Why inflation could break Britain
Inflation has reached 5.4 per cent, the highest level since 1992; high prices and falling wages will intensify the UK’s…
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UK wages fall below 2008 level
Real earnings are now lower than on the eve of the financial crisis.
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The cost-of-living crisis will define 2022 – Labour needs answers now
Keir Starmer should back a windfall tax on oil and gas companies and emergency energy relief for households.
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How Omicron has devastated the UK’s hospitality industry
Restaurants have lost more than a fifth of their customers and the sector may lose £4bn.
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I is for Inflation: Economic recovery brought with it a new and complicated problem
Wages don’t rise in isolation, as prices shoot up and the cost of living bites.
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Is Britain heading for a Christmas “lockdown by stealth”?
Hospitality businesses report that cancellations are rocketing as people try to avoid the virus.
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Could the furlough scheme be reintroduced?
The cost of bringing back the furlough scheme would be lower than failing to do so, say economists and business…
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Ann Pettifor on why the rich must be first to pay for the climate crisis
The economist and author of the Green New Deal talks money, men and malpractice.
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