanksAndBuildingSocieties #Money #NaturalDisasters #Cyberwar #Hacking #Internet #UkNews

Worried Britons ‘prepping’ for major disruption with stash of tins and cash, survey shows

Fears over a natural disaster or cyber attack are pushing households into contingency planning, Link survey shows

^{Rupert Jones (the Guardian)}

#society #uknews #worldnews #business #extremeweather #banksandbuildingsocieties #internet #money #ukcostoflivingcrisis #hacking #infrastructure #cyberwar #naturaldisasters #sterling #emergencyplanning

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World news | The Guardian

3 months ago

World news | The Guardian
3 months ago

Fertiliser shortages will have ‘dramatic’ effect on global food prices, warns farming boss theguardian.com/business/2026/… #SupplyChainCrisis #FoodDrinkIndustry #Farming #Iran #UkCostOfLivingCrisis #Business #UkNews #UsisraelWarOnIran #Inflation #Economics #Environment #CommercialProperty #RealEstate

Fertiliser shortages will have ‘dramatic’ effect on global food prices, warns farming boss

Mark Preston, of Grosvenor Group, who owns one of the UK’s leading farms, says knock-on effect of Iran war could arrive next year

^{Julia Kollewe (the Guardian)}

#uknews #environment #business #fooddrinkindustry #iran #usisraelwaroniran #economics #farming #inflation #ukcostoflivingcrisis #commercialproperty #realestate #supplychaincrisis

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World news | The Guardian

3 months ago

World news | The Guardian
3 months ago

UK voters need to hear battle over bills and climate crisis are linked, green experts say theguardian.com/politics/2026/… #LocalElections2026 #LocalElections #LocalGovernment #UkCostOfLivingCrisis #GreenParty #LocalPolitics #Politics #EnergyBills #Labour #ReformUk #Conservatives #UkNews #Society #HouseholdBills #NigelFarage #WindPower #SolarPower #Fracking #FossilFuelDivestment #FossilFuel...

UK voters need to hear battle over bills and climate crisis are linked, green experts say

As Reform vows to block solar and windfarms, energy leaders say renewables offer most secure future, insulating UK from hostile forces

^{Fiona Harvey (the Guardian)}

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World news | The Guardian

3 months ago

World news | The Guardian
3 months ago

Airlines and companies using fuel surcharges to cover surge in costs, UK survey shows theguardian.com/business/2026/… #Inflation #ServicesSector #AirlineIndustry #EconomicGrowthGdp #Economics #UkCostOfLivingCrisis #Politics #Business #InternationalAirlinesGroup #VirginAtlantic #BankOfEngland #UsisraelWarOnIran #Oil #UkNews #Commodities

Airlines among companies using fuel surcharges to cover surge in costs, UK survey shows

Firms raising prices at fastest rate in three years, driven by soaring energy and wage bills but also extra materials costs

^{Alex Daniel (the Guardian)}

#uknews #business #usisraelwaroniran #politics #economics #oil #commodities #inflation #airlineindustry #ukcostoflivingcrisis #bankofengland #economicgrowthgdp #virginatlantic #internationalairlinesgroup #servicessector

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World news | The Guardian

3 months ago

World news | The Guardian
3 months ago

Four in five Britons worried Iran war will make food more expensive, poll finds theguardian.com/business/2026/… #UkCostOfLivingCrisis #UsisraelWarOnIran #Inflation #UkNews #WorldNews #Business #Economics #SupplyChainCrisis #EnergyBills #ConsumerAffairs #HouseholdBills #Money #FamilyFinances

Four in five Britons worried Iran war will make food more expensive, poll finds

Shoppers concerned about effect of Middle East conflict, as UK retailers say government running out of time to cut costs

^{Alex Daniel (the Guardian)}

#uknews #worldnews #business #consumeraffairs #usisraelwaroniran #economics #inflation #money #familyfinances #householdbills #ukcostoflivingcrisis #energybills #supplychaincrisis

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World news | The Guardian

3 months ago

World news | The Guardian
3 months ago

Bank of England leaves interest rates on hold at 3.75% theguardian.com/business/2026/… #BankOfEngland #InterestRates #UkNews #EnergyBills #Economics #Business #ConsumerAffairs #HouseholdBills #Money #UkCostOfLivingCrisis #FamilyFinances #PetrolPrices #Oil #Gas #Commodities

Bank of England leaves interest rates on hold at 3.75%

Decision not to change rate comes despite signs inflation is rising amid the Iran war’s effects on fuel prices

^{Tom Knowles (the Guardian)}

#petrolprices #uknews #business #consumeraffairs #economics #oil #commodities #interestrates #money #familyfinances #householdbills #gas #ukcostoflivingcrisis #energybills #bankofengland

