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Key reason Bank of England pressured to cut interest rates before election
Daily Express· 20 hours agoThere are concerns in the industry that the Bank of England will hold off any cut in rates because...
SNP tells Bank of England the ‘time is now right’ for interest rate cut
Press Association News via AOL· 2 days ago“The SNP believes the Bank of England should begin to help fix this Tory mess by lowering interest...
Councils in England face funding gap of £6.2bn, says report
Press Association News via AOL· 1 day ago“Yet for years they have suffered real terms pay cuts and been forced to prop up our creaking...
Swinney to press people to ‘vote SNP to put Scotland’s interests first’
Press Association News via AOL· 6 days ago“On the economy, under the SNP, Scotland has had faster economic growth, per head, than the UK. “On...
Heated clash of tax and defence in BBC election debate
BBC News· 8 hours agoTory Minister Penny Mordaunt and Labour's deputy leader Angela Rayner repeatedly clashed on defence...
No growth in school spending over 14 years is ‘historically unusual’ – IFS
Press Association News via AOL· 4 days ago“The next government must take the opportunity of a projected fall in pupil numbers to invest...
How councils fell prey to property ‘wide boys’ – and racked up massive debts
The Telegraph via Yahoo Finance· 5 days agoIn the wake of austerity, many also took on large debts to invest in new sources of income such as...
Analysis: What happened to the UK economy? 5 charts break down the key election issue | CNN Business
CNN.com· 4 days agoBut the United Kingdom has also been held back by two self-inflicted wounds — deep austerity in the...
Leaders clash over North Sea industry in TV debate
BBC via Yahoo News· 4 days agoWinners aside, there were entertaining exchanges. Perhaps more heat than light at points. It was a debate covered a lot of ground. From fishermen, to...
Summer books 2024: It’s summertime and the reading’s easy. Or epic. Choose your own adventure.
Chicago Tribune· 3 days agoSame goes for an excellent new edition of a monster: The Folio Society’s wonderful “Jonathan Strange...