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Rising Borrowing Costs Threaten to Wipe Out UK Budget Headroom
Rising borrowing costs, reaching a three-month high due to Donald Trump's new tariffs, have already eroded £4.2 billion of Rachel Reeves's £9.9 billion fiscal headroom, impacting her Budget plans and causing significant market volatility.
Rising Borrowing Costs Threaten to Wipe Out UK Budget Headroom
Rising borrowing costs, reaching a three-month high due to Donald Trump's new tariffs, have already eroded £4.2 billion of Rachel Reeves's £9.9 billion fiscal headroom, impacting her Budget plans and causing significant market volatility.
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56% Bias Score
Labour's Worker's Rights Bill: Next CEO Warns of Economic Havoc
Next CEO Lord Wolfson and the CBI warn that Labour's worker's rights bill, coupled with increased employer National Insurance contributions, is causing a private sector slowdown and may lead to job losses; the bill's impact on flexible working arrangements is of particular concern.
Labour's Worker's Rights Bill: Next CEO Warns of Economic Havoc
Next CEO Lord Wolfson and the CBI warn that Labour's worker's rights bill, coupled with increased employer National Insurance contributions, is causing a private sector slowdown and may lead to job losses; the bill's impact on flexible working arrangements is of particular concern.
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64% Bias Score
UK Retail Sales Defy Expectations Despite Looming Economic Headwinds
British retail sales unexpectedly rose 1 percent in February, defying forecasts, with household goods stores seeing their strongest growth in nearly four years; however, upcoming tax increases threaten future sales.
UK Retail Sales Defy Expectations Despite Looming Economic Headwinds
British retail sales unexpectedly rose 1 percent in February, defying forecasts, with household goods stores seeing their strongest growth in nearly four years; however, upcoming tax increases threaten future sales.
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44% Bias Score
WH Smith Sells High Street Business for £76 Million
WH Smith sold its 233-year-old high street business with 480 stores and 5,000 employees to Modella Capital for £76 million, allowing it to focus on its more profitable travel retail arm and resulting in an estimated £25 million net gain after costs. The high street business will be rebranded as TG J...
WH Smith Sells High Street Business for £76 Million
WH Smith sold its 233-year-old high street business with 480 stores and 5,000 employees to Modella Capital for £76 million, allowing it to focus on its more profitable travel retail arm and resulting in an estimated £25 million net gain after costs. The high street business will be rebranded as TG J...
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40% Bias Score
WH Smith Sells High Street Business for £76 Million
WH Smith sold its 233-year-old high street business with 480 stores and 5,000 employees to Modella Capital for £76 million, allowing it to focus on its more profitable travel retail arm; the high street business will be rebranded as TGJones.
WH Smith Sells High Street Business for £76 Million
WH Smith sold its 233-year-old high street business with 480 stores and 5,000 employees to Modella Capital for £76 million, allowing it to focus on its more profitable travel retail arm; the high street business will be rebranded as TGJones.
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48% Bias Score
UK Faces £50 Billion Budget Deficit Without Productivity Surge
The UK faces a potential £50 billion budget deficit by 2030 unless productivity significantly improves, according to the Office for Budget Responsibility, which has a history of overestimating productivity growth, threatening the government's fiscal targets and raising concerns about potential econo...
UK Faces £50 Billion Budget Deficit Without Productivity Surge
The UK faces a potential £50 billion budget deficit by 2030 unless productivity significantly improves, according to the Office for Budget Responsibility, which has a history of overestimating productivity growth, threatening the government's fiscal targets and raising concerns about potential econo...
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56% Bias Score
Trump's Tariff Threatens UK Economy
Donald Trump's 25% tariff on imported cars threatens the UK economy, impacting carmakers and potentially lowering GDP growth by up to 0.6%, according to the Office for Budget Responsibility, while also highlighting the slow response of the Civil Aviation Authority to the Heathrow Airport fire.
Trump's Tariff Threatens UK Economy
Donald Trump's 25% tariff on imported cars threatens the UK economy, impacting carmakers and potentially lowering GDP growth by up to 0.6%, according to the Office for Budget Responsibility, while also highlighting the slow response of the Civil Aviation Authority to the Heathrow Airport fire.
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64% Bias Score
WH Smith Sells High Street Stores for £76 Million
WH Smith is selling its 480 high street stores to Modella Capital for £76 million, rebranding them as TG Jones, after its travel business generated 85% of its trading profit last year; the deal includes 5,000 employees and various concessions.
WH Smith Sells High Street Stores for £76 Million
WH Smith is selling its 480 high street stores to Modella Capital for £76 million, rebranding them as TG Jones, after its travel business generated 85% of its trading profit last year; the deal includes 5,000 employees and various concessions.
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44% Bias Score
Mansion House Reforms Need Overhaul to Boost UK Growth: Peel Hunt
Peel Hunt warns that the Mansion House reforms, aiming to increase UK pension fund investment in unlisted equities to 5% by 2030, are insufficient to boost economic growth, citing the current 4% allocation, a decline in domestic listings, and only five IPOs raising over £10 million since 2025.
Mansion House Reforms Need Overhaul to Boost UK Growth: Peel Hunt
Peel Hunt warns that the Mansion House reforms, aiming to increase UK pension fund investment in unlisted equities to 5% by 2030, are insufficient to boost economic growth, citing the current 4% allocation, a decline in domestic listings, and only five IPOs raising over £10 million since 2025.
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40% Bias Score
UK Household Disposable Income Up 1.7% in Q4 2024 Despite Broader Economic Slowdown
UK real household disposable income per person rose 1.7% in Q4 2024, driven by public sector pay deals and private sector pay exceeding inflation, though much of this increase went into savings amid low consumer confidence. This follows an unexpected 1% rise in February retail sales and a downward r...
UK Household Disposable Income Up 1.7% in Q4 2024 Despite Broader Economic Slowdown
UK real household disposable income per person rose 1.7% in Q4 2024, driven by public sector pay deals and private sector pay exceeding inflation, though much of this increase went into savings amid low consumer confidence. This follows an unexpected 1% rise in February retail sales and a downward r...
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40% Bias Score
UK National Debt to Surge by £600 Billion, Triggering Soaring Interest Payments
Britain faces a £600 billion increase in national debt by 2030, leading to nearly £600 billion in interest payments over five years—£30 billion more than previously forecast—due to sustained overspending since 2001, exacerbated by the financial crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic.
UK National Debt to Surge by £600 Billion, Triggering Soaring Interest Payments
Britain faces a £600 billion increase in national debt by 2030, leading to nearly £600 billion in interest payments over five years—£30 billion more than previously forecast—due to sustained overspending since 2001, exacerbated by the financial crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic.
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56% Bias Score
UK Benefit Cuts to Leave Lower-Income Households £500 Poorer
The Resolution Foundation projects that lower-income UK households will be £500 poorer annually due to benefit cuts and a weak economic outlook, impacting the poorest 50% over five years, a drop only surpassed by the early 1990s recession and the 2008 financial crisis.
UK Benefit Cuts to Leave Lower-Income Households £500 Poorer
The Resolution Foundation projects that lower-income UK households will be £500 poorer annually due to benefit cuts and a weak economic outlook, impacting the poorest 50% over five years, a drop only surpassed by the early 1990s recession and the 2008 financial crisis.
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48% Bias Score
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