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Cost of living fears and drop in Chinese visitors hitting most-popular sites
Continuing to muddle through, massage the figures and implement bad policies will only make the problems worse
Campaigners argue it should be regarded as an essential service, and scrutinised accordingly
About 6% of the working population is economically inactive due to prolonged disabilities
Jeremy Hunt’s Budget will boost investment and the workforce, but the outlook remains subdued
Severe structural weaknesses persist in the UK economy and his measures do too little to remove them
Income thresholds have been frozen since 2021
Government plans to double prison sentences
Theatres, orchestras and museums welcome two-year extension of help for pandemic recovery
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Announcing more hours is one thing but actually accessing them is quite another
With the latest credit for research intensive businesses, the government is picking winners by the back door
Chancellor announces launch of 12 new clusters in a trimmed-down version of Liz Truss’s policy
Officials warn uneven economic recovery threatened by falling export demand and property crisis
Britain’s decline relative to other rich nations is rooted in problems both old and new
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Employers in the UK have made much greater use than expected of the new migration system to bring in workers
Jeremy Hunt’s Budget must boost growth amid tight finances and political pressures
Beliefs in an immaculate disinflation with only mild job losses could soon be put to the test
Big studios are betting that cinemas will rebound fully from the pandemic, but some fear for the future of smaller budget films
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Robust employment and cooling hourly earnings cloud Federal Reserve’s outlook
European Commission puts the cost of gender gap at €370bn a year
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