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Businesses worry about customers returning after pandemic
Will we even be buying the same things from the same businesses as we did before the lockdowns?
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Budget 2021: Spend, spend, spend followed by aggressive tax hikes
The latest forecast from the government’s Budget watchdog, the OBR, points to a stronger recovery from the Covid crisis than previously predicted.
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The way forward for our fiscal position is to get the economy growing, says treasury chief secretary
We talk to Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Stephen Barclay.
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Budget 2021: Sunak promises giveaway now and tax hikes later
There are giveaways and takeaways from the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with an immediate plan to support both businesses and individuals followed by a move to claw the spending back.
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Will £400 million budget boost for arts in UK be enough?
The Chancellor is promising to use the “fiscal firepower” of the government in his Budget tomorrow to get Britain’s economy back on track.
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‘Tax rises would be economic vandalism’ – Chief Executive of the New Economics Foundation Miatta Fahnbulleh
We were joined by the economist Miatta Fahnbulleh, who’s chief executive of the New Economics Foundation think tank.
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Chancellor Rishi Sunak says UK economy to face ‘enormous strains’ following lockdown
The Chancellor Rishi Sunak has warned that he’ll have to make some tough decisions in next week’s Budget in order to repair the gaping hole in the public finances caused by the pandemic.
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We need to make sure the protocol works and not feel under threat, says Irish Europe Minister
We spoke to Ireland’s Minister for European Affairs Thomas Byrne
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How the new Brexit bureaucracy is putting some UK industries in difficulties
The Brexiteers always boasted that leaving the European Union would result in a bonfire of red tape. But what’s the reality since we left the transition phase almost two months ago?
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26m
Exclusive: ‘We are going to take this Trump case’ says co-chair of Facebook Oversight Board
We spoke to Helle Thorning-Schmidt, former Danish prime minister and co-chair of Facebook’s Independent Oversight Board
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Facebook faces questions over regulation and how platform is used
Facebook has reversed its ban on news in Australia.
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Canada vows to follow Australia in making Facebook pay for news content
Canada is following Australia in trying to rein in the power of tech giant Facebook.
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Airport bosses warn government hotel quarantine policy is not ready ahead of launch
Bosses at Heathrow airport have warned that the government’s hotel quarantine policy is not ready.
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Rishi Sunak: ‘Not everyone feels they have got help in exactly the way they would have liked’
We caught up with the Chancellor Rishi Sunak and asked him whether he shared the optimism of people like Andy Haldane of the Bank of England.
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UK economy shrinks by record 9.9% in 2020 pandemic
The Bank of England’s chief economist believes the economy is a “coiled spring” ready to bounce back.