11 hours ago Europe's economy showed zero growth at end of 2024 as eurozone's biggest economy Germany struggled

Europe’s economy has stagnated at the end of last year as former growth engine Germany floundered to the end of a second straight year of shrinking output

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30 hours ago 'Labour's new Silicon Valley dream will ruin our village': Locals warn Rachel Reeves' plan to build 350,000 homes nearby will 'decimate' rural idyll that dates back to the Domesday book

Residents in the village of Tempsford, Buckinghamshire, say that plans to build a further 350,000 homes nearby will make it larger than Cambridge or Oxford.

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12 hours ago Rachel Reeves says cabinet ‘united’ in backing Heathrow third runway plan – UK politics live

Chancellor says she has support of cabinet as climate minister Ed Miliband reported to be sceptical over Heathrow plansRichard Madeley goes next.Q: The Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary says you are wrong, and the third runway won’t be built until you are 70. You are 45 now. Why is he wrong?We’re signing off decisions on wind farms, on solar farms, a commitment to a new stadium at Old Trafford. We are upgrading the Transpennine route to make journey times easier between York and Manchester via Leeds and Huddersfield. Those things are happening right now. Continue reading...

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15 hours ago The big hole in Chancellor Rachel Reeves' plan to kickstart the economy: how to fix Brexit

Chancellor needs to realise that it’s not really ‘low expectations’ that are holding the UK economy back but barriers to trade with the EU

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27 hours ago Rachel Reeves’s plan for Heathrow to ‘turbocharge’ economy struggles to take off

Chancellor’s optimistic economic growth vision hit in the short term as Tesco and Lloyds announce hundreds of job losses and she admits fixing the economy is ‘not an easy job’

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34 hours ago Rachel Reeves' dream of UK Silicon Valley in Britain: Chancellor backs plan for new railway, roads and TOWNS along Oxford

A new east-west rail link and upgraded roads will link the two major university cities and Milton Keynes, which are hubs for innovation and R&D, the Chancellor said in a major speech.

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35 hours ago UK finance minister backs expansion of London's Heathrow Airport to boost struggling economy

UK finance minister backs expansion of London's Heathrow Airport to boost struggling economy  CNBC

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