Search results for ‘OECD’
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UK faces lowest growth among world’s top economies, OECD warns
The international economic thinktank, the OECD, has warned that the UK will have the lowest growth among the big group of seven industrial countries next year.
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UK growth set to be weakest in developed world, OECD says
A summer of industrial disruption will do little to help an economy that is already staggering under the weight of rising petrol, gas and food prices.
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‘Britain is a very open economy, so it would be affected by downturn in trade’ – OECD’s Laurence Boone on coronavirus
We’re joined from Paris by Laurence Boone, Chief Economist at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.
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Welsh politicians debate Tata, NHS in Wales and betting scandal
We spoke to the Secretary of State for Wales David TC Davies, and Jo Stevens who’s the shadow Welsh Secretary.
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Railway shutdown: UK facing biggest train strike in decades
The government has denounced the biggest train strike for decades as an “act of self harm”.
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Anger as UK helps poorer countries fight Covid – by slashing other aid
Labour and Conservative MPs have criticised the government for including help for poorer countries battling Covid in its overseas aid budget – a decision that could lead to even deeper cuts in other areas than already expected.
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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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FactCheck: government rationale for a precedent to break international law doesn’t seem to add up
A senior minister cited the 2013 Finance Act as precedent. But it’s not so simple.
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FactCheck: Johnson wrong about Labour corporation tax
The Prime Minister said Labour would hike corporation tax to the highest rate in Europe.
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FactCheck: will the Conservatives ‘send Trump £500 million a week’?
It would cost the health service £500m a week if British patients had to pay the same price for drugs as people in the US do.
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FactCheck: Sajid Javid’s pay rise – the small print
The Chancellor just used his Conservative Party conference speech to announce that the UK could become one of the first major economies to “end low pay”. What does this mean – and what’s the catch? The analysis Sajid Javid’s exact words were: “Over the next five years, we will make the UK one of the…
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FactCheck: will sheep farmers suffer in a no-deal Brexit?
About 35 per cent of Welsh lamb is exported overseas, and 92.5 per cent of those exports go to the EU.
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FactCheck: Esther McVey’s claim about ‘generous’ UK disability benefits
The Conservative leadership hopeful said the UK is “one of the most generous countries” for disability benefits.
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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: Vote Leave’s “dark” Brexit ads
For the first time, we can see what kind of messages Vote Leave and others were targeting at key voters in a referendum campaign dominated by false statements and half-truths.
