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This week’s client update comes to you a day early. Global equity markets continue to be dominated by developments in artificial intelligence and the broader technology sector, but the latest news flow underlines just how unsettled and unpredictable this part of the market has become. I appreciate that I wrote about artificial intelligence (AI) stocks last week and I do not want this to get boring, however no sooner had we issued last weeks newsletter, than we had strong jobs

In our ongoing political saga, Andy Burnham has formally indicated that he will enter a Labour leadership contest if he wins the Makerfield by election on 18 June, saying he would seek to represent the constituency “at the highest possible level”. His comments follow suggestions that Wes Streeting may also be preparing a leadership bid. Under Labour rules, any challenger must be an MP and secure backing from 81 colleagues. Polling for the by election shows Burnham ahead of Re