UK economy returns to slight growth
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OECD report comes as Reeves is preparing November’s Budget, in which she is expected to put up taxes or cut spending in order to adhere to her own fiscal rules
LONDON (Reuters) -The British government said it will make changes to its proposals to overhaul the planning system aimed at making it more pro-growth, in a move that may mitigate mounting fiscal pressures ahead of the government's budget due next month.
Britain's economy grew in the three months to August, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has said. However, the figure for July has been revised to a 0.1 per cent fall, showing that the economy contracted in the previous data from the initial zero-growth assessment.
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LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's attempts to improve ties with China leave him open to criticism at home that he is overlooking the threat to national security, while securing few of the economic gains that he desperately needs.
As the IMF downgrades its UK growth projection for next year, it also predicts we will have the highest inflation of any G7 country. Ahead of a Budget that will doubtless raise taxes, it is time the p
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