Britain's economy received its own shot in the arm this week when the ball began rolling on a global coronavirus vaccination programme, although the economy's recovery could be cut short if HM…
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Economists at independent research house Oxford Economics are tipping the UK's economy to grow faster than other major developed market economies in 2021, as the biggest winners will be those econo…
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The UK will inherit a larger 'structural' long-term fiscal deficit owing to the covid-19 crisis, but economists warn that the government risks a major policy error if it tries to eliminate the defi…
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The UK government has announced today that it would borrow significantly more money than at any other point in its peacetime history, but economists say the bill is affordable.
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AstraZeneca and Oxford University on Monday announced their vaccine candidate for covid-19 - AZD1222 - had proven efficacy in preventing the contraction of the disease amongst participants in phase…
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Data out of the UK economy for November came in well ahead of expectation, even if they do confirm the economy likely shrank in the same month that England went into a second lockdown.
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The government will 'front load' its fiscal tightening over coming months as it scrambles to try and plug the growing hole in its finances, according to economists who have reacted to news that sho…
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