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Which Labour leadership candidate would print money? Who wants to build 2 million houses? Who thinks George Osborne might be right about running a surplus?
Mhairi Black, the youngest MP in the Commons, tells the house that she is the only 20-year-old in the UK the chancellor is prepared to help with housing costs following last week’s budget.
George Osborne has pledged to create a “higher wage, lower tax, lower welfare” Britain as he unveiled the first Tory-only Budget for nearly 20 years.
Deutsche Bank is preparing for a possible exit from the UK because of the risk of a vote to leave the EU in the referendum promised by the government by 2017.
Ukip say their manifesto is fully costed and the numbers have been checked by independent economists. Sounds good. Is it true?
Siobhan Kennedy
A new survey says Britain’s chief financial officers are so worried about the general election that they’ve started to rein in spending – a worrying development for the UK economy.
We’ve already looked at the pre-election promises David Cameron made but failed to deliver after becoming Prime Minister. Now it’s Labour’s turn.
Will Britain stick to its commitment to spend at least 2 per cent of GDP on defence?
A Ukip government would spend an extra £3bn a year on the NHS. Where will the money come from – and will it be enough to pay for all the promises?
Inflation in January falls to its lowest level on record amid low oil prices and fierce supermarket competition – and is expected to slide further in coming months.
Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis says Greece and Britain are determined to put an end to the “extended pretence cycle which has rendered Greece a festering wound on the side of the eurozone”.
Pressure grows on the US to send weapons to the Ukrainian military following recent defeats to separatist rebels who it is widely believed are being armed by Russia.
Siobhan Kennedy
While official figures show Britain’s economy grew in the last quarter of 2014, there are reasons why we shouldn’t celebrate just jet.
Matt Frei
Vladimir Putin is still riding high in the polls as the president who has defied the interfering west and resurrected Russia’s glory. But for how much longer?
Andrew Bailey, deputy governor of the Bank of England, tells Channel 4 News that a 45 per cent drop in oil prices is ‘likely to strengthen growth in the UK economy.’