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Exclusive: Poll reveals Labour leads in ‘Red Wall’ constituencies
Survey suggests the Conservatives are struggling to hold on to the support they won in 2019.
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FactCheck: government won’t say how much tiered restrictions will cost economy
Official analysis published last night doesn’t shed any light.
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Chancellor Rishi Sunak warns UK economy will shrink by 11% this year
The chancellor, Rishi Sunak, has spelled out the devastation inflicted on the economy by coronavirus.
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Bank of England’s chief economist warns of increased inequality in the UK following the coronavirus
The impact of the Covid crisis could mean we see the opposite of “levelling up” for those parts of the economy that have lagged behind for decades. That’s the warning from the chief economist of the Bank of England. Speaking exclusively to this programme, Andy Haldane said it was now an “absolute necessity” to tackle…
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Covid crash: Thousands more jobs cut
What is life like for people who have lost their livelihoods in the Covid crash?
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What makes a one-term US president?
Could Donald Trump become the latest one-term president – and what leads to an incumbent’s re-election failure?
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‘This idea that it’s either you choose public health or you choose the economy… it’s a false dichotomy’ – SNP MP Philippa Whitford
To debate the different approaches in England and Scotland, I’ve been speaking to Pauline Latham and Dr Philippa Whitford.
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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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Coronavirus cases in India top two million as daily infections surge
India’s coronavirus crisis has reached a critical point – with soaring deaths and more than two million infections, the country is now recording the highest number of daily cases in the world. Since lockdown was imposed in March, unemployment has risen to more than 23 per cent – while millions of migrant workers have gone…
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Donald Trump suggests delaying US election
President Trump has floated the idea that this autumn’s presidential election should be delayed, saying that problems with postal ballots mean it will not be fair.
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Fears for UK economy if relations with China deteriorate further
Power, transport, water – China has been buying its way into key parts of the UK economy for years.
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Sunak warns ‘tough choices ahead’ for economy, over taxes and spending
‘Tough choices’ lie ahead, the Chancellor Rishi Sunak has warned, as the economy continues to count the cost of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Post-lockdown UK economy not bouncing back as quickly as hoped
The great hope was that the massive economic downturn brought about by the virus would be temporary.
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UK debt exceeds size of economy
The UK’s debt now stands at almost £2 trillion – that’s more than the size of the entire economy.
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Belgium has highest mortality rate per capita from coronavirus in the world
More than 9,500 people have died in Belgium – which makes it by any reckoning the country’s deadliest period since the height of the Second World War.