3 d. ago Businesses claim economy is heading for ANOTHER slump and warn it could get even worse under Labour

BUSINESSES say the economy is heading for another slump and warn things could get worse on Labour’s watch. Firms expect activity across the economy to fall again in the next three months, with a balance of -20 per cent predicting a drop, according to a new CBI report. Companies say they are being squeezed by...

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5 d. ago Young will suffer most when AI ‘tsunami’ hits jobs, says head of IMF

Kristalina Georgieva says research suggests 60% of jobs in advanced economies will be affected, with many entry-level roles wiped outArtificial intelligence will be a “tsunami hitting the labour market”, with young people worst affected, the head of the International Monetary Fund warned the World Economic Forum on Friday.Kristalina Georgieva told delegates in Davos that the IMF’s own research suggested there would be a big transformation of demand for skills, as the technology becomes increasingly widespread. Continue reading...

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1 week ago 'Welsh Labour's spectacular collapse like watching a drunk person stumbling to the floor in clumsy, uncoordinated stages'

'The Vaughan Gething saga was not the cause of Labour’s current malaise; instead, it exposed the fragility of a tired, fractious party that had had no break from governing. Welsh Labour has been wily in plastering over a worsening civil war between MPs and MSs (or, put another way, between those who resent devolution and those who support it).'

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2 w. ago Named and shamed: The worst councils for pothole repairs... and Labour are bottom of the pile

The new traffic light rating system grades town halls on road conditions as well as how effectively they are spending maintenance funding.

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2 w. ago Greens could join pact with Labour to stop Farage – but only if Starmer is replaced as leader, Polanski says

Exclusive: Zack Polanski tells The Independent that doing a deal with a Starmer-led Labour Party would ‘lead to a worse version of Nigel Farage’

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3 w. ago Labour treating Northern Ireland veterans 'worse than terrorists' says its OWN Troubles advisor in attack on law allowing fresh probes into decades

David Johnstone said the new Troubles Bill was 'imbalanced' and was 'eating at the very fabric of the Armed Forces' amid a major campaign to get it halted.

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3 w. ago Rachel Reeves's 'fiscal drag' stealth tax will leave striving British workers £505 worse off by 2030

Millions of workers will find themselves worse off by 2030 as Labour's tax policy 'quietly hammers' workers yet leaves benefits claimants and pensioners richer, a think tank has warned.

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4 w. ago In my 50 years writing about Britain's finances, never have I been more shocked by the incompetence of a government. Labour have crippled the economy after a series of blunders and U

Two growth-destroying Budgets and multiple U-turns by the Chancellor Rachel Reeves have sapped confidence and crippled investment - the keys to future growth.

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