UK housing has never been more unaffordable
The average house price is equivalent to more than nine years of average earnings.
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How India has overtaken the UK as the world’s fifth-largest economy
Based on current prices, UK GDP is smaller than it was before the 2008 financial crisis.
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How support for the far-right Sweden Democrats has surged
After yesterday’s election, the party has become Sweden’s second-largest with more than 20 per cent of the vote.
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The pound has fallen to a 37-year low against the dollar
After Liz Truss’s first full day as Prime Minister, the pound sank to its lowest level against the US dollar…
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How the energy crisis is devastating businesses
Energy bills for the average small business have quadrupled in the last 18 months.
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The UK is the second-most unequal G7 country
Liz Truss says there has been too much focus on redistribution but the US is the only major Western economy…
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Liz Truss’s Tory leadership win is the narrowest under the current rules
Boris Johnson, David Cameron and Iain Duncan Smith all won by bigger margins than Truss.
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Liz Truss’s National Insurance cut would fail to help Britain’s poorest
The Tory front-runner’s proposal would save the poorest tenth of households just 76p per month.
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