All news on the topic: The economy

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UK will see biggest fall in living standards since 1950s after Tory Budget
The forecast came as the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt unveiled his Budget for 'growth' and said the economy will swerve a 'technical recession' in 2023.
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Average real wages of men in 50s has fallen by almost £3,000 since 2010
Labour's Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Jonathan Ashworth said working people are 'left paying the price of 13 years of economic failure under the Tories'
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HS2 delay 'will trigger job cuts and could see firms go bust' leak shows
A leaked document produced by Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Haigh in the Commons laid bare the potential impact of the controversial two-year delay to a key section of the high speed railway
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'All the times Tory immigration policy was a lot like the Nazis'
It's not the first time that Tory immigration policies have been likened to 1930s Germany, says Fleet Street Fox. But they're not the only ones
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'Tory obsession with Gary Lineker won't hide the mess they're making of Britain'
Tory MPs are keen to talk about migrant boats the Gary Lineker row rather than how they have made a mess of the economy and the NHS, writes the Mirror's Kevin Maguire
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Give parents more free childcare in next week's Budget, voters demand in poll
Around six in 10 believe the Tories should massively expand free childcare to one and two-year-olds in England, according to the Redfield & Wilton poll for the Sunday Mirror
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Tory ministers 'plan to loosen rules to bring in thousands of foreign workers'
Officials are reportedly weighing up adding jobs such as bricklayers, plasterers and roofers to a "critical occupation list" after a recommendation by the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) - making it easier for people in these trades to come to the UK to work
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'It's hard to get excited about the Coronation during cost of living crisis'
Polly Hudson says she has little interest in King Charles' expensive crowning - especially when Harry and Meghan probably won't be there
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Tories 'hitting firms hard' with 'yo-yo' tax rates that keep going up and down
Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves is set to pledge to end the "11th hour" approach to corporation tax taken by the government as Jeremy Hunt faces calls not to hike it in next week's Budget
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Britain's broken train and bus systems 'costing the North dear', Tories told
Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Haigh will promise to 'spark a northern renaissance' by reversing the Tories' betrayal on Northern Powerhouse Rail and HS2 and vow to 'turn the page on a decade of decline'
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Sunak accused of Eat out to Help Out 'cover up' as WhatsApps show Covid fears
Leaked messages allege that Mr Hancock said he'd kept concerns about the scheme 'out of the news' and on another occasion he joked to his aide: 'He [Sunak] hasn’t launched another eat out to help the virus get about has he?'
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Learn US lessons to revive manufacturing and slash energy bills, says union boss
GMB general secretary Gary Smith called on the Government to look at how President Joe Biden is planning to boost American manufacturing by switching to green power
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Farmers who started with one cow and £100 say shoppers should ditch supermarkets
Francesca and Mick Russell argue there is no shortage of fresh produce being grown and blame supermarket giants for refusing to budge on price
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8 money changes in March including Spring Budget and final £67 energy discount
We’re all thinking about our money now more than ever, and there are plenty of financial changes coming up in March that you should know about and pop in your diary
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More to fixing UK economy than just Brexit, Keir Starmer tells business chiefs
The Labour leader made a speech setting out his 'mission' to give Britain the fastest, sustained growth in the G7 group of industrialised nations
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Voters now believe Starmer best to manage economy as they turn on Sunak
The survey comes as a fresh blow to the Prime Minister whose party is trailing Labour in the national polls. One expert said it 'should ring some alarm bells in No10'
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Boris Johnson tells Rishi Sunak his Brexit plan was better in bitter swipe
Boris Johnson claimed the 'best way forward' was to press on with controversial legislation he tried to force through Parliament to allow the UK to rip apart the Brexit deal he signed without EU consent
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Building 100,000 homes a year would 'pump more than £17billion' into economy
The former Tory Cabinet Minister Brandon Lewis - who backed the report - said that since the 1970s 'we have consistently failed to deliver enough new housing'
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Keir Starmer unveils five ‘missions’ under blueprint for Labour Government
In a keynote speech in Manchester, Labour leader Keir Starmer slammed Rishi Sunak's 'sticking plaster' approach to fixing some of the country's greatest challenges
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Vladimir Putin fills stadium with 'loyalists' bribed with day off work
Vladimir Putin stepped on to the concert stage at a Moscow sports arena today as he claimed the Kremlin's forces are fighting to capture "historic frontiers" so he can protect their "interests, people, culture, language and territory"
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Nigella Lawson says Liz Truss should lug 'Jenga' lectern 'everywhere she goes'
Celebrity chef Nigella Lawson said the ex-PM should be made to carry around the £4,000 wooden monstrosity after the Mirror revealed it has been left abandoned in No10 as officials have failed to find it a new home
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Nearly all firms stick with four-day week after 'incredible' trial
Campaigners hailed the 'breakthrough moment' for the radical policy after a study tracked over 60 companies - from a chippy in Norfolk to a consultancy in Lancashire - in a six-month pilot
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Iceland to close several stores - is your local branch on the list
Stores across the UK are set to close with some shutting their doors as early as next week
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Liz Truss's £4,000 'Jenga' lectern left abandoned in No10 as nobody wants it
Officials had hoped the costly wooden monstrosity would be used by another Whitehall department or an embassy abroad, but the lectern is still languishing in Downing Street
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Bus fares capped at £2 until June as passengers win battle against ministers
Cheaper bus tickets will be available in England for an extra three months after government ministers dropped their threat to axe the £2 fare cap at the end of March