All news on the topic: British economy

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Doctor 'thought he was going to die' as he describes horror of huge earthquake
Dr Osama Sallom described scenes - flattened buildings and hospitals full of bodies - in Syria which looked heartbreakingly similar to residents who have faced 11 years of bombardment from the war
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Britain's biggest prison 'set to be built near Jamie Oliver's £6m mansion'
Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver faces having two 'mega jails' built near his picturesque home in Essex - and locals are up in arms about it
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Liz Truss has 'half a hope' she can make comeback and lead Tories in opposition
The ex-Prime Minister, ousted after just 50 days after a string of disasters, mis-steps and a mini-budget that threatened to crash the UK economy, thinks she has “lost the battle but this is a long game.”
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UK economy to go backwards in 2023 with worst performance of all major nations
The UK is set to see its economy contract 0.6% this year according to the International Monetary Fund which will be the worst performance of all the advanced nations
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'I hate to Pooh-Pooh Jeremy Hunt's Tiggerish optimism but I'm more of an Eeyore'
Columnist Rachael Bletchly says Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's sudden reinvention as a full-on glass-half-full optimist bent on getting the economy bouncing like Tigger is a load of old Poohsticks
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'Laura Winham left to die because disabled people aren't thought worth saving'
Where have we heard that before, asks Fleet Street Fox. Oh yes, Nazi Germany, just before the Holocaust began
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Figures show UK £60bn worse off than G7 average as Hunt lays out growth plan
The dismal analysis came as Chancellor Jeremy Hunt gave a speech laying out the government's plans for investment and growth
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Michael Gove appears to brand North 'defence full of holes' in Messi analogy
The Levelling Up Secretary admitted that wealth, influence, high-wage jobs and high quality schools are concentrated in the South East, after a damning report lifted the lid on the north-south divide
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'Parents can visit our play centre for free - life-changing for lockdown babies'
Andy Lancey, general manager of The Hideaway, says he and his wife Ruth 'knew they needed to do something' to help families in their community after noticing a drop in footfall this winter amid energy bill hikes
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CBI boss demands parents get better childcare support to fire up the economy
Confederation of British Industry director general Tony Danker will warn in a speech today that parents are being forced to limit the hours they work because affordable childcare is not available
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Steel firm cutting 440 jobs urges 'revolution' to save sector on 'life support'
Writing exclusively for the Mirror, Liberty Steel's Jeff Kabel says there is a way to rescue the sector - and help it transition to more environmentally-friendly production
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Man City's crucial upper hand over Man Utd as Glazers' neglect laid bare
Pep Guardiola's team arrive at Old Trafford on Saturday with growing questions around their performances on the pitch while their hosts are in a rich vein of form
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Tory failures force families to spend £10k on energy over five year parliament
Labour analysis found households are on the hook for £2,600 more in power bills than they paid under the 13 years Labour were in charge from 1997 to 2010
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Bosses have already earned in 5 days what average workers will for whole year
The annual pay of CEOs at the nation’s biggest businesses stands at an average of £3.41million - £1078.26 per hour - 103 times that of the average full-time worker’s pay of £33,000
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Top fatcat bosses around UK rake in average worker's yearly salary in single day
The average chief executive of a FTSE 100 company is on £3.41million a year, according to a think tank. That equates to 103 times more than the £33,000 annual wage of a typical full-time worker
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Britain faces the worst recession among G7 partners, economists predict
A bleak survey of over 100 leading UK-based economists suggests high inflation could linger for longer than other countries as Brits face a huge squeeze in household incomes