Inside AstraZeneca’s abandoned UK vaccine plant deal as Labour and Tories face questions over £450m collapse
Inside AstraZeneca’s abandoned UK vaccine plant deal as Labour and Tories face questions over £450m collapse - AstraZeneca’s planned vaccine hub for Liverpool is off the table - business editor Karl M ...
Bank of England’s top economist dismisses hopes of big interest rates cuts in further blow to Rachel Reeves
Rachel Reeves has suffered another blow in her bid to boost tepid economic growth after the Bank of England played down the idea of a big interest rate cut later this year. At such a critical moment ...
Voices: Should Rachel Reeves pay for her mishandling of the economy?
Should Rachel Reeves pay for her mishandling of the economy? - COMMENT: Despite her audacious tax raids, an absence of ...
Heathrow expansion: What a third runway means for noise, pollution and the environment
There would be an additional 4.4m tonnes of CO2 a year from a third runway – the equivalent to 101,862,382,320 miles driven ...
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What the papers say – February 7
Meanwhile, The Guardian and the Daily Express say the grim news is a fresh blow to Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves, who is already under pressure to revive public confidence in her ability ...
'New era of stagflation' and 'putrid' figures for Reeves
The Times also says the Bank's alert is a setback for Reeves as it says there was a warning of a new squeeze on living standards. The Bank cut interest rates to 4.5% as it attempts to stimulate the ...
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Labour’s growth plan is still self-deception
It’s barely a week since Rachel Reeves made her agenda-setting speech on how the Government intends to ‘kickstart economic growth’. Yet while her commendable rhetoric may have enabled the Chancellor ...
Three Independent Designers Talk Frankly About Their Processes, Their Challenges—And Their Triumphs
There’s certainly no shortage of female talent in the industry, as young and not-so-young women designers have been ...
The walls are closing in on Rachel Reeves
The Chancellor is under political pressure because of a lack of growth and related fear of a recession caused by her Budget, ...
Tax or cut? Rachel Reeves faces fiscal headache before OBR forecasts
Chancellor Rachel Reeves will come under pressure to cut spending or increase taxes when she receives the latest forecasts from the OBR.
Rachel Reeves 'will have to cut spending or raise taxes to balance books' after Budget sparked economic slowdown and borrowing costs rise
The Chancellor is trapped by sluggish growth and high borrowing costs that have made her financial headroom evaporate, ...