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World news | The Guardian

3 months ago

World news | The Guardian
3 months ago

Rising costs forcing 3m UK households to skip meals, Which? report finds theguardian.com/business/2026/… #UkCostOfLivingCrisis #Poverty #ConsumerAffairs #Inflation #FoodDrinkIndustry #Money #Business #UkNews #Society #Economics #ConsumerSpending #FamilyFinances #HouseholdBills

Rising costs forcing 3m UK households to skip meals, Which? report finds

Consumer insight tracker shows 85% are worried about food prices and a majority think the economy will deteriorate

^{Claudia Efemini (the Guardian)}

#society #uknews #business #consumeraffairs #fooddrinkindustry #economics #inflation #money #familyfinances #poverty #householdbills #consumerspending #ukcostoflivingcrisis

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World news | The Guardian

3 months ago

World news | The Guardian
3 months ago

‘Sludge in the system’: myriad problems stymie Labour’s 1.5m new homes pledge theguardian.com/business/2026/… #ConstructionIndustry #Berkeley #UkNews #HousingMarket #Property #UsisraelWarOnIran #RealEstate #Housing #Apprenticeships #SocialHousing #UkCostOfLivingCrisis #PlanningPolicy #England

‘Sludge in the system’: myriad problems stymie Labour’s 1.5m new homes pledge

Soaring cost of building materials, lack of affordability and planning bottlenecks are some of the obstacles thwarting housing target

^{Jessica Murray (the Guardian)}

#uknews #england #usisraelwaroniran #housing #ukcostoflivingcrisis #realestate #housingmarket #property #berkeley #constructionindustry #apprenticeships #socialhousing #planningpolicy

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World news | The Guardian

4 months ago

World news | The Guardian
4 months ago

Holidays take a hit as UK cost of living fears and Iran war bite theguardian.com/business/2026/… #TravelLeisure #ConsumerSpending #Travel #HouseholdBills #CreditCards #ConsumerAffairs #Money #UkNews #Business #BorrowingDebt #UkCostOfLivingCrisis #Economics

Holidays take a hit as UK cost of living fears and Iran war bite

Consumer spending on travel is down for the first time in five years while card spending edges up in March

^{Julia Kollewe (the Guardian)}

#uknews #business #consumeraffairs #economics #borrowingdebt #money #householdbills #consumerspending #ukcostoflivingcrisis #travel #travelleisure #creditcards

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World news | The Guardian

4 months ago

World news | The Guardian
4 months ago

Middle East war will leave UK households £480 poorer this year, says thinktank theguardian.com/money/2026/apr… #EnergyBills #UkCostOfLivingCrisis #UsisraelWarOnIran #ResolutionFoundation #Business #Poverty #UkNews #SocialExclusion

Middle East war will leave UK households £480 poorer this year, says thinktank

Resolution Foundation says households face rising costs from higher bills for energy and filling up

^{Julia Kollewe (the Guardian)}

#uknews #business #usisraelwaroniran #poverty #ukcostoflivingcrisis #energybills #socialexclusion #resolutionfoundation

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US news | The Guardian

4 months ago

US news | The Guardian
4 months ago

Collapse of US-Iran talks heightens fears of prolonged energy shock theguardian.com/business/2026/… #Oil #EnergyIndustry #Business #WorldNews #UsisraelWarOnIran #Commodities #JdVance #UsNews #ShippingIndustry #StraitOfHormuz #UkCostOfLivingCrisis #StockMarkets #Economics #EconomicPolicy #UsForeignPolicy

Collapse of US-Iran talks heightens fears of prolonged energy shock

Oil prices and borrowing costs are expected to rise this week as tankers remain stranded in Persian gulf

^{Julia Kollewe (the Guardian)}

#worldnews #business #usisraelwaroniran #usnews #stockmarkets #economics #oil #commodities #usforeignpolicy #economicpolicy #energyindustry #straitofhormuz #jdvance #ukcostoflivingcrisis #shippingindustry

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World news | The Guardian

4 months ago

World news | The Guardian
4 months ago

Wednesday briefing: Has the sacking of a shop worker highlighted our unease around how crime is tackled? theguardian.com/world/2026/apr… #Waitrose #Crime #Supermarkets #RetailIndustry #MarksSpencer #Business #UkNews #UkCostOfLivingCrisis

Wednesday briefing: Has the sacking of a shop worker highlighted our unease around how crime is tackled?

In today’s newsletter: A Waitrose worker’s dismissal after confronting a shoplifter has become a flashpoint in a wider debate over rising retail crime

^{Patrick Greenfield (the Guardian)}