Search results for ‘Inflation’
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FactCheck: why are junior doctors striking, could industrial action make NHS backlogs worse, and nurse pay talks – explained
Junior doctors in England are set to take part in a 72-hour walkout, but why are they striking and could industrial action make current NHS backlogs worse? Here’s what we know so far.
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“We are in a debt trap” – Nouriel Roubini on 10 ‘megathreats’ to our world and how to stop them
In this episode, Nouriel Roubini joins Krishnan to talk about climate change, job-displacing artificial intelligence and our future.
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FactCheck: why is council tax increasing in England, where will it rise and how much will you pay in 2023/24?
How much is council tax rising by in different areas of England and when will it come into place? Here’s what you need to know.
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FactCheck: why has Bank of England raised interest rates to fifteen-year high and what does it mean for your mortgage?
The Bank of England has raised interest rates to 4%. But why have rates increased and what does it mean for mortgage holders? Let’s take a look.
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Bank of England raises UK interest rates to 4% – 14 year high
The Bank of England may have sounded a little less gloomy about the economy today – predicting that the recession will end sooner than it previously thought and that the rate of inflation will fall rapidly later this year. But, it still put its base interest rate up again – this time to 4 per…
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FactCheck: when are teacher strikes and will schools close in England and Wales?
Teachers will strike in England and Wales on seven dates in February and March in a dispute over pay. So, when and where will teacher strikes take place and will schools close? Here’s what we know so far.
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FactCheck: England’s NHS ten times worse than in 2011 on four key measures
Exclusive FactCheck analysis lays bare the state of England’s health system.
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Mental health: the hidden cost of living crisis
Now the cost of living crisis and soaring inflation are piling even more pressure on people who are already struggling to pay their bills. And that’s taking a toll on their mental health.
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Boxing Day sales face disruption from strikes and cost of living crisis
Seven in 10 of us bought fewer and cheaper presents this festive period.
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Bank of England raises interest rate to 3.5% – highest level in 14 years
Workers’ pay demands have been largely in response to cost of living pressures caused by soaring inflation.
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Working days lost to strikes reaches highest for more than a decade
New figures from the ONS show that the number of days being lost to strikes has jumped to the highest level in more than a decade – with workers seeing their take-home pay squeezed by rampant inflation.
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‘The poor are getting poorer’: How cost of living is impacting those at the bottom
There was some relief today for those on the lowest incomes as the government confirmed they would raise benefits in line with inflation. But there were warnings that people will still suffer the largest fall in living standards since records began – part fuelled by an increase in the energy cap to an average of…
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US midterms: Has Trump fever finally broken?
The midterm elections are one way that America takes its temperature and perhaps the biggest news of the night is that Trump fever seems to have broken.
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UN Secretary General warns COP27 the world is ‘on highway to climate hell’
The Egyptian setting for COP27 is a far cry from last year’s conference in Glasgow, and so is the mood – a looming global recession, rampant inflation and war in Europe pushing climate down the agenda at perhaps the worst possible time.
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Interest rates rise to 3% as Bank of England warns of long recession
People are already struggling with soaring costs and a tax burden, the highest since World War Two. Now the Bank of England is preparing us all for years of economic pain. Yet today it responded with the biggest interest rates rise for 30 years. The Bank said it had no choice because it needed to…