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  "id": 2319600,
  "title": "'No relief in sight': More than 50,000 British firms already in 'critical distress' as Labour plots fresh tax hikes",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/no-relief-in-sight-more-than-50-000-british-firms-already-in-critical",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-21T06:01:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Is Money",
    "slug": "this-is-money",
    "url": "https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-16067639/No-relief-sight-50-000-British-firms-critical-distress-Labour-plots-fresh-tax-hikes.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Insolvency experts Begbies Traynor Group (BTG) said the number of companies on the brink has risen 9 per cent in the past year to 53,756.",
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}