Search results for ‘Inflation’
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FactCheck: Labour’s NHS ‘Rescue Plan’
The party pledge to increase NHS budgets by £26bn by 2023-24.
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FactCheck: would food be cheaper in a no-deal Brexit?
The government says tariff cuts ‘will mean lower prices in shops’ but experts say these will be cancelled out by no-deal costs.
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FactCheck: Jeremy Corbyn on the ‘wage slump’
Have we really had ‘the greatest slump in wages since the first steam trains were built’?
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1-in-3 chance of recession after Brexit, Bank of England warns
1-in-3 chance of recession after Brexit, Bank of England warns. Meanwhile, the chancellor Sajid Javid announced another £2.1 billion to guard against such a situation.
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FactCheck: May not telling the whole story on NHS funding
Theresa May fired off a volley of stats about the NHS under the Conservatives at this week’s Prime Minister’s Questions.
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Venezuela’s self-sufficient socialist communes losing faith in Maduro
Venezuela’s self-sufficient ‘comunas’ or communes were encouraged by the late President Hugo Chavez as part of his vision of ‘socialism for the 21st century’.
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The Venezuelan family struggling to put food on table as military accused of blocking aid
More than half the Venezuelan population say they can’t afford to buy food, and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has called on the regime to allow aid to reach those in need.
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Trump recognises Venezuelan opposition leader as president
President Trump has declared that America officially recognises the Venezuelan opposition leader as the country’s interim president. And he’s urged other western nations to follow suit.
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English families face steep council tax hike – while budgets are slashed in some local authorities
Council tax in England is set to soar above inflation – as ministers gave local authorities the go ahead to raise tax in April by 3%. It means families facing a steep increase in bills – plus, in England and Wales – up to £24 a year per household to fund extra cash for police…
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Brexit’s worst-case scenario economic costs
The pound will crash, unemployment and inflation will soar and the UK economy could shrink by 8% – a worst-case scenario from the Bank of England.
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FactCheck: Conservatives double down on dodgy education claim
Schools rated “outstanding” are not routinely re-inspected, which means that some schools have gone for many years without having their status challenged.
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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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FactCheck: Jeremy Corbyn’s housing claims
The Labour leader suggested the government had announced a cut in housing funding.
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FactCheck: Conservatives not telling the whole story on workers’ pay
The Conservatives tweeted about “better pay”. But they didn’t mention that real wages are lower now than in 2010.
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Rail fares to rise despite travel chaos
It’s been a year of strikes, delays, timetable chaos and cancellations: little wonder, then, that commuters are furious that regulated rail fares could go up by as much as 3.2% in January. That adds more than £100 to the price of some season tickets. As railway bosses said the increase was “underpinning a once in…