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UK pay grows 5.9 per cent in ‘headache’ for Bank…

Posted by February 18, 2025

UK average regular earnings growth rose to 5.9 per cent in the three months to December, the Office for National Statistics has said. This 3.4 per cent higher a

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UK May Have to Wait Until 2027 for More Reliable…

Posted by November 21, 2024

The UK may delay by years the rollout of a new survey to provide a more reliable picture of who’s working and who’s not, deepening concern about key economi

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Bank of England poised to cut UK interest rates for…

Posted by November 6, 2024

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The hidden risks lurking in Rachel Reeves’s Budget

Posted by October 27, 2024

After the Budget, doubtless, there will be much talk about Rachel Reeves’s decision to tweak her fiscal rules, which supposed

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How the drop in inflation ‘caught the Bank of England…

Posted by October 16, 2024

This was because, even though mortgage rates have been falling, they are still far higher than before the Bank of England began

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UK Jobs Market Seizes Up Amid Fears Over Tax, Worker…

Posted by October 3, 2024

(Bloomberg) -- Both hiring and firing in the UK jobs market are slowing down as employers prepare for the new government to raise taxes and toughen up worker ri

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Sainsbury’s boss looks to UK budget to lift spending gloom

Posted by October 2, 2024

By James DaveyCOBHAM, England (Reuters) - Britons bruised by a cost of living crisis will not start spending strongly again until the new Labour government sets

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UK’s employment data points to a mixed labour market –…

Posted by September 10, 2024

This morning’s UK employment data pointed to a mixed labour market picture in July, with unemployment declining further, even as earnings pressures continu

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Possibility of multiple Bank of England interest rate cuts rises…

Posted by August 14, 2024

Traders have raised bets that the Bank of England (BoE) will cut interest rates in September despite a rise in UK inflation as the closely watched services infl

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Rachel Reeves is about to reignite the flames of the…

Posted by July 28, 2024

Meanwhile, the Government is aiming to strengthen workers’ rights and ease anti-union legislation. That is not the way to hel

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Pay grows at slowest rate for almost two years

Posted by July 18, 2024

[Getty Images]Pay is rising at its slowest rate in almost two years as the job market continues to cool.Wages grew at an annual pace of 5.7% in the three months

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Recovery! Inflation down, growth up and we’re shopping again –…

Posted by June 23, 2024

If the Labour Party wins next month's general election it is likely to inherit a rapidly improving economy as Sunak’s recovery plan finally starts to deliver.

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