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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Jonathan Prynn

Economy heads for the rocks with no firm hand on the tiller

Boris Johnson staying on until October will only create more market uncertainty

(Picture: PA)

Britain has barely had a functioning Government for many months now.

Over that time the pound has tanked, inflation has soared, the state of the public finances badly deteriorated, and interest rates hiked five times.

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