UK braced for prolonged period of stagflation
[ad_1] The risk of a prolonged period of stagflation in the UK has increased after consumer prices surged more than expected while economic growth slowed to a crawl.Recent official and…
OK, boomer: generations aren’t real. Class is
[ad_1] Wherever you look, the ambitions of the young are thwarted by the old. In the UK, the votes of the postwar generation took the country out of the EU.…
Ineos warns high energy costs threaten British manufacturing
[ad_1] Petrochemicals group Ineos has warned that British manufacturing is coming under threat from competing regions such as the US because of its higher energy costs.Britain’s largest privately owned company…
Johnson accused of demeaning his office after new partygate claims
[ad_1] Labour accused Boris Johnson of demeaning the office of prime minister after a media report said he played a key role in a Downing Street party held during coronavirus…
BMW pledges not to cut jobs in transition to electric vehicles
[ad_1] BMW will not cut a single employee in the transition from combustion engines to electric models, its chief executive has pledged, even as economists predict tens of thousands of…
UK proposes speeding up aviation industry recruitment
[ad_1] The UK is proposing measures to help speed up the recruitment of workers at airlines and airports in an effort to ease staff shortages that have led to hundreds…
War and stagflation threaten global economy as pandemic recovery slows
[ad_1] The twin perils of slowing growth and high inflation, or stagflation, will hit the global economy this year as Russia’s war against Ukraine exacerbates a slowdown in the recovery…
Rwanda plan may not deter migrants from coming to Britain, says top official
[ad_1] A top UK civil servant has warned there is insufficient evidence to prove that migrants will be deterred from entering Britain illegally as a result of the government’s contentious…
Number of vacant NHS hospital beds falls to lowest level since start of pandemic
[ad_1] The number of vacant NHS hospital beds in England is lower than at any time since the start of the Covid-19 crisis, as the health service contends with a…
Ukrainian troops mount last-ditch stand in Mariupol’s tunnels
[ad_1] For more than seven weeks, invading Russian forces have drawn closer to Mariupol’s centre as they pound it with bombs, artillery and missiles fired from the Black Sea, reducing…
