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Women-led start-ups could unlock £250 billion economy boost
The UK economy will get a staggering £250 billion boost if women start up businesses at the same rate as men.
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UK economy ‘stalling’ over Brexit
The UK economy is at risk of stagnation, with escalating uncertainty over Brexit undermining business confidence.
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Davos: is world economy working for majority?
The big beasts of the international business world are turning up at Davos in Switzerland for this year’s World Economic Forum.
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Welsh Assembly clears schedule to discuss no-deal Brexit
Welsh government ministers have been outlining the potential consequences of a no-deal Brexit this afternoon.
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UK finance chief warns of no-deal Brexit ‘catastrophe’ for banking industry
A no-deal Brexit would create a “1930s-style contraction” according to the head of UK Finance, which represents banks and financial services.
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FactCheck: is Trump right that May’s plan could block US trade?
The US President suggested that Mrs May’s proposed deal could prevent UK-US trade.
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Economy grows amid concern about Brexit
The economy has grown at its fastest rate since 2016, up 0.6 per cent in the three months to September. But Brexit uncertainty overshadowed the good news as business investment fell sharply. We have been speaking to the Chancellor Philip Hammond, who insisted there could be a Brexit deal by Christmas. But he warned the…
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FactCheck: Liz Truss said the government are not making cuts to councils. Here’s the truth.
The main public spending watchdogs say the government is still cutting the money it gives to councils. And figures from the Treasury suggest real-terms reductions in councils’ overall spending power will continue until 2020.
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IMF says no-deal Brexit will damage UK economy
Leaving the European Union without a Brexit deal could have “dire consequences” for the British economy, the International Monetary Fund has warned.
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Diamonds, guns and Russian cash: The extraordinary new claims against Arron Banks
A Channel 4 News investigation has uncovered allegations that the Brexit donor planned military support for a Lesotho politician – and had business links with Russia’s state diamond company.
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China accuses U.S. of ‘blackmail’ as trade threats intensify
Markets have tumbled for a second day after President Trump threatened to impose more tariffs on Chinese goods worth $200 billion. In response, Beijing has accused the United States of “blackmail” and warned it would take “comprehensive measures”. That could affect major US companies operating inside China and the global economy.
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UK economy growing at weakest rate since 2012
The UK economy has grown at its weakest level for six years, up by just point one percent in the first quarter of the year. Downing Street said it was “clearly disappointing”, but insisted the fundamentals of the economy remained strong, while some experts blamed the winter weather. But with construction falling sharply, as well…
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New documents reveal Cambridge Analytica pitched ‘unique’ social media data in multiple US election campaigns
According to previously unseen documents obtained by Channel 4 News, Cambridge Analytica was pitching its “unique” social media data and “psychographic profiling” to multiple Republican election campaigns in the US after harvesting the profiles of up to 87 million mostly American Facebook users.
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Snow disruption to cost UK economy £900 million a day
The chaos brought by the snow and stormy conditions is still causing widespread disruption as transport services and other businesses struggle to recover. All the disruption is costing the British economy an estimated £900 million a day. Siobhan Kennedy reports.
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Fascism in Italy: The hipster fascists trying to bring Mussolini back into the mainstream
The resurgence of movements inspired by Fascism have been very much part of Italy’s chaotic electoral campaign. The combination of a struggling economy and the mass influx of migrants and refugees in recent years have created fertile ground for ultra-nationalistic rhetoric. Channel 4 News spent time with a tiny but ambitious political party called CasaPound which…