All news on the topic: The economy

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'George Osborne is either utterly deluded or a shameless knave'
Rejecting obvious evidence that his spending cuts weakened Britain’s health and social care services before Covid is the self-denial of an arrogant Conservative
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Martin Lewis says mortgage timebomb has 'exploded' and says Tories were warned
Moneysavingexpert.com founder Martin Lewis said he warned Jeremy Hunt about the threat from rising mortgage rates at a summit in December
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Families hit by 'Tory mortgage penalty' as rates soar - check your area
Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves said households across the country are paying the price for the government 'trashing the economy' as she highlighted how families have been hit by crippling mortgage hikes
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King's Birthday Honours list in full from unsung heroes to TV legends
King Charles's list ranges from a grieving mother who turned a tragedy into a charity honouring their legacy, a 106-year-old fundraising through exercise, and those aiding Ukrainian refugees
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GMB thrown into chaos as crew forced to step in live on air after blunder
Good Morning Britain hosts Susanna Reid and Richard Madeley were forced to stop an interview half-way through on Wednesday due to a technical blunder
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150,000 NHS appointments to be cancelled as junior doctors go on strike today
Patients face huge disruption as medics in the British Medical Association begin a 72-hour walkout in their bitter dispute with the Government over pay
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'Sugar-filled White House trip gives Rishi Sunak a high as he escapes troubles'
The razzmatazz of his first White House trip provided a welcome change from the troubles at home, writes the Mirror's John Stevens
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Britain is suffering more than any other major economy in inflation nightmare
Inflation is tipped to average 6.9% as it takes longer to come down here than in any other G7 nation, according to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
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Food bank set up during Covid is lifeline for 400 people who can't afford to eat
Worker at the facility in West Yorkshire says: 'We get people from across the world, Australia, America, seeing our social media and sending money. They can’t believe this is happening in England'
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Sunak set to 'accept' Johnson's honours' list - who we know will get a gong
The ex-PM's controversial list of peerages and awards to allies and friends could finally be published within the next fortnight - despite calls for Mr Sunak to block the appointments
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Rishi Sunak claims voters don't mind him splashing cash on private flights
The Prime Minister has developed a taste for jetting around the UK on helicopters and planes, even when travelling short distances, such as 74-mile trip to Dover by chopper last week
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Starmer says UK must seize green jobs or risk repeat of coal mining mistakes
The Labour leader said future generations 'will never forgive us' for failing to modernise as he sought to smooth tensions with the GMB union, which has criticised his plans to block new North Sea oil and gas developments
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Keir Starmer seeks to soothe trade union tensions with green jobs vow
Keir Starmer will pledge to put jobs at the heart of Labour's energy policy after setting himself at odds with the GMB union with a plan to block new North Sea oil and gas developments
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AI could be powerful enough to 'kill many humans' in 2 years, No10 expert warns
Matt Clifford, who is helping the prime minister set up the government’s AI taskforce, said policymakers should be prepared for threats such as cyberattacks or creation of bioweapons
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'Tories and Labour scared to tackle Greedflation caused by profit-hungry firms'
The Mirror's Kevin Maguire says sky-rocketing prices in shops are caused by the corporate greed of major firms - but neither the Tories or Labour are willing to tackle them
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Former Tory chairman warns Britain is in 'one hell of a mess' in savage attack
Lord Chris Patten told a BBC Question Time audience he has little in common with "flat earthers" within the modern-day Conservative Party as said the UK doesn't look like "a country which has things going for it"
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One in five SMEs look forward to welcoming back clients as economy stabilises
The return of clients is seen as the top business opportunity for SME owners this year - followed by introducing new products or services
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Another summer heatwave could cripple UK as experts say we're not prepared
Research has found widespread concerns about how the country will deal with high temperatures should the mercury soar again in the coming weeks
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Own-label groceries are flying off shelves as hard-pressed Brits feel the pinch
Market research group NIQ found own-labels now account for 63% of all packaged consumer goods – up from 62.1% last year
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Boris Johnson's post-Brexit trade deals savaged as they finally come into force
Shadow International Trade Secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds has written a letter to the government urging ministers raising his concerns over the 'mess' of a trade deal
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Tories 'murdered' manufacturing, says union leader amid fury at missing plan
MPs and unions today blasted the lack of an industrial strategy from the Government as fears grow about the impact on a series of firms and the wider economy
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'Chancellor looks relaxed as higher interest rates push Britain into recession'
Kevin Maguire writes that Jeremy Hunt is relaxed about plunging Britain into recession - no wonder Labour and Keir Starmer are enjoying healthy double-digit poll leads
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Jeremy Hunt backs interest hikes pain for Brits - even if it risks recession
The Bank of England has hiked interest rates repeatedly to tackle inflation - in a hit to mortgage payers - and experts have warned they could raise them higher than the current 4.5% next month
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PM spends £260,000 of taxpayer cash on bash to woo business after economic chaos
Labour accused the Conservatives of using money from the public purse to 'paper over the cracks of their 13 years of economic failure with meaningless photo opportunities'
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Nothing in Britain works anymore, say overwhelming majority of Red Wall voters
Despairing voters think the UK is a country in decline according to a grim survey to mark the launch of left-leaning think tank, The New Britain Project