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It is understood that the chancellor and prime minister chose to intervene to ensure the project would go ahead, in part to protect UK jobs.

From BBC

The party which was in government less than two years ago ended up about 14,000 votes behind the winner and only 547 votes ahead of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party's "Sir Oink A-Lot".

From BBC

If not, I wouldn’t suggest leaving the workforce entirely, since you potentially have decades — perhaps even an entire second half of your life — ahead of you.

From MarketWatch

In theory, you would have come out ahead in the alternative index fund, but in practice you would have finished behind.

From The Wall Street Journal

And, speaking ahead of fulfilling that ambition, Donnelly, who is now based in Norfolk, England, said he's "living the dream".

From BBC