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UK agrees trade deal with Japan as row with EU intensifies
The UK Government has hailed it a historic moment – the first trade deal since Brexit – a deal with Japan it says is worth £15 billion.
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UK economy grows by 6.6% in July
Some light in all the Covid-19 darkness, with the economy growing by 6.6 per cent in July.
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Fears of childcare shortage in England after lockdown
There could soon be a national shortage of childcare provision, according to a new report, which warns that some nurseries and childminders in England could be forced to close altogether without more financial support.
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HS2: Construction starts on rail project as protests continue over environmental cost
Construction on the HS2 high-speed rail project officially started today, as the company said it would create 22,000 jobs.
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UK is ‘sleepwalking into disaster’ over post-Brexit border preparations, road hauliers warn
Ministers have insisted they are “absolutely confident” that supply chains will keep moving, whether or not the UK and the European Union manage to agree a deal.
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Kickstart jobs scheme for under-25s launched
The government has launched a £2 billion scheme aimed at helping young people into work, creating thousands of new placement roles.
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‘Economy could be at a standstill if we don’t get people back into work’ – businesswoman Linda Plant
Channel 4 News spoke to Linda Plant, an entrepreneur and one of the regulars on the reality TV show The Apprentice. We also spoke to Cate Huston from the company DuckDuckGo.
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Unions raise concerns over government’s back to work campaign
For those who have had enough of working at the kitchen table and only seeing colleagues in 2D on a computer screen, the government’s call to get back to work is welcome.
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UK government planning back to office campaign for England amid job losses
From retail to travel, people are losing their jobs in their thousands.
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‘People will start going back to work, cities will survive, there’s no doubt about that’ – architect George Clarke
Earlier we were joined by Pooja Agrawal, an architect who founded Public Practice, a not-for-profit social enterprise focusing on improving planning, and George Clarke, the broadcaster, architect and lecturer.
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Changing attitudes to work pose threat to city centre jobs
The potentially massive shift in where we will live and work will also have profound implications for the millions of jobs that have grown up around our City centred economy.
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Rail commuters face 1.6% rise on ticket prices
Rail commuters in England and Wales could face a rise of 1.6% in the cost of their tickets from January.
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Marks and Spencer to cut 7,000 jobs over next three months
Shopping may never be the same again, the high street giant Marks and Spencer has warned.
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‘The knock of the pandemic came on top of an economy that was already ailing’ – Miatta Fahnbulleh
We spoke to Rupert Harrison, who was formerly chief of staff to George Osborne when he was Chancellor, and is now portfolio manager at BlackRock, and Miatta Fahnbulleh, chief executive at the New Economics Foundation, a left-wing think tank.
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UK plunges into worst recession on record – after impact of Coronavirus
The UK has been plunged into the deepest recession on record.