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The UK looks set to avoid a double-dip recession after it was announced today that the economy stayed in positive territory in the final quarter of 2020. GDP grew by 1 per cent in the fourth quarter, better than some experts had expected. There have been fears that another recession is looming, after the historic … Read more
There are many on the Left who think Britain is a low-wage tax haven run for the benefit of the rich. The evidence, however, suggests this could not be further from the truth. A new analysis by the TaxPayers’ Alliance shows the share of GDP extracted by the Government in tax will reach 34.2 per … Read more
Huge pressure has been placed on millions of Briton’s financial wellbeing by the coronavirus crisis and ensuing lockdowns. Figures this week from the ONS revealed unemployment climbing to 5 per cent while recent GDP figures highlighted the increased likelihood of a double-dip recession for the UK. Away from the facts and figures, this means more … Read more
Sterling falls as third national lockdown triggers largest decline in business activity since May – leaving Britain facing double-dip recession By Hugo Duncan for the Daily Mail Published: 21:58 GMT, 22 January 2021 | Updated: 21:58 GMT, 22 January 2021 Sterling fell yesterday as the third national lockdown triggered the largest decline in business activity … Read more
A double-dip recession in the Eurozone is ‘increasingly inevitable’ due to Covid-19, with France among the countries most seriously hit, experts have warned. The slowdown in Eurozone business activities intensified in January as the pandemic continued to batter the economy, a key survey showed on Friday. The closely watched PMI index compiled by IHS Markit … Read more
UK faces double-dip recession as business activity PLUNGES in January with brutal lockdown sending the economy back into the red Closely-watched PMI data showed a dramatic slowdown in business activity The downturn in January underlined fears economy has gone into reverse The UK is struggling to recover from the worst recession in 300 years last … Read more
A double-dip recession in the Eurozone is ‘increasingly inevitable’ due to Covid-19, with France among the countries most seriously hit, experts have warned. The slowdown in Eurozone business activities intensified in January as the pandemic continued to batter the economy, a key survey showed on Friday. The closely watched PMI index compiled by IHS Markit … Read more
The UK faces plunging into its first double-dip recession since 1975, with the latest lockdown expected to cost almost £400million per day. Output in the first quarter of this year will be £24.57billion lower than it would have been without the third national lockdown, a think-tank warned yesterday. The Centre of Economics and Business Research … Read more
Britain is the world’s fifth-largest economy again after overtaking India despite being in the grip of deep recession during coronavirus pandemic League table produced by Centre for Economic and Business Research (CEBR) UK is set to push further ahead of seventh-placed France in decade after Brexit Climb back up league table is despite fall in GDP … Read more