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Covid pushes unemployment up to 5%
The number of people out of work across the UK has continued to rise. The impact of the Covid crisis on the jobs market has pushed unemployment up to 5%, with more than 800,000 workers dropping off company payrolls since the pandemic began. But even this doesn’t reveal the true picture, with millions of people…
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Nissan pledge on Sunderland plant after ‘positive’ Brexit deal
Nissan has committed its long-term future to its Sunderland car-making plant and has said the Brexit trade deal put the UK at an advantage.
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Retail sales fall by record amount
Retail sales dropped by the largest amount on record last year, with many shops forced to close for months because of lockdown.
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200 lorries turned back at UK crossings every day due to new paperwork
Officials have admitted that up to 200 lorries a day are being turned back at UK crossings into the European Union because they do not have the right paperwork, but they insist the vast majority are getting through. However, traffic through the UK’s second largest port, Holyhead, has slumped since the start of this year…
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‘Chancellor trumpets fact he has spent £280 billion, yet we’ve seen record redundancies’ – Labour’s Anneliese Dodds
We speak to Shadow Chancellor Anneliese Dodds.
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UK economy shrinks after six months of growth
There is more evidence that things will get tougher before they get better, as figures showed the UK economy shrank by 2.6% in November as England went into lockdown for a second time.
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Scottish fishermen ‘struggling to cope’ with Brexit red tape
Fishing was supposed to be a major upside of Brexit, but parts of the industry are finding themselves in crisis.
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Gove warns of ‘significant additional disruption’ at UK border
The Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove has warned that there will be “significant additional disruption” at the country’s borders in the next few weeks.
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Brexit could lead to the next generation of genetically tampered crops, campaigners warn
A week after Brexit, is the next development of Frankenstein food heading for our tables? That’s what environmental campaigners are claiming, as the government launched a consultation on gene editing of crops and livestock. Until now the practice has been banned under strict European rules, but ministers claim it will mean healthier food and clear…
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What might 2021 have in store?
We ask three Channel 4 News reporters, with very different areas of expertise, what the future might hold.
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Dover disruption: Hundreds of lorries backed up on motorway as France travel ban kicks in
Traffic to Dover had already been disrupted for more than a week, but the travel ban put in place by France last night has piled on the pressure in Kent.
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Supreme Court overturns ban on Heathrow third runway
Another key ruling has disappointed environmental campaigners. The prospect of a third runway at London’s Heathrow has been given a boost after the airport’s owners won a challenge at the Supreme Court. It means they can now seek planning permission for the runway, which had previously been blocked by the Court of Appeal for failing…
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UK redundancies hit record high as jobless rate rises again
The number of people in the UK who’ve been laid off has soared to a record high.
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Businesses consider post-Brexit impact amid wait for new trade deal
For businesses, it’s all a waiting game. Meanwhile, the uncertainty continues.
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Tory MP says if we end up with a no deal Brexit ‘EU negotiators care more about their own jobs than jobs of German car workers’
We were joined by Belgian MEP Phillippe Lamberts, who sits on the European Parliament’s UK Coordination Group, and Conservative MP Andrew Bridgen.