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Survey shows nearly 90% of 2019 Conservative voters say green industry is vital to UK’s economic growthUK politics live – latest updatesAlmost nine in 10 voters who intend to switch their support from Conservative to Labour candidates in the next gener…
Party loses 40% of 2019 voters in south and Midlands according to exclusive Opinium poll for the ObserverAfter winning the 2019 general election Boris Johnson thanked voters behind the so-called “red wall” who had voted Conservative for the first time …
Thinktank chief and former MPC member gloomy about stubborn inflation and labour shortages The UK economy will shrink this year and in 2024, according to a report by a leading US thinktank that said stubborn inflation and a shortage of workers would da…
Country needs successful firms to grow and struggling ones to shrink, says Resolution FoundationThe UK needs more businesses to fail, or at least shrink, to solve the economy’s long-running productivity crisis, a study has argued.The country’s lack of …
People who lost money for care home fees and others facing rocketing mortgage costs after Truss’s gambit share their storiesThe chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng’s speech at the Commons dispatch box on 23 September last year, and his refusal to publish the Of…
Relief for mortgage holders after 14 consecutive rises as UK economy comes under growing pressureBusiness live – latest updatesJudging by state of economy, Bank is done with rate hikesMortgage holders have been offered relief after the Bank of England …
PM says people to be given more time to switch gas boilers to heat pumps, and ban on sale of new petrol and diesel cars delayedWhat has Sunak scrapped and what do changes mean?Climate scientists have expressed dismay at reports that Rishi Sunak is to r…
While former PM takes some responsibility for markets crisis after mini-budget, she says main fault lay with Bank of EnglandLiz Truss has set out her intent to be the Conservatives’ beacon for lower taxes and smaller government despite her disastrous 4…
Former prime minister to make remarks in speech on Monday almost a year since mini-budget that led to her downfallLiz Truss will blame the UK’s economic problems on “25 years of economic consensus” as she doubles down on the policy proposals that helpe…
West Midlands mayor Andy Street says a ‘big chunk of people’ are hurting in cost of living crisisA senior Conservative has called on his party to ensure welfare claimants are not handed a real-terms cut next year, after Rishi Sunak refused to commit to…