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Blow for Sunak as revised figures confirm UK did go into recession last year
Latest estimate from ONS says GDP declined by 0.3% in final quarter of 2023Business live –...
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Reeves to promise ‘decade of economic renewal’ if Labour wins power
Shadow chancellor will tell high-profile financial audience that ‘mission-led’ governments must take a lead in turbulent...
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GPs call for health tech boss Frank Hester to resign after Abbott remarks
BMA committee votes in emergency motion after Tory donor’s comments about MP condemned as racist and...
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Put Thames Water into special administration, Lib Dems tell ministers
Exclusive: party calls for firm to be wound up as it seeks shareholder bailout, higher bills...
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The US could be facing a 2008-style financial crisis. Why does Sunak want to copy it?
The PM’s admiration for Washington’s economic model may backfire amid looming US banking and stock market...
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Jeremy Hunt handed tax boost as UK posts record monthly budget surplus
Analysts say figures give chancellor slightly more leeway for tax cuts before general electionBusiness live –...
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Brexit has cost UK food companies exporting to EU an extra £170m
Exclusive: Data shows costs have contributed to value of meat exports falling by 17% since 2019Food...
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Former Post Office chair says he was told to stall Horizon compensation payouts
Henry Staunton claims request was made so government could ‘limp into’ the next general electionA former...
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Buoyant UK labour market data belies rise in long-term sickness
The absence of so many potential workers is taking a toll. In a literal sense, this...
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Fujitsu won £1.4bn in new government contracts after court ruling on Post Office software bugs
MPs find Treasury-affiliated bodies have engaged Horizon firm since damning 2019 high court judgmentThe Japanese technology...
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‘It’s all a bit marginal’: claims of Brexit trade perks don’t add up, say firms
A business department report trumpeting the four-year benefits of leaving the EU does not match the...
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Brexit border rules could cut shelf life of fresh food from EU by a fifth, say experts
Requirement for importers to give 24 hours’ notice of deliveries described as ‘unfeasible’ by suppliersNew Brexit...
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Jeremy Hunt has room for £20bn tax cuts after borrowing halves year on year
December deficit is less than expected at £14bn – the lowest for the month since 2019Business...
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UK inflation unexpectedly rises as cost of tobacco and alcohol increases
Surprise uptick to 4.0% complicates forecasts that Bank of England will cut interest ratesAnalysis: inflation rise...
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Post Office scandal could lead to rules change on private prosecutions
Companies could be stopped from taking such action, and firms involved in Horizon case may have...
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A year on from Sunak’s five pledges, here’s the report card
In today’s newsletter: Guardian experts assess the government’s progress on the prime minister’s key promisesSign up...
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Jeremy Hunt’s post-Brexit City shake-up is ‘damp squib’, say MPs
Treasury select committee says Edinburgh reforms launched a year ago have had little impact on UK...