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Will UK aid cuts put us in danger of missing future pandemics?
They have already spent four years and many millions of pounds, but now scientists say a research project into the spread of diseases in parts of Africa will effectively go to waste – because the funding has been cut just months before it was due to be completed.
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FactCheck: Shaun Bailey’s dubious council tax claim
The Conservative hopeful says he’ll reverse Sadiq Khan’s latest tax hike.
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NHS Confederation Chief Executive says long-term funding increase for NHS needed
Danny Mortimer, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, has written to the Chancellor warning him that a failure to confirm the NHS budget this week will have an impact on services and communities around the country.
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FactCheck: Johnson’s claim about self-isolation cash for councils
There’s some important context missing.
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Revealed: plans for huge cuts in UK overseas aid
Among the proposals under discussion are slashing funds for Syria by 67%, and giving 60% less to Somalia and Congo.
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‘The combination of Brexit and Covid is about the most unfortunate disastrous coincidence’, says Ken Clarke
We spoke to the former Conservative Chancellor, Ken Clarke, about the budget and UK trade post-Brexit.
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Boris Johnson denies bias over towns funding scheme
Boris Johnson has denied that the government has been biased in the allocation of funds to struggling towns.
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Unions predict backlash over UK government plans to offer 1% pay rise to most NHS staff
They have spent the last year on the frontline of the Covid crisis – risking their own lives to save others.
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FactCheck: how competitive is the UK after Rishi Sunak’s corporation tax hike?
It’s a massive change in policy – the first time a UK chancellor has raised the headline rate of corporation tax in decades.
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Businesses worry about customers returning after pandemic
Will we even be buying the same things from the same businesses as we did before the lockdowns?
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Chancellor Rishi Sunak says UK economy to face ‘enormous strains’ following lockdown
The Chancellor Rishi Sunak has warned that he’ll have to make some tough decisions in next week’s Budget in order to repair the gaping hole in the public finances caused by the pandemic.
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FactCheck: Conservative London mayoral candidate’s misleading tax claim
Shaun Bailey says Sadiq Khan wants to raise mayoral council tax by 21 per cent.
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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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Minister resigns over chancellor’s overseas aid cut
The chancellor has announced a change of policy that has led to criticism from former Conservative prime minister David Cameron and caused a junior minister to resign.
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Unemployment predicted to surge to 2.6m by mid-2021
We took a closer look at the chilly economic figures put out by the spending watchdog